Germany’s Absolute Surrender.—As we went to press the great news that the war in Europe was over reached us. We cannot make further comment except to say that we owe a debt of gratitude to God for all He has done for us.
Our Fiftieth Volume.—With this issue we begin our fiftieth volume. The war years of the Great War and the present have imposed a strain on the Magazine in more ways than one but it has weathered the storm and though beset with many difficulties in production it has been issued monthly during the sad and terrible years through which we have passed.
Trouncing of “Britain’s Most Famous Philosopher.”—There have been a good deal of foolish vapourings poured forth over VE-Day but surely Prof. Joad reached the summit of vancing folly in the interview he gave to the Sunday Times. Here is one sentence of the Professor’s ranting nonsense—though this is rather a weak description of it:—”I propose to thank God on my knees for His merciful preservation of our country in spite of all our faults and foolishness and for His no less merciful preservation of my own miserable life. Having done so, I propose to go and get tight afterwards with a good conscience.” In the interview the Teetotalers and Puritans, who seem to have the same effect on “Britain’s greatest philosopher” that a red rag has on a bull are mercilessly held up to scorn. The Right Hon. Isaac Foote has published an Open Letter to Dr. Joad in which he administers as severe a castigation as surely ever a public man received. The Open Letter is published by The Westminster City Publishing Co., Ltd., 18c Palmer Street, S.W.1, price 1d. If Dr. Joad’s critic has not answered a fool according to his folly he certainly has made Prof. Joad appear very foolish to right thinking men.