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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1941. 14 NAVY TELLS U. S. CAPITAL VIEWS ON evidence which makes it clear that the incident is not isolated, but a part of a general plan. "The important truth Is that these acts of international lawless 'they vill be among the first to feel its consequences." Tolerance, he declared, "can not survive war and devastation." I "Their greatest danger to this country." he said of the Jews, "lies in their large ownership and influence in our motion pictures, our America First Head Here Hits Lindy's Speech 3 "WAR" GROUPS BLAMED BY LINDY that the Insistence of freedom for American shipping on the high seas might presage some form of protection, naval or otherwise, in the Red sea area where the freighter Steel Seafarer was bombed to the bottom last Sunday.

It was to the Atlantic, however, that Mr. Roosevel. addressed himself most of the time and he denounced axis raiders there as "pi- ness are a manifestation of a de-! sign The Nazi design to abolish ADDRESS DIVIDED TO SHOOT FIRST Continued from Page 1, Part 1 Utah) that "driving pirates off nr out of the seas is not war." i press, our radio and our govern- the freedom of the seas, and to acquire absolute control and domination of these seas for themselves. "For with control of the seas in their own hands, the way can b- Continued from Page 1, Part I I viiru mult xnent Indianapolis America First Com-! charcins the international situa- Continued from Page 1, Part 1 another unwilling step toward par- ifirinatinn in war across the seas. come clear for their next step- jrates" and When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike," he said, "you do To Britain the President's words Wendell L.

Willkie, 1940 Republican presidential nominee The domination of the United States and domination of the western hem- I not wait until he has struck before were welcome and the London 'press hailed them in headlines iw-hirh clarioned: S. to Guard fyou crush him. "These Nazi submarines and lisphere by force." I Thrice in his address the Presi- jdent mentioned with irony those in Our Ships," D. R. Orders 'Sink President spoke as he should have spoken.

He could not yield on such a fundamental right. This is the time for all Americans to rally to his support. No man can say whether this will involve the United States in war but every thoughtful create a series of incidents which. rRittee made a statement today itiori had been used to obtain a third would force us into actual the speech of Chares A. presidential term, the flyer said, "Only the creation of sufficient Thursday night.

-The power of the Roosevelt admin- iaoer" Aui.ui istration depends upon the main- 'incidents yet remains; and jou see, It depiorable," Mr. 'Miller of wartime emergency." the first of these already taking -that Mr. Lindbergh has' "The danger of the Roosevelt ad-place, according to plan a plan! jingled out groups who are sup-j ministration lies in its subterfuge," that was never laid before the! posed to comprise the interven-jhe said. "While its members have uf. v.i,,m,.,v Of those named the Jews! promised us peace, they have led us American people for their approval.

Qf brum of warheeSIess of the platform "I am not attacking either the public resentment for they have upon which they were elected. Jewish or the British people. Both been the historic scapegoat in all! "If any one of these groups the races I admire But I am saying lands, and history teaches that peo-1 British, the Jewish, or the k. hofh thP British' looking or a scapegoat do not I istration stops agitating for war, I that the leaders of both the British, problem witness believe there will be little danger of 'Nazis. in U.

S. Seas." The Britisn I radio announced "Hitler's expul-'sion from the Atlantic is starting I immediately." The official response, Move to Oust German Gains in Argentina BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 12 (AP) A demand that the German ambassador, Edmund von Thermann. be declared "persona non grata" on grounds of abusing his diplomatic privileges was indorsed unexpectedly last night by the conservative bloc of the chamber of deputies. Cries of "he's got to go" arose amid the cheers which greeted the announcement made by Conservative Leader Reynaldo Pastor.

