Word: pro-british
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...pro-British. Woodrow Wilson in his neutrality proclamation said: "We must be impartial in thought as well as in action. . . .Every man who really loves America will act and speak...
...entente, would require statesmanship of a calibre nowhere evident in present English politics. The collapse of passive resistance in the Ruhr brought down with it England's hopes for the he-habilitation of Germany and partially vindicated French policy in the eyes of Europe. Italy has dropped her former pro-British sympathies and now seriously threatens England's position in the Mediterranean. Only a master of intrigue could mould these elements into an entente-and Pitt is dead and Lloyd George touring Canada unofficially...
...gentleman named David Hirshfield was directed by the Mayor of New York City, a gentleman named Hylan, to investigate charges briefly advanced by Mr. Hirshfield, to the effect that histories in use in New York schools were pro-British. Mr Hirshfield's qualifications consisted of his office as Commissioner of Accounts of New York City and his obvious 100% Americanism. He had the further inestimable advantage of not being an historian. And he knew how to read...
That was about a year ago. Mr. Hirshfield has now finished his labors and made his report. He finds that eight of the history textbooks used in New York public schools are un-American and pro-British, and " fit only to be fed to the furnace." He further finds that the distortion of fact in these books is not accidental. It is due to the operation of a malign influence. It is the " international money power." Since the fact is not divulged by any of the texts, it is to be presumed that Mr. Hirshfield though of it himself...
...History of the United States" by Professor A. B. Hart '80 was among the books condemned by David Hirshfield, Commissioner of Accounts of New York City, yesterday in the report he made to Mayor Hylan. The objection was made on the ground that the history was anti-American and pro-British propaganda and should therefore be barred from the public schools of New York...