Although the Olympic Games have often tended to irritate rather than, allay national jealousies, they are} generally regarded as usefully assisting In promoting international understanding, apart from their purely athletic value, "It is to be hoped that Mr. Avery Brundage's sane advice will prevail in the preparation of the team for the next Games Which are to Be decided in Germany. No possible service is done to any cause by raising political or racial issues in that connection. The Ger man Government has pledged its, honour in extending unrestrained hos-Pitality to Olympic—competitors. Anxiely over the treatment of German Jews and Catholics is legitimate but it should not be allowed to take the form of moral blackmail. "In point of fact, the significance of Ger~ many's desire to entertain Olympic champions might well receive ultimate eppireciation in the development of a more reasonable policy. That must, however, come in the natural course of events. It cannot be forced. Nor is it reasonable to expect Germans readily to endorse the view that eminent young hurdlers or sprint geniuses can appropriately pass judgment on a political issue which, though, possessing undoubted concern, for the world at large, is primarily. domestic in German eyes. Let the shoemaker stick to his last and the Olympic runner to his track.
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