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fonel Lindbergh's Vi ‘The unprecedentedly strong character ef official Washington comment was | believed to be designed. partly at feast, i to offset any tendency to regard Brit- | ain’s position as hopeless. A contention - thet Britain faced certain defeat was advanced last week by Colone) Charles | A. Lindbergh at a New York rally of | the America First Committee, a group | formed last September to oppose in- | ‘volvement in the war. Colonel Lind- | | bergh not only declared that Britain whe beaten but said, “T have been forced to the conclusion that we cannot win this war for England, regardleas of how much aasistance we extend.” The President replied by listing Calo- nel Lindbergh with defeatist. and ep- peasers. Thus did the debate between interventionists and iso.ationists mount to a climax. Never before, ave in 1917, had the iasue of foreign policy been ao bitterly joined or ao directly stated. To many observers it seemed the United Btptea last week had reached the crom- ds, that the pear future might bring 3 és-11449-h CLIPPING FROU THE N. Y. TIMES nang APR 27 1941