The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-30

Duke OF WINDSOR purchasing stan
in the District
OF Columbia. The Canadians, how
ever, obviously had their fingers
crossed. I suspect that such Aus
tralians and New Zealanders as we
may have in our midst also had
theirs crossed. Anzacs, though.
aren't numerous here. Canadians
are quite so-newspaper corre-
spondents and Dominion govern
ment agents. They didn't make
faces at Wallie, but they made
quite few at Ed.
Moreover, evidently they reflect
ed Canuck home sentiment very &C
curately
nlustratively. Chester A Bloom,
representing the Winnipeg Free
Press. showed me a copy Of his pa
per. containing an article that's
highly suggestive Of our northern
neighbors frame of mind To be
sure. the Free Press didn't origi-
nate the comment under considera-
ton. but reprinted il from the Lon
don Economist Still. it quoted the
Economist with obvious approval
The duke wasn't mentioned by
name. The column was in criticism
of a majority Of England's ruling
class But it's a class, said Chef
Bloom, that Eds the living en-
bodiment Of 80
"A Complete Fool
The Economist dealt with the
case OF one Captain Ramsay, a
member Of parliament in London,
who was arrested and interned on
a charge Of circuitously sending in
formation to the enemy - Even II
he didn't do that, according to the
Economist, at least he was identi-
fed with a society engaged in the
circulation Of literature indicative
Of "a leaning toward the enemies
of Great Britain and a certain visit
full hope for the defeat Of his ma
tive land"
But whether he's "disloyal or pa
triotic," continues the Economist,
there is one thing that Captain
Ramsay undoubtedly is-a COM
plete fool. How comes such a fool
to be a member Of parliament? -
It's because his family. an
swers the Economist. is socially ex-.
trerely tony. rich and aristocratic.
Otherwise, asserts the Economist.
"the odds against his getting into
the house of commons would have
been 1000 to l.
It wouldn't greatly matter. the
Economist goes on, il he were an
isolated specimen-"but it's COM
mon knowledge that the intellec-
tuaT'level Of the house of commons
since 1881 has been deplorably low.
The political bosses jobbed into it a
solid block Of NJ. P's stupid enough
to jeer at Winston Churchill and
to applaud the moral grandeur Of
Stanley Baldwin and the foresight
Of Neville Chamberlain-just the
group required to uphold their ca
lamitous foreign policy and blind
ness to the danger in which the
country stood.
There's a long score to settle
with men who put Captain Ramsay
and his like into parliament"
AND HIS LIKE" That's the
nub Of It. Captain Ramsay wouldn't
particularly matter all by himself.
What makes the London Economist
and the Canucks so sore is their
size-up Of probable parliamentary
majority Of the same sort as they
estimate the captain to be
Refers TO History
ITO understand it," says Chef
Bloom. "all you have TO do is to
read history. After the Cromwell
Ian wars. control Of England final
ly drifted back into the co-called
best families" hands. Thencefor-
ward. as fast as a genuinely demo-
cratic Englishman got sick Of it. he
streaked il out from his home
island for Canada or Australia or
New Zealand or maybe for the
United States, and so it's gone on
until this day
And now the Duke Of Windsor.
Phooeyw
Incidentally Chef forecasts that
the London Economists editor. if
he isn't careful, presently will find
himself IN jail-not for what he
wrote about Captain Ramsay. but
for implying that practically all
England's best families" consist
Of persons Of strong, sterling, nat
ural insignihcance."
The Economists editor isn't safe
ly In Canada, either He's right in
London, where he can be attend