In making his announcement Pastor said "after we adopt tfus (resolution) it will be up to the German ambassador to see if he still wishes to stay." The chamber adjourned after hours of debate without voting on the resolution asking the executive branch of the government to declare Von Thermann's presence no longer desirable, but the Conservative decision ended doubt about adoption of the measure. An Argentine congressional committee investigating subversive activities told the chamber that Von Thermann headed an "almost military" organization of cells disciplined by storm troops and secret police, and financed by taxes on the pay checks of German workers and their Argentine-born sons sworn to support Adolf Hitler "to the death." NAZISFAiLTO TOP person knows that if the President were less firm disastrous war would be inevitable. Wanted Congress Consideration. Representative Louis Ludlow, one of the leading peace advocates of congress Personally I would have and the Jewish races, for reasons Czarist Russia and Nazi Germany. jour involvement." which are a understandable from! "Our local America First Com-: Lindbergh assailed the lend-lease their -viewpoint as they are inad-i mittee, which has several Jews! program for sending a major part visable from ours, for reasons which ng its members, thoroughly dis-j of American plane production (approves of the insertion of the abroad.

are not American, wish to invoive us.jewish into great "Today, two years after the start In the war. We can not blame them We have devoted ourselves ex-i of the war," he said, "the American raiders are the rattlesnakes of the Atlantic. They are a menace to the free pathways of the high seas. They are a challenge of our own sovereignty. They hammer at our most precious right when they attack ship; of the American flag-symbols of our independence, our freedom, our very life." Will Protect All Ships.

Then, with measured emphasis, came these words: "In the waters which we deem necessary for our defense, American naval vessels and American planes will no longer wait until axis submarines lurking under the water, or axis raiders on the surface of the sea, strike their deadly blow first." Not only American commerce "but ships of any flag" will be protected in those waters, he asserted. Mr. Roosevelt read his address from the diplomatic reception room of the White House. Behind his desk as he faced the cluster of the camp opposed to administration foreign policies. The ficst occasion was when he told his audience that the attack on the destroyer Greer had been deliberate and unprovoked despite "what Hitler's propaganda bureau has invented, and in spite of what any American obstructionist organization may prefer to believe." The second reference was during his remarks charging Nazi penetration attempts in the western hemisphere.

"Hitler's advance guards not only his avowed agents but also, also his dupes among, us "have sought to make ready for him footholds and bridgeheads in tne new world, to be used as soon as he has gained control of the oceans." As a parting shot. Mr. Roosevelt asserted: "No tender whisperings of appealers that Hitler is not interested In the western hemisphere, no soporific lullabies that a wide ocean protects us from him can long have any effect on the hard-headed, far- to clarifying the issues, army nas oniy a iew nunuira uiui for looking out for what they be- 'in the knowledge that while im- ougniy raout'ia uumueio aim i-vp to rx tneir own interests, out i 7 ill 1 I 1 Liicm utliliaiu x3 of one's opponents vn infwnnnf however, was left for a 'person oi equal standing" presumably Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Rome and Berlin displayed no hurry to comment, but actually German commentators had anticipated the speech by several hours, denouncing Mr. Roosevelt roundly as a "warmonger" who intended his address "to excite public opinion in the United States." In Canada the President's words were considered stronger than any-previous assertions, and the general opinion seemed to be that the United States had moved a step closer to actual participation in a shooting wfar.

There was an echo of a bygone shooting was when Mr. Roosevelt flatly accused Germany of waging "ruthless unrestricted submarine- warfare." It was the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare early in 1917 that brought the severance of diplomatic relations with Germany which preceded the United States entry into the world war. As for the "unrestricted subma our stiver since iu iiitcptiuxi, since its inception, tail 11UW flllUW H1C iiaiiUlHl 1 1 1 the correct answer. We shall con arms program has been laid out for the purpose of carrying on the war lead oW country to destruction." i the wished and I think many others would have wished that in a matter of such seriousness and magnitude involving the imminent possibility, of our entrance into a shooting war the question had been presented to congress so the people might have expressed themselves on it through their chosen representatives. Representative John W.

