Show Views of the Nations Nation's Pr Press ss Always when British arms are suffering reverses as today in Egypt there crops up among certain of our commentators in inthe inthe inthe the press and over the air a propensity to snipe at the British British British Brit Brit- ish war effort We use the word ward snipe with careful consideration consideration tion for its connotations It is is' is I Inot not applicable to fair and friendly friendly friend friend- ly Iy even frank criticism of this and that mistake of strategy of the choice of commanders of the distribution of available weapons weapons weapons ons which the British may make makein in common with ourselves Such criticism so long as Americans are not sparing of it in their own case seems to us legitimate and wholesome But sniping is something else again It clothes criticism with a sneer which implies implies implies im im- plies that the individual mistake is not merely a product of fallible fallible fallible fal fal- lible judgment but a reflection on a system and a people and by creating international Ional resentment resentment resentment resent resent- ment and division plays directly into Hitler's hands New New York Herald Tribune The Russian agreements accentuate ac- ac accentuate accentuate ac ac- what Lin calls alls the cruel neglect of our precious precious pre pre- precious cious ally China Russia is brought under the the- the master master lease- lease lend pact is promised m more more re supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies speedier delivery and the pledge of a second front in Eu Eu- rope It Is true that China has become a partner in the master lend lease agreement But China got a promissory note while Russia gets a certified check and an armed escort to the bank Providence Evening E Bulletin |