The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-08
PEACE PLAN A PUZZLE
DR., Aked says He Cannot Figure
what Ford's Atms Are.

ABOARD II OSCAR H.. Dec. THE
Rev. c.. +. Aked Of San Francisco wrote
an avowal Of faith. or lack of IT. to-day
In which he says the things Mr.. Ford
hopes to accomplish are to
him and that after thinking the trip
over for a couple of days his mind Is
q blank.
He says in part:
The peace ship IL on its way. The
scramble for passports is over. The last
farewells are said and we are of at
last. 1t has been a rush from the other
side Of the continent. Now for a little
calm-the winds and the waves permit
ting. And then-a plunge into the un-
known.
For myself my mind Is a blank for
"First-I cont know Mr.. Ford very
we'll.
second don't know what we hope
to accomplish and
Third don't know how We are
going to do 1t.
us it not recorded of the Father OF
the Faithful that He set out not know
Ing whittier he was going? He has
| some children on board the Oscar III.
1 am sure of only "A few things.
II am fairly sure we shall not get
the boys out of the trenches by Christ
mas. And for the rest ] only feel sure
| OF this-that you cannot bring together
some hundreds of devoted men ana
women, picked from among the lovers
OF their kind in all the neutral nations
Of the civilized world, tn rub brains
with each other In the hope of peace,
to talk peace. think peace. dream peace
and plan for the future Of the world
when the war Is over-you cannot 90
this without some good coming OF 1t
somehow, somewhere. some day.
start Made Amid eers.
put II at the worst We start amid
the teers OF two continents. Ford is
"a freak and we are fanatics fools II
we think the war can be stopped, knaves
IL we think 1t ought to be stopped
This IL 'Ford's Joy ride across the Az
~lantic.' n a certain class OF persons
and their money are soon parted
"All right: they laugh best whit
laugh last. You may ridicule a policy
out of existence. You may aug ar
institution of the face OF the earth
Ridicule never hurt a principle yet, u
the cause for which We stand is rld,cu'
lous all do we'll to laugh, But II thi'
thing is rooted md grounded In fauf
and nope and love. II 1t grows on
of what Is 'likest God within the sou
OF man, and makes its appeal 10 al
that is most enduring In earth anS
heaven. then all the laughter in the wor''
cannot touch IL. not even II Theodore
Roosevelt Join Alton Parker in n gunaV
that echoes from New York to San Fran
cisco.
"And what II we turn out not to b'
b,ithering idiots after all? What II thil
startling, spectacular advertisement o
peace succeeds in loosing the pent VI
good will OF war stricken Europe? tn
war will ave TO end some day. 1t can
not go on forever. And a number o
elderly gentlemen representing the war
ring nations will meet round a 'ap'e an
talk about peace.
I'VE may not by any direct action o
ours bring them sooner face to face
But then again we may. And II no
. we may set minds working and tongue
3 wagging among the European peoples
and-wIth God be the rest. II this b
folly, fools let us be 10 all eternity
w set ourselves against the whole
, sale organization Of ~irrationality an
crime that men call war. And we ar
fools for our pains. are we? But frof
one corner Of Europe to the other ca
YOU find one grain of ~sense-where IN
flags of war are flying? What sens
! is there In all this mutilation and mui
der and massacre by machinery?
eN'
: shaw - Chartered Lib~rtine."
: 81 begin to believe that We are tn
y sober, sensible persons. we freaks or IN
= peace ship. 1t Is only a couple OF month
2 ago that Bernard Shaw said that eve
: now the sensible thing would be fo
: the soldiers on both sides to shoot the
c officers and then go quietly home abol
their business. Shaw II a chartered III
, ertine and can say anything. ! dan
not say anything Of the sort, Onl
:, there may be n thought reader who wi
= scan these lines.
. 80 We are on Time In up. We Al
not "A very important crowd-not In on
selves. 1t Is only what we carry vii
us In our souls that Is importent. "
are indeed "a 'd%eputation,' For you r.
member the definition OF the word?
n deputatiOn IL a noun OF multitude thi
n signifies many but does not signify muc
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