Our Olympic Failure
Our Olympic Failure is a letter written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in the Evening Standard on 22 july 1912.
Our Olympic Failure
Sir, — I do not know who "H.A.S." may he, and I am not surprised that he does not sign his name to his letter in your columns. His spirit is that of the Little Englander, and he must broaden it before he can call himself an Imperialist.
If the Americans, who have the colour feeling more than we, can find places in their team for Red Indians, Negroes, and a Hawaian, NA, IR should we exclude the pick of 300,000,000 of our fellow subjects? Could anyone conceive a meaner position than to say that the Sikh, the Ghoorka, or the Rajpoot may fight for the Empire in war, but may not play for it in peace?
The Empire would soon be at an end if many Englishmen had the narrow outlook of "H.A.S."
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Princes Hotel, Brighton.
See also
- The Olympic Games (30 july 1912, The Times)
- Britain and the Olympic Games (2 august 1912, The Times)
- Britain and the Olympic Games (8 august 1912, The Times)
- The Olympic Games (22 march 1913, The Saturday Review)
- Olympic Committee (25 march 1913, Sporting Life)
- Olympic Games Lethargy (24 may 1913, Daily Express)
- The Olympic Games (27 august 1913, The Times)
- The Olympic Games Fund (13 september 1913, The Times)
- The Olympic Games Fund (11 october 1913, The Times)
- Some Views on the Olympic Talent Fund (Christmas 1913, Stock Exchange Christmas Annual)
- Preface of The Evolution of the Olympic Games 1829 B.C-1914 A.D., by F.A.M. Webster (may 1914, Heath, Cranton & Ouseley Ltd.)
