Show I H H HAs HAs As England Sees It The following Item is from the Manchester Guardian a leading English periodical We Ve give it to you as it was re-printed re In the Churchman Overdoing It Once upon a Time there was a Hack Writer who Specialized in Stories of Mystery and Imagination tion particularly In Those Dealing Dealing Dealing Deal Deal- ing with Unusual and Perplexing Aspects of Crime And one morning morning morn morn- ing he went round to his Publisher Publish Publish- 1 er and said I have a BI Bit t of a Winner for you today It is a aReal aReal aReal I Real Piece of Sustained Imagination tion which will Stagger ty Proceed to Stagger said the Publisher I am Prepared to Wilt Well said the Hack HacIe Writer proudly This is a Story about an Imaginary Country which had No Idea at All of Law and Order a Country where it was possible to Sentence Seven Coloured Youths to Death on Admittedly Insufficient ent Evidence but under those Laws it was also possible with Approval Instantly to release Proved Slayers of their Fellow FellowMan FellowMan FellowMan Man all of whom had just been sentenced to Ten Years' Years Hard La La- bour In the same Country it was customary to prosecute a Conspirator Conspirator Conspirator ator who had Terrorised a Whole Community y for years not for his Notorious Leadership in Criminal Affairs but for Omitting to Pay his Rates of Taxes In the same Country Divorce could be had for forthe forthe forthe the Asking but Intending Visitors Visitors Visitors Visit Visit- ors were liable to be Excluded on Grounds of Moral Turpitude In Inthe Inthe Inthe the same Country a Helpless Child could be from Its Distinguished Distinguished Distinguished Dis Dis- Parents and Held for Ransom without Hope of Effective Effective Effective tive Action by the Police In the jame same One Minute said the Publish- Publish r r glancing with Some irritation I at his Watch What did you say This was An Imaginary Country said 1 the Hack Writer hopefully In that Opinion said the Publisher Publisher Publisher Pub Pub- lisher you are Very Gravely at Fault It is not Imaginary It is Absolutely Inconceivable And I allow Me to Tell You that You i iare are Wasting my Time So sa saying ng He Seized the Hack Writer by the Slack of his Pants and Hove Him into the Hard but Comparatively Civilised Street Manchester Guardian |