The Archive · 1941

Unperturbed

Impressions of Nazi Attacks up to Middle of March Given in Letter From Home

T[SERE are still no signs of any collapse of moral in Britain in spite of the arrival of spring and the possibility that it will be followed by more bombs.

Indeed, the contrary seems to be the case, judging from a letter receiv ed in Shanghai from Home, dated March 17, in which it is stated that Londoners seem to be becoming fatalists, and no longer are ti he same precautions being taken as were taken during the earlier si tages of the Nazi raidings. With the new summer time, theatres can remain open until 11 p.m. and night clubs and restaurants do business until the early hours, In the countryside the spirit is high, even the aged who may have had their life-savings destroyed by a single Nazi missile, being cheerful and gay under their burdens, Extracts from the letter follow

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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