Letters, Oct. 12, 1936

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With this phase of the old Trotsky v. Lenin Bolshevist controversy, TIME herewith has done.—ED.

Dutch Cheers

Sirs: I notice from your article under The Netherlands (TIME, Sept. 21) that your correspondent refers to "Hold the Sea" as "the royal Dutch cheer" and that the crowd "huskily . . . continued to cheer "Hold the Sea. ' " Does your correspondent master the Dutch language sufficiently to know the difference between "Houzee" and "Hou Zee?" "Houzee" is the Dutch equivalent to "Hurrah" whereas "Hou Zee" is the official greeting of the Dutch Fascists and "Hold the Sea" is a translation for "Hou Zee.".....

E. BROEHMAN

Mamaroneck, N. Y.

Henceforth TIME will distinguish carefully between shouts of "Hoezee" and "Hou Zee."— ED.

^{* Husband Ernest Simpson was not aboard the yacht Nahlin for the Balkan cruise,
was not in the party at Balmoral Castle (TIME, Oct. 5). — ED.}