Over a tawny glass of Spanish sherry a suave Semite faced London reporters in his flat last week. They knew that he had just made a bust of the largest British magazine enterprise of recent years, was regarded by some as a not inconsiderable ass. Twirling his glass of sherry, Gilbert ("Swankau") Frankau alibied:
"As the founder of Britannia [sip], I said what I thought, without fear or favor. Evidently I am against lots of people [sip], for I believe in everything British! That was what Britannia stood for while I held her helm."
Actually the Frankau weekly Britannia stood not for but...
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