Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-18
War Breaks Out Aboard
Henry Ford's Peace Ark
Governor Hanna Refuses Sign Resolutions Against Natona
Preparedness; Party May Split When
Norway Is Reached. -" ...>>@

| disapproved the Jones.Aked resolu
tion and uphOlds the Wilson message
which the resolution was obviously
intended to attack. ..r
But Ford's encourage can't see il
that way. . .4.-, .-
Louis P. Lochner, Ford's secretary
on this peace (once) voyage, said
ANY one accepting Mr.. Ford's in
vitation to travel as his guest on the
peace ship should accept the unpre
paredness program( or otherwise
they will just be taking a joy ride"
The Ford party. you see, still talks
in terms of Shop .- ,%. s
The whole ships company is divid.
ed into two camps, and one CORE.
spondent "a former police reporter he
isl, who isn't visibly impressed by
the solemnity of this voyage, made
light of the situation, but added, in a
moment of unbecoming levity, that
he thought merry hell was to pay
| Henry lrOrd, host on the Oscar II,
sent the following wireless dispatch
today to each European monarch:
"Sir: We come in this time OF
trouble not, to add to your burdens,
but to help lift them; not to consider
which nations are most to blame for
the disaster that has befallen Europe.
but to end the, strife; not to intrude
! ourselves upon your national life and
national ideas, but rather with an
| earnest desire, TO understand them,
and heartfelt Wish to aid in realiz.
ing them. .>.su,,s /. .,4, ...E
"The love Of country, for which
every day tens of thousands of lives
are sacrificed, is IT,, same in every
land. Your nation, like the people Of
all the other belligerent countries, is
fighting for it's national existence and
its best national traditions, and so
there can be no irreconceivable differ.
ences. st..,. ,f',s&. IL
Such common ideals surely must
afford basis upon which to establish
a magnanim0us and honorable peace
The men and women Of your country,
and of all the warning countries, have
proved their loyalty. Enough blood
has been shed. enough agony endured
and enough destruction wrought. The
time has come to stop the bloodshed,
to save the people from further
slaughter and the civilization of the
world from anarchy and ruin.
HAS not war been tried enough in
sixteen months of fighting. Is it not
proved that war cannot solve the
problem, but that it leads only to
loss and misery? Must lives be
crushed and wives and mothers be.
reaved before We recognize that Eu.
rope is bleeding to death, and that
the grievous wound must be staunch-
ed? -.. .,.. ia. t,s, VAL
"The rising desire Of the people in
neutral nations to convert a barren
disinterestedness into active good has
prompted the citizens of the United
States of America to sail for Europe
on the steamship Oscar II, with the
serious purpose of Joining with citi.
zens Of the European neutral nations
in an organized effort to help restore
peace upon ans 1lphorable and just
basis, to facilitate direct negotiations
between you and the other warning
nations.
we neuLTdlS are aUOuL 10 JOIN III D.
conference which shall, without delay,
frame and submit simultaneously to
you and all the other belligerent ma
tions proposals as basis for discus.
sion leading to the final settlement
Therefore, we do earnestly entreat
you and the rulers of all the other
warning nations to declare an imme-
diate truce. Let the armies stand
still where they are. Then let the ne
gotiations proceed, so that the SOL
diers may be delivered from another
bitter winter in the trenches, and
sent back to their labors and their
firesides. As there is no other way to
end the war except by mediation and
discussion, why waste one more pre-
cious human life? For the sake of
humanity,
.'HENRY FORD"