A BOND OF RACE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23940, 16 October 1939, Page 8

A BOND OF RACE

AMERICA AND EUROPE COLONEL LINDBERGH’S VIEWS ARMS EMBARGO SUPPORTED (United Press Association) (By Electi Telegraph—Copyright) WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. (Received Oct. 15, at 7 p.m.) Colonel Lindbergh, broadcasting to the nation, urged maintenance of the arms embargo and virtually demanded that Britain and other European Powers get out of the western hemisphere lest they drag the United States into war. “ Sooner or later we must demand freedom for this continent and the surrounding islands from the dictates of European Powers. American history clearly indicates this need. As long as European Powers maintain their influence in our hemisphere we are likely to find ourselves involved in their troubles and they will lose no opportunity to involve us. We desire the utmost friendship with the people of Canada, and if ever they are attacked our navy will be defending their seas. Our soldiers will fight on their own battlefields and our flyers will! die in their skie!;, but have they the right to draw this hemisphere into European war simply because they prefer the Crown of England to American independence? ” “This is a war over the balance of power in Europe. Our bond with Europe is a bond of race, not political ideology. It is the European race we must preserve and political progress will follow. If the white race is ever seriously threatened it may then be time to side with Britain, France and Germany, but not with one against the others for our mutual destruction.” Colonel Lindbergh advocated an isolationist programme, but he would permit the unrestricted sale of purely defensive armaments. REACTION TO SPEECH SENATOR’S BITTER ATTACK WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. (Received Oct. 15, at 6.30 p.m.) The reaction to Colonel Lindbergh’s broadcast showed that the group favouring repeal of the arms embargo mostly criticised it, and that the opponents of repeal mostly praised it. Senator Pittman, in a very bitter attack, said: “ Colonel Lindbergh’s statement encourages the ideology of totalitarians and is subject to the construction that he approves of their brutal conquests. I admire Colonel Lindbergh’s accomplishments in the air, but history has not disclosed that he has had the same experience in statesmanship and military affairs.” CANADIAN PRESS COMMENT "AN OFFENSIVE: ADDRESS” OTTAWA, Oct. 14. (Received Oct. 15, at 9 p.m.) Ministers took the stand that the; Lindbergh statement was not a matter for Government consideration, since Colonel Lindbergh is a private citizen. The Toronto Daily Star, in a leader under the title “ Offensive Lindbergh Address,” says: “The speech is presumptuous and offensive in some references to Canada. Fortunately it does not represent the attitude of the vast majority of our good neighbours south. Colonel Lindbergh would detach Canada from British connection and refuse it the right to prefer the Crown of England to American independence It is pure Hitlerism doctrine—that the stronger country should have liberty to override the wishes of the weaker country. It is not representative United States opinion. The United States has no more right to say whether Canada should go to war than Canada had to say whether the United States should go to war many years ago with Spain.” A REMARKABLE FEAT TRANSPORT OF BRITISH TROOPS (British Official Wireless! RUGBY, Oct. 13. Mr Hore-Belisha revealed that a French military expert described the transportation of the British Expeditionary Force to France without a single accident as one of the greatest military feats and the first victory for the Allies in the war. Mr Hore-Belisha said: “ It was an achievement about which not only the Germans but the French were ignorant.” Regarding the question of many aliens in Britain vffio were anxious to join the British Army, Mr HoreBelisha said: “Aliens in the United Kingdom can join the British Army. Any person resident in the United Kingdom can volunteer for service in the army. When classes are called up we shall be glad to see in those classes any foreign resident in Britain who desires to be called up if within the age limits. In that respect they will be treated exactly the same as British subjects. The door is open to all subjects naturally subject to control by the Home Office. While we place no restrictions on nationality we are not contemplating forming any foreign legion such - as exists in France for Poles and, Czechs. In this war we have abolished all distinctions t in the army. It is now one army.” LONDON MARKETS RETURNING TO NORMAL LONDON, Oct. 13. . The- stock markets have made considerable progress towards normal and healthy functioning, the outstanding developments hem# the rise of war loan above the official minimum for the first time since the outbreak of the war, and the thawing out of gilt-edged securities, which stimulated improvement m other sections, including dominion stocks. This improvement is not based on expectations of inflationary business activity, but reflects the plenitude of money and the growth of general confidence, largely under the influence of the speeches of Mr Chamberlain, M. Daladier Sir Kingsley Wood, Mr Hore-Belisha «md Mr Menzies.