The Washington times., 1915-12-03
Ford's Tone Changes;
Appears TO Be in Haze
Less Takative, But His Secretaries Are Not at Loss
for Words-Forgets to Whom He Gave $4,000
to Fight Preparedness.

decided when the, refusal to allow a
representative OF the London Daily
Mail aboard was brought up. Mr..
Iochner decided the matter. saying that
II English newspaper men were taken
German newspaper men could not be
excluded. causing no one knows wfOt
complicatio
Mr.. Ford's animation OF a week ago
was gone. It required a question espe-
cially directed to rouse him. Generally
he sat looking into vacancy with a
smile on his face. His demeanor was
that Of man of great simplicity and
directness OF purpose who has unex-
pectedly run against series OF tower
ing obstacles and who Is greatly be-
wlldered. but has no thought but OF
keeping on. A Hash that showed his
recognition OF the difficulties he faces
came when question was asked him
about his own return from abroad.
When did he intend to come back him
oh, I don't know" he protested
when I'm a wiser man than I am
now"
once he bestirred himself to ask An
What would you say England and
France are fighting for?"
II suppose to rid Belgium OF the Ger
mans. for one thing" was suggested.
To Crush "MiIitism.'
10 crush milit' ism?" Interrupted Mr..
Ford. He always calls It milit'ism. But
he became vague when he was asked
ir he thought that Germany represented
"milit'ism''
lie repeated himself. He said over
again nearly all those things that he
uttered here week ago.
preparedness for war is as bad as
war. Preparedness Is war. boy never
killed a bird unless he had a slingshot.
The people want peace" These things
he said over In the same way
Ford said that the application for his
personal passport has gone to WASH
ington. and he expects to receive the
passport today. The two secretaries
avowed that there was not going to be
any esDec!al trouble over passports
that nearly all would get them in time to
sail tomorrow NJ . o'clock.
A formal statement of Mr.. Ford's
peace plans. which has been made pub
lie before. was given out.
II explains the proposal for Q neutral
conference. and says that ample as
suranc"s have been given that the bel
ligcrent nations are willing to stop the
war and will not oppose the neutral
conference.
viii 20 on the oscar II that the ship
! leaves Hoboken at n. III tomorrow.
To Fix" Immortal Phrases.
Everything that can be done for tho
comfort and convenience Of the pea ce
pilgrims appears to have been under
taken. Room 523 at the Biltmorc kept
, open all night last night and thither re-
! paired those who had baggage arrange
1
be provided with tvpewriters and there
viii be all sorts Of stenographers and
other word recording APPARATUS.
Especially distographs. Mr.. Lochner
| said that there will be plenty of dicto-
graphs aboard. so that II any one makes
| speech fand II Is hoped that there
VIII he many pleasant speeches on the
voyage across). anv chance immortal
| phrase uttered will be fixed for all
! time.
Mr.. Ford was piled with numerous
questions, but such answers as he would
nave made were forcstalled by alta hes
| or his publicity bureau. who took IT
! upon themselves to answer the ques-
tons addressed to their employer.
MIR. DelaviRne Decides.
He was asked. for example. to sup
nose that his mission would be sue
c"ssful. with Germany occupying
b" willing for the war to cease now
| and leave Germany in possession"
Germany don't want Belgium Mr.
D"lavignc OF the press bureau promptly
| interposed.
How do you know
The press agent puzzled over that for
| moment. and then found the solution.
| oh. we'll h" said. "lct her keep a
chunk Of II"
what IL the fundamental idea of this
expedition" Ford was asked
To stop war, and preparedness for
war. We don't want prepu rcdness We
have too many valuable buildings here
and don't want them treated as were
the buildings OF l.ouvain.
IF VIC can gain this first stcp-dis-
armament-if We can cause one or two
nations to disarm. the movement will
spread the world over. hope the
United States will be the first 10 lead
In the movement. II boy goes out
on the highway and does not have his
sltngshot with him, he will not kill any
squirrels"
Sacrifices Lecture Tour.
How do you expect to promote peace
tho hoI h,. ,.Li,u o