A letter from the 15 August 1914 Spectator:
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Martin Narey
How I was punished for breaking the conspiracy of silence on grooming gangs
SIR,- As an American, I venture to point out that England’s decision to live up to her implied promises to France, as put forward for so many years, nearly concerns the self-respect of one hundred million Americans and British Colonials, as well as Englishmen. For no English-speaking person could any longer cite the quality of his race, or show his face in Europe, had England taken the course so vigorously urged by her puling intellectuals and certain of her newspapers. Like my brother, who fought for England in three campaigns, I too propose to do something more in keeping with Anglo-Saxon views of activity than the extension of an academic approval; and my plan, as suggesting an effective support to England by others placed like myself, may profitably interest some of your readers.
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