Boehne, Evansville, who voted for lease-lend and against conscription and draft extension The President has reaffirmed America's traditional policy of 160 years standing, a policy that has been approved by the American people ever since formation of the republic. It is a policy that is vitally necessary, not only Terming England position ties- 1fv, bear will not be by lightened our perate." Lindbergh asserted: in Europe far more than for the purpose of building an adequate defense for America." j. analysis of those who brought the burden upon them, enough and her armies are not, Stephen Early Assails Flyer. strong enough to invade the con-j tinent of Europe and win the "war peace in Europe many months agoi WASHINGTON, faept. iz iur; the declared aeainst Germany.

be better off for doine so." i President Roosevens sposesman, microphones was a defense program poster with the exhortation: "Keep em flying" In contrast with the sweltering heat that wilted the capital the evening of the President's last fire side chat on May 27, the weather had rine warfare of 1941," President geographical position is such that' Lindbergh said he could under-'Stephen T. Early, asserted today she can not win the war by aviation istand why the Jewish people desired! that there is "striking similarity alone regardless of how many planes! the overthrow of the Nazi regime. between fabrications of the Nazi we send her. I "The persecution they suffered in: propaganda machine and Charles A. "Even if America entered the Germany Would be sufficient to Lindbergh's charge that "the British, it is improbable that tne allied arm- make bitter enemies of any race.

No; the Jewish and the Roosevelt admin-ies could invade Europe and over-person with sense of the dignity of istration" are leading America come the axis powers." (mankind can condone the persecu-j toward war. If it were not for her hope, he tion of the Jewish race in Germany." Lindbergh made that statement that she can make the United States! He advised, however, "that instead; last night in an address sponsored responsible for the war of agitating for war, the Jewish! by the America First committee at as well as militarily, I believe that; groups in this country should be op-jDes Moines, after the Presidents England would have negotiated a posing It in every possible way, for speech. NAPOLEON 0 Roosevelt said the United States is ready to deal with it in defensive waters "no matter what it takes, delightfully cool after a sultry week almost too cool for the light seersucker suit Mr. Roosevelt wore. There was a black band of mourning on the President's sleeve for the, death of his m'ier, Mrs.

Sara Delano Roosevelt. laJ Sunday. no matter what it costs." i Sea Defense Areas Vague. Continued from Page 1, Part 1 and had retaken the village of Oklha, inflicting great calualties on the enemy. On the basis of dispatches from Althoush the White House had promised that the speech would leave no question unanswered, it-contained only the vaguest indication of what parts of the sea are for complete defense of the Americas but for the welfare and future prosperity of our citizens.

I see no reason why every liberty-loving American can not indorse it completely. Convoys, Says Nye. Senator Gerald P. Nye N. Clearly, we are going to have convoys irrespective of law and irrespective of President Roosevelt's own promises and assurances.

This means definitely that we are nearer to a shooting war byt presidential proclamation. Hie President declares in effect that we shall defend our rights on such seas as are essential to our security, with the President reserving to himself alone the determination of which waters are thus essential, be they the Caribbean, Red or Black seas. Albin W. Barkley Democratic leader of the senate He has held to constitute "defensive waters." Moreover, it made no mention of any decision to seek reneal of the neutrality act. and it sighted and realistic American people." On the Greer incident.

Mr. Roosevelt posed a dilemma for the government of the Third Reich. Hurls Piracy Charge. After asserting the identity of the world war four-stacker was that she had been attacked in the waters of the American defense zone, and that the attack had occurred in broad daylight, the President continued: "If the destroyer was visible to the submarine when the torpedo was fired, then the attack was a deliberate attempt to sink a clearly identified American warship. "On the other hand, if the submarine was beneath the surface and, with the aid of its listening devices, fired in the direction of the sound of the American destroyer without even taking the trouble to learn its identity as the official German communique would indicate then he attack was even more outrageous.

For it indicates a policy of indiscriminate violence against any vessel sailing the seas belligerent or nonbelligerent. "This was piracy piracy, legally arid morally. It was not the first nor the last act of piracy which the Nazi government has committed against the American flag in this war. Attack has followed attack." May Ask Neutrality Act Repeal. The phrasing of this paragraph In Mr.

