Original sentence: " Drummond fought a number of villains from all countries with equal zeal.McNeile's works are, to a modern reader, strongly laced with jingoism and racism, with many unflattering references to foreigners (especially Germans) and to Jews in particular
Edited sentence: " There was a story called "The Black Gang" which uninformed people have claimed was racism but this was merely the colour of the robes worn by Drummond and his men and could just have easily been "The Red Gang".Drummond fought a number of villains from all countries with equal zeal.McNeile wrote in the style of the day which while it contained some jingoism (Drummond and his men had served in WWI so it could be expected), there was no racism, although some people might see the occasionally unflattering references to foreigners (especially Germans) and to Jews in particular as being a little strong