Sir James Barrie, who is known for his detachment from public life, voiced a protest as president of the Society of Authors against the “proscription of many German authors whose work has added distinction to that literature.”
In a letter addressed to the German Ambassador in London, which was dated April 19, Sir James pointed out that such a proscription would cause “the intellectual life of their country to suffer greatly unless it is secured against the malice of political and racial prejudices and allowed reasonable freedom of thought and speech.”
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