The Scotsman's Revenge

The Scotsman's RevengeDuring the 1930s a funny little story was current here and in England. It gave considerable pleasure both to those who read it or heard it and to those who had set it afloat. The story, as usually done, opened with the statement that it was well known that the Japanese could not design any mechanical device, but could only copy. The Japanese, everyone knew, were short, myopic, backward folk, addicted to the kimono, the tea ceremony and flower arrangements, people living in...