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+ countrymen “+ seet eloquent that involve- ment In the Buropean means disaster to democracy. To speak in this cause he sacrificed the comforts of private life and again braved the glare of publicity. ‘arguments and|ously from a reservoir of reading, as well ax observation during mind [the past few years, it impossible to doubt his aincerity, re- * t cardlens of agreement with hia beliefs. o atom TAB apes . 9 . mz exetsioss Military Isolation’ Policy In Lindbergh's mind we committed ourselves to « policy} 40 weigh th1D9" | of ilitary inolation when we retired from Europe after the POM honches’' (14st war, and refused to prepare for acy fotare difficulties.’ boughs’ q As be sai le Ago ° $2 is now « problem of whst we ars able to do, And, _ - Se Lindbergh [in af opinion, if we entered the uropean war in our present the Lindbergh | conthion of unpreparedness, we would be inviting defeat, dis- « grea and bumilistion.”” own noticeably| Be pointed to the picture of « feverish England and 1 Lindbergh in| Fr#2, Preaching the doctrine of the “destruction of the Nac /mensee,” while ogling brave but unprepared and virtually unarmed men agafmst the greatest military machine of the world's bistory. ot : dad he went on ue . “Mhall wa mske the some misteke? Better, for, that iz stead cf reahing blindly into war with the ringing shouts of the impetuous article roundly lobjeclWves axd the manner in which they can be reached. Then adequately prepare ourselves to reach them” =. - met Why He Opposes War Entry her - Be it ian't merely Lindbergh's belief that we are anpre- . pared fuccessfully to wage a wat in Europe that leads him to + for America,|fight sfainst steps be thinks will lead to’ suck » conflict, ther, the late Ashe phrases it: . * za in Congresa| - “If you want to know why eur rearmament program ls progr@eging vo slowly, the answer ia easy, -Becatte we are ie eye at that|divided Becacse 2 conflict, Hejour di 4d that our ex- fe y with that of Euro; ed the son tof > “Stia by bull __ |i oor own land, not by going om some fantastic cramde retold an welthe pete that wa can heat Bt. Louis,” became the ing spirit of American : \ OPPOSES RUSHING Warns Against Making Mistake” problem now isn’t ove of what we ought to do in 7 bow iy. world onght to be rus, we should calmly discuss our, wve let one group of our people entangle / war—perhaps thro pe. : “3 we want unity, and the ability of Americs to march| ‘or’ must turn our eyes away from the tangled in-inow to ore unpopnlar|trigues ebroad, and concentrate on the everlasting future of our bwn national character and strength; across aarva the emnse of stvilizatinn| “Lindy,” standing thus before his famous “Spirit ; bol of the fearless, advent BLINDLY TO WA Lae Ga _ Bristain and France in Conflict; ‘One would be © German victory, including the defes.: < |Rngland, which he frankly states would be abhorrent to" The eccond would be an English vietory, which he bel: sirtually impossible, even with the help of the United 6: He continued: “But even if England oocld, by some saccest{+: chance, invade the sontinent and defeat the Nexis—what then? Pc” ‘have failed to consider what the tremendons cost of sn; victory would be. gain t victory would meen & thet prolonged co: which would result in a devastated Europe with famine, lence and hunger stalking every land. After such 6 wart? would be a terrific political upheaval in the entire contine: and even in England itealf, ’ “What wosld emerge from such chace? ‘The harve Vipera to foresee specifically, but I think there i 20 don’ ‘one thing—winning the war ‘would be losing itt’. “Only Salvation’ in Peace ‘Then came the third alternative which Lindbergh envi jas the only salvation—a negotiated peace. England, io bis mind, ean now obtain « far better ; by negotiation than sbe could later by eontinuing—and lwinning—the war. : 7s ‘He said: : : “It, after the first World War, France and En, land determined to bold down Germany by force, they abould.; started operations before the Miegfried Hine was built; t Bitter bed built his tremendous war machine; and while lown forces were capable of adequate combat against the ‘But that time was let pass, Lindbergh says, and qu’ “If we want unlty...we must turn eur eyes ¢ from the tangled intrigues ebroed ...” , leertain French generel as telling him just before the decl: lof the present war: " “When we conld have won, the people would not And now, when we cannct wit, they want war,’ Chaos if War Keeps On Furthermore, Lindbergh believes, the continuation America’s aid to Britain—woulc jin economic chaos. He said: : “As I testified before the Senate committes, and will you—if we continue to make expenditures at t of billions of dollars a for rearming bere, and + arms to Zurope, then, if ‘war goes on for several yea! Iwill be an econcmic prostration i Europe, and prob: America, such as we have never seen before’ 20 i i |