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“er “Lindy,” standing thus before his famous “Spirit - Bt. Louis,” became the symbol ef the fearless, advent: ie opirit of American youths. OPPOSES RUSHING BLINDLY TO WA" wesw ee Warns “Against Making “Wistake— _ Bristain and France’ in Conflict, One would bes German vietory, including the deless. England, which be frankly states would be abhorrent to * - The second would be an English 1 victory, whieh he bel:.. + [virtually impossible, even with the help ot the United Bu ? \He continued: | “seald, w a “But even if land oome chance, success! invade the pertetete and defest the Nexis—what then? Pe? have failed to consider what the tremendous cost of wast “To that victory would mean 6 un ah Deed Bg a tilence and hunger every would bee tarnific political upheaval tn the entire contac d even in England itself. i ™ What would emerge from such chace? The harve : hard to foresee specifically, put I think there is 20 don’ one thing —wianing the war would be losing itt”’. i Only Salvation’ in Peace Then came the third alternative which Lindbergh env! asthe only salvation—a negotiated peace, ==. 4 eeuntrymen | ment in the Buropean means disaster to democracy. To England, in bis mind, can now obtain a far better | “sest eloquent | speak in this cause he sacrificed the comforts of # private /by negotiation than she could later by enntinning—e5d fe -. that involve- | life and again braved the glare of publicity. winning—the war. TS di: irguments and|ously from reservoir of reading, es well as observation daring a tear the first World War, France and En isd, a wind! - the t few years, it is impossible to doubt his sincerity, Fe-| determined to bold down Germany by force, they ia oo bem renink|* ena of agreement with hia beliefs. .. ~ |etarted operations before the Siegfried Hine wu vats “'s eewewess|Military Isolation’ Policy corn forces were coed inten chest _ But often But that time was let pasa, Lindbergh uays, and ae In Lindbergh's mind we committed ourselves to « policy to weigh things of uilitary isolation when we retired from Europe after the| ! noes Shouts.” last war, and refused to prepare for any future difficulties.| © : . | kan te eat: a le A o ! ffTbe problem now isn’t ove of what we ought to do in| ce g : —tt is now « problem of what we are able to do, And, . Se Lindbergh Jin et opinion, if we entered the European war in our present!” the Lindbergh | con ion, of unpreparedness, we would be inviting defeat, dis- bow grac_and bomilistion.”’ * own noticeably Es pointed to the picture of @ feverish England and “1 Lindbergh is |FTen®, preaching the doctrine of the “destruction of the Nazi "the impetuous ” while i brave but unprepared and virtually unarmed men agaist the ereatent military machine of the world’s history. =, , article roundly dad he went on: nee: “Bhall wa make the same misteket Better, fer, that 5. ormation very |stesd ef rushing blindly into war with the ringing shout af "t done such albow {i vorld onght to be run, we should calmly ‘discuss our] ‘ough en me— obie es aud the manner in which the canbe reached. Then "If we want walty...we wurst turn our eyes © ad 1928 be! adequately prepare ourselves to Teach . from the tangied intrigues ebroad eee” ¥ ing ~|Wh He Opposes War Entry —— feartain French general ab telling hin just before the dec! . of the preaent war: her / "Be it ian't merely Lindbergh's belief that we are unpre- “When we conld have won, the people would not pared fuccessfully to wage a war in Europe that leads him to And now, when we cannot win, they want war,'! ther, the late ¢ phrases it: va in Congress] “- you want to know why eur rearmament program 1h aos i ar eep s R prog: jng so slowly, the answer is easy, .Because we are Farthermore, Lindbergh believes, the continuation ie eye at that|divided Because we have let one group of our people entangle war—perbaps through America’s aid to Britain—woulc 1 conflict, He our Ge ¥ with thai of Europe * in econcmie chaos. me paid: 4 that our cae a] we want unity, and the ability of Amerie to march “As I testified before the Senate cominittes, and will ws m eur eyes away from tang now to if tinge to make ait: tt ore unpopular trigues abroad, and concentrate on the everlasting fatore of wa of dollars & yea ming bare, an aos re he cat of billions of dollars ar for rearming bere, and 3 arms to Europe, then, war on for several yea! ed the son to] ~ “tia by ballin - our pwn national character and 6% will be an esoncmic prostration’ in Burope, and prob: > [in oar own cing on some fantastic crusade act . retold an elthe pete thet weeny “heat! aueee oe Stinteof ebetientine | aT=m Foch ue we Bave never ween Defers.” 20