The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-06-13
Mr.. LINDBERGH's BOOK.

Mr.. Lindbergh's now notorious book has
become the most discussed campaign docu-
ment in Minnesota and North Dakota dur.
ing the last few weeks.
It is unfortunate that copy Of it could
not be placed in the hands Of every voter
with the comment: 1.-THE author Of this is
a candidate for governor while your sons
are fighting in Europe" but the copies Of
the book are now very scarce, for some
strange reason. The Forum got the last
one that Minneapolis book store special
izing in Socialist literature, possessed, and
we haven't been able to get any more.
But one quotation from it made Mr..
Townley's acting Office boy on the morning
contemporary, so red in the face defending
it, that we will reproduce some more.
Here a choice one from page 80:
This treferring to the big nnanciers'>
was the very same group that have been
so active in these later years creating the
conditions which caused the belligerents in
the European war to violate some Of our in
ternational rights and it was they, primarily.
who laid all the plans to bring about con-
dition to excite our people into state of war
fever. Their press was worked night and
day at the game, to play upon patriotism, to
excite 1t even by false statements--state-
ments which IL they were true would have
justified extraordinary action long, long ago,
on the part Of the people to combat"
No, that wasn't written in Potsdam. It's
sweet smelling thing, isn't it, when you
remember Belgium and the Lusitania.
Here is another from page lis:
Several times their greed went so far as
to nearly force into the war,
Of their selfish acts. From the very begin
ming the spectators sought in every way
possible to work up public sentiment that
in itself should by them be converted into
commercial profit and even to the extent Of
bringing us into the war II It should serve
their ends best to have it done. When the
big loans were made to some of the beIlig-
erents 1t was very clear that If the ultimate
payment Of these loans became endangered
because Of their defeat by the other bellig-
erents. the money trust would seek to have
US enter the war TO collect their loans.'
Remember that was written after we
were in the war. It's the old argument
about erich mans war" which no sane
man believes now. =~
Here is sample from page 20 of how he
throws mud at the Red Cross:
Then again came the Red Cross campaign
for funds We want our soldier boys who
may be sent across the seas to fight in Europe ,
to be cared for in the best way possible The
purpose is one of the most important. Here
again the big finance spectators are the
principal leaders It is not probable that
they have any design to cripple the work of
the Red Cross, or to fitch from the 100000
600 fund to which they have literally con-
tributed What they want is to control the
organization of the Red Cross because it will
be worth billions Of dollars. They will have
a powerful influence in the reorganization of
Europe. Out Of that reorganization the big
hnancterS' expect to make very many bill
lions Of dollars profit. Therefore, 1t Is easy
to see why ]. F. Morgan, through his chief
partner, H. s. Dawson, is fitting up offices
to be donated to the Red Cross for headquar-
ters."
That's splendid encouragement for the
big hearted and big Drained men and
women Of wealth who are doing their bit
almost as unselfshly as the tired working
girl who gives up one or two precious
evenings a week to Red Cross work.
The samples could be repeated indef-
nitely. Perhaps no one paragraph can be
picked out by itself and made the basis Of
criminal complaint against Mr.. Lind
bergh, but the tone of the whole book is
the tone of yellow slackerism at it's worst
God help America if she had only "loval-
ists' of Mr.. Lindbergh's type.