Roosevelt's address gave many was completely silent on the subject of the third axis power, Japan a silence some thougnt was In sneakine of "defensive Mr. Roosevelt made only one point clear that the seas immediately surrounding all American outposts are so considered. The absence of a The immediate audience was small Mrs. Roosevelt, wearing black; Harry L. Hopkins, the lease-lend supervisor, who came in after the speech had started; Captain Elliott Roosevelt and his wife, a handful of White House aids and some radio technicians.

But outside the room there were millions who heard. All major radio networks broadcast the speech, and every available piece oi short wave equipment was put into service to beam the original or translations to the four quarters of the earth. The rebroadcasts were in fourteen languages. The President began speaking in a serious, but matter oi fact tone. He recited the recent series of sea incidents.

Four were well known by this time the Robin Moor, U. S. S. Greer, Steel Seafarer, Sessa. Not so the fifth the disclosure how a submarine stalked one of the navy's big battle wagons.

Mr. Roosevelt recounted it thus "In July, 1941 nearly two months ago an American battleship in North Atlantic waters was followed by a submarine which for a long time sought to maneuver itself into a position of attack upon the battleship. The periscope of the submarine was plainly seen. No British ox American submarines were within of miles of this spot at the time, so the nationality of the submarine is clear." The President proceeded to indict the third Reich for waging "unrestricted submarine warfare" in a campaign to seize control of the seas. To further this campaign, he said, there are Nazi plots in the western hemisphere.

more explicit definition set legislators studying previous presidential pronouncements in an effort to work out one for themselves. The general conclusion wras that the "keep out" zone would include all of the West Atlantic from Iceland down to the areas off the long South American coastline. However, Mr. Roosevelt has indicated on several occasions that, from the standpoint of defense, he considers the hemisphere's geographical boundary an elastic line. Such a 'conception, officials were quick to note, would not be calculated to hamper naval operations under last nisht's orders.

of his listeners the impression that he looks for continued axis attacks ES3'S on the Stars and Stripes. jail three belligerent capitals London, Moscow and Berlin there 'seems to be reason, however, for be-i lief that the whole eastern front is Centering a crucial stage in which the Russian position is not too ad-; vantageous. Taking the relentless attacks and 'counter-attacks of the' last two weeks as part of an unprecedented and broad military operation, it appeared to neutral military sources I that the Russians had succeeded in halting the German advance generally except for the encirclement of I Leningrad and had thrown back the i Nazis in the Smolensk sector. But this trend must be extended greatly and continued if the German army is to be endangered, and there was as yet no assurance that such would be the outcome. Nazis "Progressing Well." The German high command insisted operations are "progressing well" despite the rain and mud.

"Stronger" Russian troop concentrations in the central sector yesterday were taken under "effective fire" by German artillery, DNB said, resulting in the dispersing of Soviet units. Soviet losses in the northern area were estimated by Nazis at 1,200 prisoners, twelve tanks and -sixty artillery pieces. At another point in the same sector DNB said the Germans made further territorial gains as well. The German radio broadcast a Rome report today stating that the Italian "pasubio" division had crossed the Dnieper river in southern Russia in a district which hitherto had not been attacked. Heavier Attacks Forecast.

Military spokesmen in Berlin, other than the high command, insisted German arms easily took care of the Soviet forces hurled against them. Speaking of the approaching winter, DNB said "The Soviets know quite well they will have taken still more heavy German blows before winter comes." Army men said there will be two more months of good fighting weather, even on the northern front. Despite the President's silence on possible repeal of the neutrality act, one highly-placed congressional leader said Mr. Roosevelt had Mil AJ planned his address "to lay a foun dation" for a repeal request later. This legislator one of those who talked with Mr.

