The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-12-05
First, Stop of the ENJOYS
Will be at Christian
sand, Norway
MOTION PICTURE
. MEN TAKEN ALONG
Ford, in Farewell Statement
Says His Heart is in
Work for Peace.
By Assoc1ArEp PRDss.

1eASooNLAl6D F6fO0S.
New York, Dec. 4.-Henry Ford
and more than eighty peace advocates
sailed from here today on the steamer
Oscar II for Christianana, Norway.
The party was accompanied by fifty
seven newspaper correspondents and
photographers and more than twenty
general assistants, secretaries and
stenographers.
One hundred and forty names were
on the list of Mr.. Ford's guests. OF
these 50 were peace ENJOYS, 81 news
paper and magazine correspondents
and three moving picture men. For
their use Mr.. Ford chartered the en-
tire first and second cabins of the
steamer.
The Oscar III was due to sail at 2
p. m. She should arrive at Chris
tiana, Norway, her first stop, about
Dec. Ia. Thence the party is to pro-
coed to Stockholm, Copenhagen and
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the peace Conference at The HAGUE.
For several days Mr.. Ford has
maintained headquarters in a New
York hotel summoning by invitation
governors of states, leaders and work.
ers In peace movements and students
of universities to join the expedition.
OF the governors invited, SO far as
announced, L. B. Hanna of North Da-
kota, was the only one to accept. VII
liam j. Bryan who received an invita-
ton declined to accompany the party,
but said he hoped to join them at The
Hague few weeks later. He ex-
planned that he believed he could &C
complish more In the interest of peace
at present by remaining in America.
In the list of ENJOYS given out by
Mr.. Ford's assistants are among
! others. the Rev. Charles F.. Aked, of
San Francisco; Lieutenant Governor
A. j. Bethea, of South Carolina; Mrs.
Inez Milholland Boissevain, New
York; a. G. Evans, Des Moines, Ia;
Frederick H. Holt, Detroit; T. A. Hos
teller, Washington; the Rev. Jenkins
L. Jones, Chicago; Louis Maverick,
Winniteka, ILL.,, George r. Milton,
Chattanooga; e. H. Molthan, VIII
Jamestown, Mass; Henry G. Morris
Of Chicago; Senator Helen r. Robin
son, Denver; T. Monroe Smock, New
Plymouth, Idaho; Charles D. Thomp-
son, Chicago; Hendrix w. Van Loon,
Ithaca, N. Y; Arthur L. Weatherby
Lincoln, Neb.; the Rev. w. M. Wright,
Little Rock, Ark; and Lars P. Mel
son, New York.
Twenty-three members Of the party
are women. Students from Yale,
Vassar, Barnard, Dartmouth, Ober-
lin, Williams, Drake, Vanderbilt and
Columbia and the Universities Cd
Kansas, Ohio, Iowa, Pennsylvania
Wisconsin, Illinois, Nebraska, Michi-
gan, and Texas, accompany the expo
dition.
FAREWELL STATEMENT.
Mr.. Ford issued what he called a
farewell statement.
II am sailing with the firm belief, .
he said, "that great good will come OF
this mission. 1t will keep alive the
thought that peace is possible as well
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true. hope Of peace exists.
81 know little Of the details of the
working plan of the peace confer
ence, but do know that every effort
will be made for an honorable and
early peace. If this conference sue
ceeds only In bringing about be-
ginning of negotiations for peace, II
will have accomplished good work.
My heart is IN this work for peace
and 1t is for this reason that / have
stood behind the ship and helped the
people reach a common meeting place
to discuss the possibilities of peace
with the representatives Of other neu-
trail countries.
Eve are leaving on time, and leav.
ing with the feeling that those parts
of the world now at peace and at wan
have heard of the plan and are II
sympathy with the move, and that
the best wishes of the great majority
go with us."