ABSTRACT
Conductors brought their orchestras from Germany and on nights such as this were liable to become extremely temperamental over the thinning away of their audiences. The most unpleasant crescendo in the story of noise. The American people cannot be included in this assessment. Their cities and their civilians were not put to the test which so many Americans had decided would force Britain to sue for peace with Germany. The body blows of Eagle Day and August 15th had brought the Luftwaffe the advantages of an aggressor who has seized the initiative and stands ready to exploit it. The plight of interned aliens was another matter which disturbed the Commons. Questions were asked about the comfort of the unfortunate Italian waiters, Germans and Austrians and their wives who had been rounded up. Many individuals were locked up unfairly, but almost as if they realized that old England really didn’t mean it.
