New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-25
GREAT WAR ENDS
CHRISTMAS DAY;
FORD TO STOP IT
auto Maker Charters Ship
for Triumphal Trip with
Big Peace Squad,
IANE adams GOING;
BRYAN NOT INVITED
Gail December 4, Leaving Os-
wald G. Willard Behind to Fight
National Preparedness.

National PTepdl tu1ccc'
r,,s 4, 20 be the worlds greatest
Christmas. By the twenty-ffth of next
month Henry Ford, whose automobile
,r,nu. Is second only to the birth rate
.,,.ets 10 have all the "boys in the
,,,Debes" out Of their holes and shah-
n, hands with each other in pledges
a, uever-ending peace.
Mr.. Ford announced yesterday that
3. had chartered the Oscar ii OF the
Scandinavian Line, to sail from mere
=, december with band OF peace
missionaries. who will strive to show
,hs warning monarchs that they are
oil wrong
aAnd when / get these boys out o.
IN, trenches they'll never go BACK
,gain," Mr.. Ford says.
In the party will be Mr.. Ford John
Wsnamaker, Jane Adams, Ida NJ. Tar
hell and, possibly, Thomas A. Edison
~ course there will be others; ~
r.,d hasn't had time to figure out his
,ul passenger list, for he didn't get Ms
a.. into shane until between IL and l.
o'clock Tuesday night. So far as Is
hOwn. william Jennings Bryan mas
rot been invited. -.
Mr. Edison told Mr.. Ford that nc u
s.s 10 20. but thought it would DE I'M
possible - .,otro;,
aput IN make him g0.' the OetFoi,
.n,omobile maker said yesterday. ana
- ,ermsde the inventor that he should
.so trim. MIR. Ford went to East
Orange last night.
ne Nv Wanamaker's acceptance OF
,As invitation Mr.. Ford said:
awben suggested his going, Mr'
U.,smaker responded instantly I'D 60
.,vwbere in the world with you IN an
,sOr, to stop this war.
sail December 4.
The only definite announcement ;
about his project that Mr.. Ford "Ooi'
make yesterday were;
virst-The ship will leave here on De-
sember 4. lit.
s.,o,d-The whistle for the soldiers
and sailors 20 quit fighting Will De
ylovn early on Christmas Day. -,
rvsntv.four hours after the oscar IL
x,lsbs anchor at this port Oswald Gar
..., Willard. editor of "The Evening
psst- will open an Office in Washing-
sn with $4,000 Mr.. Ford has gwen
hin. where he will seek to learn wna'
members Of Congress favor the admin
htrssIor'. defence plans, and why 'hey
favor them.
yr. Ford got into town early yes'er-
asy morning from Washington where
he had a conference with Presldent
Wason m naaee. lie refused TO say
whether the President had encourage
a, S;sronraged his purpose. The op-
,imism Of the Detroit paciiist yesteT,uia.,S rue,
would lead one 20 believe that MI VI
son did not regard the proposition uh-
fsyersbly
Soon after Mr. Ford had established
himself at the Hotel Biltmore the Iscs
that ne had opened negotiations lOr
eksrtering the Scandinavian liner was
vormed out OF him. He saw Harry ia
eobson. general manager of the passen-
ser business Of the company, whose OF
Zee Is AZ Broadway, and asked Mr..
Jacobson % arrange for the vessel
M. - h0 once
" the COMPANY al Copenhagen. Mr'
Ford made 4 deposit and left the ofice
With the understanding that the inner
VII be temporarily his as soon as She
ss,s In here.
"Boys viii shake Hands
Al o'clock yesterday afternoon,
shsn Mr.. Ford gave an arranged audl-
saes 70 newspaper men, ne said that ne
seuld be unable 20 give out any de-
ais until this afternoon.
For the present" ne said, ~ can tell
ysu only that We are going 20 assemble
great group Of the biggest and most
rfuential peace advocates IN TINS
e'shtry. who can get away, on this
rip. The names Of the ports at which
svll stop will be given 20 you later
perhsps tomorrow. We must get
eoss boz out Of the trenches by
Ctritinasl"
How are YOU going TO get them
estT"
I esn't tel! you just h,v nov. But
" VII use the wireless; well get the
ssscs OF TIE neutral nations together,
tse vel get the press, the greatest
sssheisz for good, behind Us. And
.e.l have those boys out Of the trench
~ Christmas. They'll walk out OF
Sssf holes across % the men who are
ssung them now from other trenches,
sne they'll shake b nds in smiling
.sfesment never 20 90 back 70 those
'snehss again.
u Ne know only one thing. we know
-, ne boys In the trenches do not
.l' 70 hght We know that from let
~ ~s have received, and We know 10
.,5 oiber sources. In this entire
s'ns only ] per cent of The population
lh iaVor % this war, and this ] per
H s made W Of the capitalists. who
80 craving fortunes from the manu-
'nhg Of war material.
Can Beat Mpnition Men.
:. ftre going 70 win, becaugc we have
~ .pt Only that per cent. know
- nsis men who. are making money
1<nw nis war, ard ! know them 10
kncw how W beat them. They
~ ~ argument that can stand up
our programme. Wen have
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