New York, Feb. 21.
Today, 77 per cent. of Americans are against armed intervention by the United States if Germany was defeating Britain and France, according to the latest poll taken by the American Institute of Public Opinion.
The question put by the Institute was: "If it appears that Germany is defeating Britain and France, should the United States declare war on Germany and send our army and navy to Europe to fight?"
Last September, 56 per cent. of Americans answered no to this question. Last October, 71 per cent. said the same thing. The figure has now risen to 77 per cent.
The Institute says this is not due to any decrease in American sympathy for the Allied cause but rather to "another indication of the deep-seated desire of the people to avoid shedding American blood in Europe's battles.'—Reuter.
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