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September 15, 1921
The Organized Farmer
Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota
What is this article about?
Oswald Garrison Villard invites George Bernard Shaw to visit the United States; Shaw responds sarcastically, declining due to fears of imprisonment with Debs or Ku Klux Klan violence in Texas, preferring a safer and cheaper trip to Ireland.
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SARCASM FROM MR. SHAW
Oswald Garrison Villard, editor of the Nation, recently wrote to George Bernard Shaw urging him to visit the United States. Mr. Shaw replies:
Dear Mr. Villard—This conspiracy has been going on for years; but in vain is the net spread in sight of the bird. I have no intention either of going to prison with Debs or taking my wife to Texas where the Ku Klux Klan snatches white women out of hotel verandas and tars and feathers them. If I were dependent on martyrdom for a reputation, which happily I am not, I could go to Ireland. It is a less dangerous place; but then the voyage is shorter and much cheaper.
You are right in your impression that a number of persons are urging me to come to the United States. But why on earth do you call them my friends?
Oswald Garrison Villard, editor of the Nation, recently wrote to George Bernard Shaw urging him to visit the United States. Mr. Shaw replies:
Dear Mr. Villard—This conspiracy has been going on for years; but in vain is the net spread in sight of the bird. I have no intention either of going to prison with Debs or taking my wife to Texas where the Ku Klux Klan snatches white women out of hotel verandas and tars and feathers them. If I were dependent on martyrdom for a reputation, which happily I am not, I could go to Ireland. It is a less dangerous place; but then the voyage is shorter and much cheaper.
You are right in your impression that a number of persons are urging me to come to the United States. But why on earth do you call them my friends?
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Deception
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
George Bernard Shaw
Oswald Garrison Villard
Sarcastic Reply
United States Invitation
Ku Klux Klan
Eugene Debs
What entities or persons were involved?
Oswald Garrison Villard
George Bernard Shaw
Debs
Where did it happen?
United States
Story Details
Key Persons
Oswald Garrison Villard
George Bernard Shaw
Debs
Location
United States
Story Details
George Bernard Shaw writes a sarcastic letter to Oswald Garrison Villard declining an invitation to visit the US, referencing imprisonment with Debs, Ku Klux Klan dangers in Texas, and preferring Ireland for martyrdom if needed.