Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-31
GUATEMALA PUBLISHER WRITES
IMPRESSIONS OF LINDBERCH

The following article was writ
ten by Julian Lopez Pineda, long,
newspaper publisher in Guate-
nala City, who was requested by
/ tho Associated Press to record his
own impressions of Colonel Lind
bergh's visit to the GuatemaIan
/ capital.
/ Lindbergh in Guatemala, by Julian
/ Lopez Pineda.
| GUATEMALA CITY, Dec 30 P--
1 Guatemalas sky became illuminated
with JOY, love and hope, through the
/ presence of the Spirit OF ST. Louis
j which is, without doubt, the spirit
| of humanity incarnated in q blond
/ youth predestined for the reconcilia-
ton Of peoples. The delegates OF the
! Almighty have always been youthful
| I-Buddha and Jesus being two out
standing examples-wllen their mis-
sion does not confine itself to u
single race, but spreads, as g divine
breath, to all men on earth.
! Before this modest and plain young
man, who rides through the air as
if he were mounted on Pegasus, one
! feels filled with an emotion OF
mysticism and wonder. 1t might be
said that in this youth all spiritual
forces have combined for the re-
demption of men, the men who,
assuring the splendour OF ancient
Rome, blinded by pride and ambition.
devote themselves to bloody struggle
and to violent tits OF power.
Thin, tall and slim, with his head
round and massive and his face like
a child's he stands in front of the
multitudes who glorify anG acclaim
him as a symbol of peace and love.
The heroes of Homer's Had the
Knights OF the Round Table; the
great captains and conquerors who
walk through the avenues OF tradi-
ton and history surrounded by halos
OF red, are hard and fierce in the
eyes of the eager throngs;/ they
awaken mingled feelings of alteration
and horror, presentimentS cf catas-
tropl1e and ruin, of slavery and death
Bit this hero of the air, VINO din1s
the exploits OF the spectacular heroes
of legend, from Hercules to Napoleon.
aWakens in the lnultitudes a feeling
of mystical tenderness, OF respectful
admiration, as it this noble and
humble figure Illuminated with his
gentlencss all hearts, making them
good and teaching the divine COM
nandment: Love one another
The United States, a wonder ma
ton among peoples, a laboratory of
prodigies, needed to produce an eX.
ceptional spirit, a Charles llndbergh,
to reconcile them with the rest Of
humanity. These nations which feel
suspicious of the power OF the United
States open their arms readily, with
all the pureness OF sincerity, to re-
ceive Lindbergh like herald OF
peace and concord.
This conoueror OF hearts is giving
a new orientation to the foreign
policy of the Americas, proving that
arms and gold are only instruments
which have to serve the spirit Of
international fraternity for the CO.
operation of all peoples in the great
undertaking Of civilization and cul-
tllre.
I have gazed at Lindbergh several
times, and he always creates in me
an impression which is not OF this
world. I see, trembling in his lips,
glowing in his hlushing cheeks, a
messianic message. This message has
been received in Guatemala and it
has been answered with a like feeling
of gratitude and admiration, the
people seeing in Lindbergh a citizen
of the world, a seraphic and celestial
ambassador who is sent through the
air by the land of Washington to
broadcast in al ATTITUDES and to all
men: "Let lis be brothers.