The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-12-16
FIGHT DEVELOPS
ON PEACE SHIP;
GUESTS MAY QUIT
Judge Ben Lindsey and S. S.
Mcclure Question Patriotism
of Resolution Presented
For Adoption.
DOZEN WILL NOT SIGN
Wireless Appeal Is Sent to
Every Reigning Monarch of
Europe BY the Detroit
Manufacturer.
DOZEN WILL NOT SIGN

On Board Steamship Oscar II. by
wireless via the steamship NORMAN.
Dec. IA resolution condemning
President Wilson's preparedness policy
brought protest from prominent men,
bers Of Henry Fords peace party Last
night, when it was presented for adop-
ton. The resolution was drawn up
by the Rev. Jenllin Jones and the Rev.
Charles F. Aked and others who asked
Shat 1t be signed by all members of the
party as their platform.
More than dozen members, includ-
ing s. S. Mcclure, Of New York; and
Judge Ben b. Lindsey, of Denver; re-
FUSED to sign on the ground that the
resolution was unpatriotic. Some of
them even threatened to leave the
party, after 1t reached Europe, il the
proposed platform were put through.
us supporters said the opponents
Ialled to understand the spirit of Mr.
Ford's invitation.
Appeal to Rulers.
An appeal to the rulers of Europe
was sent by wireless today addressed
individually to each reigning monarch,
reading:
Sir: We come in this time of
trouoie not 70 add to your burdens. but
10 nelp lift them, not to consider which
hatlons are most to blame for the dis
aster 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 de-
sire TO understand them and a heart.
let WISH 10 aid in realizing them.
Inc love Of country for which every
day tens of thousands of lives are soc,
rlnced' Is the same in every land. Your
haIion, ike the people of all the other
Dellgerent countries. is fighting for
It's national existence and it's best ma
tlonal traditions and so there can be
no lrreconcfllable differences. Such
GIotnIlon Ideal surely must afford
OASIS upon which to establish a mag
unanimous and honorable peace.
me tlme has come to stop the
pioodshed, to save the people from fur
tner slaughter, and the civilization of
tne world from anarchy and ruin. Has
not war been tried enough in 16 months
VI lIghtmgE Is 1t not proven that war
cannot solve the problem, but that IL
leads only to loss and misery? Must
nVes be crushed and wives and moth
ers bereaVed before we recognize that
europe is bleeding to death and that
the grievous wound must be
staunched?
I'VE neuhals are about to iofn in n
conference which shall, without delay.
frame and submit simultaneously to
you and all the other belligerent M
tions proposals as q basis for a dis
cussion leading to the final settlement.
therefore, we do earnestly entreat you
and the rulers Of all the other warning
nations to declare an immediate truce.
Let the armies stand where they are.
Then let the negotiations proceed so
that the soldiers 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 prec-
ious human life? For the sake of hu-
mantty, Henry Ford"