LONDON, March 12, 1940.
 
     I had at the Embassy, at 11:30 a.m., an hour' s con-
 
ference with Sir Archibald Sinclair, leader of the Liberal
 
Party in the House of Commons.
 
     Sir Archibald, through his mother, is half American.
 
His entire converss, tion was devoted to an snalogy between
 
the position taken by the North during the civil War, and
 
the position taken by the North with regard to Hitlerism by the
 
British Government. He claimed that the Civil War had to
 
be fought through to its bitter end, because the North
 
could not afford to compromise on the two basic issues 
 
involved, Unity and S1avery, and any negotiation would 
 
necessarily have resulted in some form of compromise. To-
 
day any peace negotiation undertaken by the Allies with
 
Germany would likewise result in compromise. There can
 
be no compromise with Hitler. The British people have no
 
aim of destruction of the German people. But Hitlerism
 
must be eradicated, root and branch. This can only be
 
accomplished through an allied victory. Thereafter the
 
German people, if they set up a decent Government, can
 
once more be treated as members of the family of nations.
 
     Sir Archibald Sinclair was clearly sincere and very
 
earnest in the exposition of his convictions.