Evening star., 1941-09-08
IsoIotionists, Writer Holds, Should More Correctly
Be Described as Annexutionists

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the fall of the Churchill govern
ment. 1t would be succeeded,
inevitably, by an anti-American
administration, and a reaction
airy regime on the order of Vichy.
Whole World as an Enemy.
That regime-America having
deserted-would seek collabora-
ton with Hitler, as the only pos
sible way of assuring British sur
vival.
The United States would then
find the whole world as its en-
emy, and q world capable Of
,blockading our trade and defeat
ing us at sea.
The Old World would offer to
the South American republics a
complete outlet for all their agri-
cultural products and raw ma
teriaS in return for a monopoly
Of imports in the South Ameri-
can markets.
The United States would be de-
nounced as the worlds leading
aggressor and dollar imperialist.
The Old World, whose cultural
ties to Latin America are init
mate, and who has colonized
Latin America would raise the
banner of Latin American rena-
scence, prosperity and independ-
ence from the Colossus Of the
North.
U. 8. Would Be Bottled Up.
Who, under those circum-
stances, Senator Clark, would
have the puppet governments in
South America?
If the United States did not
fire a single shot, we would be
bottled up on this continent. II
we did fire shots, we would be
firing them at American re-
publics and the Dominion of
Canada, which would enjoy the
intervening assistance of all the
rest of the world.
Our boys, Senator, whom you
are unwilling to see risk their
lives for the defense Of free men
and free nations and a reasonable
world, would die in the swamps
and jungles of Brazil and Pata-
gonia for a cause more senseless
even than Hitler's-the acquisi-
ton of power over territories and
materials for which we have no
use, since we have no surplus
population with which to coll
onize them and no markets for
their surplus products.
Lindbergh's Idea.
There is yet another isolation
ist" view. That is another facet
of Mr.. Lindbergh's rather mud
died American imperialism. 1t La
to buy our way into Hitler's
graces by doing what Russia re-
fused to do-giving a benevolent
hand to Hitler and falling upon
the British Empire in the back,
swapping up her naval bases and
colonies and throwing the rest Of
the picked carcass to Hitler.
Leaving out Of account the
absolutely disgusting immortality
Of such an action, which would
only be undertaken by Fascist
government in this country, the
program suggests that Britain
could not also turn, If her life
were at stake. II we escaped from
the combined wrath of the rest
of the world 1t would be into
Lindbergh Fascism at home,
Nation turned into q permanent
armed camp, with war or revolu-
ton, or both.
The United States has no un-
limited range Of choices in this
world. We can either follow our
present policy through at all
costs and break the power of
Hitler in the Old World, or we
can join the Axis at the price
Of a Fascist revolution at home,
which would be q miserable Sec
ond-rate craven and defeatistic
copy of what we hate, or we can
stand fat-headedly and glazed
eyed. making at the last moment
a spasmodic grab at the Latin
American states, while our real
fate Is being settled by others.
Those are the choices. They
do not include freedom and
prosperity for the United States
by virtue of q miracle. There
Is no indication that God loves
us above all peoples by reason Of
our superior virtue.
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