Roosevelt at a con ference yesterday said administra tion leaders are convinced that the act no longer is serving any useful purpose. Under the act, American merchant The uncertainty on the subject was further hightened by this passage from Mr. Roosevelt's address: "No act of violence, no act of intimidation will keep us from maintaining intact two bulwarks of American defense. First, our line of supply of materiel to the enemies of Hitler, and second, the freedom of our shipping on the high seas." Convoys Next? The reference to the supply line to the enemies of Hitler was believed to be the basis for the British interpretation that American naval units would provide transatlantic guard for their shipping. It also started administration opponents proclaiming: "The convoys are coming." But Mr.

Roosevelt had nothing more to say on this particular ships can not enter designated com Uruguay, Argentine, Bolivia and Colombia all have been forced to take action against, these conspiracies, Mr. Roosevelt asserted, and "I could multiply instance on instance." He stressed he was not talking of isolated episodes. "It would be unworthy of a great nation -to exaggerate an isolated incident, or to become inflamed by some one act of violence. But it would be inexcusable folly to minimize such incidents in the face of bat zones; belligerents must take title to American goods before they transport them from the United states, and American citizens can not travel in belligerent ships except under regulations prescribed by the President. It generally was agreed that any proposal to wipe out the act would draw vigorous opposition, but some leaders in both parties expressed the conviction that repeal would be voted if Mr.

Roosevelt requested it. laid before the American people the problem that faces them and the method by which he proposes to deal with it. In my opinion, he could pursue no other course. Senator Charles L. McNary Republican leader It was a candid statement on the part of the President of his purposes and policies, without any attempt to involve congress.

Tom Connally chairman of the senate foreign relations committee The address was an eloquent and clear exposition of the historical and traditional policy of the United States with regard to the freedom of the seas. If our ships or our citizens are attacked we shall defend them. I hope our destroyers will shoot hard and straight. Alf M. Landon, at Topeka, 1936 Republican presidential nominee, and a critic of the President's foreign policies I have had no illusions for many months that when you go looking for trouble you always find it.

General Robert E. Wood, of the America First Committee It is war. "Closer to Shooting." Representative Joseph Martin Mass.) Republican leader The President has told the country what his course of action will be in the event axis ships appear in certain sea zones. This means we move closer to the shooting. Sol Bloom N.

Chairman of the house foreign affairs committee President Roosevelt is on eternally solid ground when he declares that the American flag will be protected wherever it flies. Senator Guy M. Gillette Ia.) The address of the President is a declaration of war so far as it can be made by the executive branch alone. Every American citizen will support the commander-in-chief in any step he takes in foreign relations regardless of whether we approve or not. However, in my opinion it would have been a preferable approach if the executive had laid before the congress a message citing the facts he had covered in the speech and had asked for the appropriate legislatives-action.

Representative John J. Cochran acting majority leader of the house I don't think the American public could expect the President to do anything else. Senator Lister Hill Ala.) All Americans can thank heaven that we have a President who has the courage and the wisdom to repel the assault by Hitler, on the United States. The defense of our country demands such action. Representative Andrew J.

May Ky.) The President's speech was a fearless statement of sound American doctrine and ought to and will receive the support of the American people. point, -and no member ol congress claimed authoritativeknowledge on what he had in mind. There was speculation, however, Germans said 1,200 Russians were killed in two battles on the Karelian isthmus this week. The military situation at Lenin grad itself was clouded. Soviet sources claimed approaches to both that second city -of the U.

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Red army pilots from the Baltic fleet were said to have joined army defenders in combatting German planes which have caused 123 airraid alarms at Leningrad. Helsinki dispatches said Finnish troops fighting through rain had pushed ever swampy lands of Karelia to within forty miles of Petrozav-osk, a station on the Soviet rail line from Leningrad to Murmansk. Russian guerrillas said to be active behind the German lines in support of Soviet frontal operations, and the early-morning Moscow communique said a Soviet trick involved two Nazi infantry units in deadly fighting between themselves. The Soviet band, the communique said, involved one unit a detachment of three platoons in a hot skirmish near the town of Dunayevo and then ceased fire and disappeared when a Nazi infantry company appeared. to grasp the real situation," the communique said, "both German detachments opened rifle and machine-gun fire at each other.

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