◆ SpookStack

‘DEFENSIVE WAR. ,—~- | ‘Lindbergh thesis can be reduced to very simple terms. The “Lone Eagle” pro-, fesses to believe we are stronger alone than in any possible combination of friends or allies. He assures us we can make ourselves “invincibie,” simply by arming at home and ignoring what happens abroad. This is the theory of the “defensive,” made popular after the last war, and now completely discredited by Hitler's campaigns. Thace wha menmiulaosind this thane ancse Wat Promnnugstta i115 Gosory, mainly in connection with the illusory dis- armament debates at the League of Nations, not only were unfamiliar with military his-| tory, but also did not understand even the! last war. In that war, the Central Powers knocked out Serbia, Belgium and Russia, and tock # third of France, by attacking. . They very nearly ce the French and _ British armies in 1919) by a series of vast and violent attacks, ey were themselves defeated, from July 18, 1918, on, by a series of equally vast and violent attacks, conduct- ed by the tired French and British, in con- junction with large fresh forces from the United States. There is only one sure way to win a war. Tt is to defeat and destroy the enemy's armed forces, or their will to fight, by carrying the war to them with the utmost skill and vigor. i! Lindbergh, Nye, Wheeler, Norman Thomas and the Chigago Tribune had their} way, we would have /topped material aid to} Britain and China Jbng ago. This action|/ could have had but tne result—-the speedy | defeat of Britain and a Chiga, accompanied by the setting up of “New Order” govern- ments there, co-operating with Hitler. The only remaining obstacle between Hitler and his dream of world domination would then be the United States. ; | Some isdlationisis feel confident, appar-_ ently, that in these circumstances we would be able to make a deal with Hitler ourgelves, and thus avoid trouble. But in the f of the fvents of the last two years, only a Qune- din wesld wiel the eseurity af aur sodintre a. Wei F eel HE PELE WA We Pi on any such possibility. A Ac A = ms A eS Reem ’ more than a little $ -the offensive can finally win, must 4r. Tob ow -fE ALT Chezz M*. Foxe or Mr. Giavi: | M: Murhe’r. ‘E, Rese |. Mr. C-ra.p par. Brats Mr G2 “se | Bir. L-ados . Mr. Taacy Moe» Gamdy._ The odds are at least 10 to 1, on the con- trary, Tht we would have an enforced. shoy- down with Hitler, ending in war. Does anyone believe we could win such a war simply by guarding our own shores, | while Hitler sank our ships, bombed our, coast cities, and made such inroads as he could in South or even Central America? There would be only one way for us te win such a war. We would have to carry it, socher or later, to Asia, Africa or Europe, or perhaps all three, with the object, final- ly, of destroying our adversaries’ .main forces and breaking their will to fight With advance bases both in the Ailantic end the Pacific, and particularly with Brit- ain for a base in Europe and Africa, and China or even Siberia for a base in Asia, this would be a feasible operation, especially eth Minn Deitein ant Basectan still ie the WHIM) SL, SPL itil Bi 4S Bl 4 ring, etil] fighting. Without such bases, and ~ such outlying support, the task would be wastly more difficult, Knowing that only reduced to the necessity of fishtins defensive war?> We deny, therefore, the Lindbergh ‘St ‘To our mind, it is not only utterly false, but perversely misleading and extremely dan- gerous. No embattled nation has ever been, or ever will be, stronger by itself than with the co-operatior® and belp of friends and tary. And ft seems ange that any sensible man should even contest it -.. . CHICAGO DAILY NEWS Ae 65-H449-A Pw ene