Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-04
FORD PACFICISTS
LAUNCH FORTH ON
DEEP BLUE SEA
Peace Expedition Hopes to Get
Soldiers Out of Trenches
by Christmas
MAKES FAREWELL SPEECH
Auto Man Says my Heart Is in
This Work For Peace and
Great Work Will Come"
BY associated Press

New York. Dec. 4.--Members of the
peace expedition organized and
financed by Henry Ford for the
purpose of creating conference
of representatives of neutral ma
tions in the hope of ending the war
began assembling early at Hoboken
on board the Scandinavian American
Line steamer Oscar IL. One hundred
and forty names are on the list of
Mr.. Ford's guests. OF these SO are
peace ENJOYS, "a newspaper and maga-
zine correspondents and three moving
picture men. For their use Mr.. Ford
chartered the entire first and second
cabins of the steamer.
The Oscar ii should arrive at Chris
tiania, Norway, her first stop, about
December IA. Thence the party is to
proceed to Stockholm, Copenhagen
and The Hague. 1t is proposed to hold
the peace conference at The Hague.
OF the governors invited, so far as
announced. l.. b. Hanna. of North
Dakota, was the only one to accept.
William ]. Bryan hopes to join the
party at The Hague.
Those On Board
A list of ENJOYS given out by Mr..
Fords assistants are, among others,
the Rev. Charles f. Aked, OF San Fran
cisco; Lieutenant A. ].
Bethea, of South Carolina; Mrs. Inez
Milholland Boissevain, New York; II.
G. Evans, of Des Moines, Iowa; Fred
erick Fl. Holt Detroit; T. A. Hosteller,
Washington; the Rev. jenkins l..
Jones. Chicago; the Rev. Samuel s.
Marquis, dean of st. Paul's Cathedral
Detroit: Louis Maverick. Winnetka,
ILL.,: George +. Milton. Chattanooga;
Il. II. Molthan, Williamstown, Mass;
Henry c. Morris, Chicago: Senator
Helen r. Robinson. Denver; T. Monroe
Smock, New Plymouth, Idaho; Charles
n. Thompson, Chicago; Hendrick w.
Van Loon, Ithaca, \. Y; Arthur l..
w. Wright, Little Rock, Ark, and
Lars =. Nelson, New York.
Twenty-three members of the party
are women. Students from the lead
ing universities accompany the ex-
pedition.
"Out of Trenches
The peace delegates received large
red celluloid buttons bearing a white
star with rays and the words "Out of
the Trenches by Christmas"
'My Heart i'm Work
Before sailing Mr.. Ford issued what
he called a farewell statement. 81 am
sailing with the firm belief" he said,
that great good will come of this mis-
sion. 1t will keep alive the thought
that hope of peace exists.
II know little of the details of the
working plan of the peace conference,
but I do know that every effort will be
made for an honorable and early
peace. If this conference succeeds
only in bringing about a beginning OF
negotiations for peace 1t will have ac-
complished a good work.
My heart is in this work for peace
and it is for this reason that | have
stood behind the ship and helped the
people reach a common meeting place
10 discuss the possibilities of peace
with the representatives. of other neu-
trail countries.
I'VE are leaving on time and leaving
with the feeling that those parts of the
world now at peace and at war have
heard of the plan and are in sympathy
with the move and that the best wishes
OF the great majority go with us"