Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-12-01
GOV. HANNA ACCEPTS
INVITATION TO JOIN
IN PEACE VOYAGE
Makes Announcement of His Can
didacy for the United
States Senate.
PLATFORM TO BE GIVEN
WHEN HE RETURNS
Chief Executive Begins First Leg
Of His Trip to
Europe

Governor Hanna yesterday issued
two statements; one announcing his
candidacy for the United States SEN
ate and the other that he had accept
ed the invitation OF Henry Ford to be
his guest upon a trip to Europe in the
interests of peace.
The chief executive left yesterday
upon NO. s for Fargo. He left that
point for St. Paul and will be in New
York, December 4, to make the trip
to Europe on Oscar II.
His announcement for the senate is
brief. It is merely an indication OF
his intentions. In February, it is ex-
pected that a formal announcement
will be made, together with the plat
form upon which the campaign will
be waged.
Chief interest now centers upon
Governor Hanna's trip to Copenha-
gen, Stockholm and other European
points, where efforts will be made to
feel out the sentiment for peace.
Partial List.
The list of those going has not
tbeen made public, however. In addi.
ton to Governor Hanna, acceptances
have been received by John Wananla
ker, Jane Adams, Mrs Joseph Fels.
Philadelphia; Mrs. .ttelen .Ring. Rob
|inson, Denver; the Hev. Charles Akea,
San Francisco, and Arthur Wethcoby,
secretary of the Nebraska Peace So
|ciety. Miss Robinson is q state sen
ator and leading suffragist.
Acceptances have been received
from so many that Mr.. Ford has char
tered the first and second cabins Of
the andinavian4American liner,
Frederick VIII. This snip will sail
from New York, December 8.
Governor Hanna is the only COVER
nor whose acceptance so far has been
made public. 1t is thought that Mr.
Ford will within short time an.
nounce tle full list of those deciding
to 60.
Many kilograms.
In response to the many kilograms
letters and personal solicitations
which he has received during the past
few. days, Governor Hanna has ac
cepted Henry Ford's invitation to g.
to Europe with lin and his party to
attend the peace conference to be
held at The Hague in Holland. The
party will sail Saturday, December A.
on the Oscar H., for Copenhagen, anu
will be composed of men and women
of prominence from all parts of the
United States.
Conference at The Hague.
It is expected there viii Ibe repre-
sentatives at The Hague from each of
the warning nations and also from
each of the neutral countries of Eu.
rope. There will probably be about
a weeks conference at The Hague
where general plans twill fbe discussed
and tentative propositions presented.
The party will probably then go into
Belgium, Germany and Franco, giving
about two weeks to d personal in.
spection of the hospitals and deten.
tion camps, and also obtaining an op
pOrtunity to observe how the men.
women and children at home in these
countries are affected by the war.
Some idea of the life of the soldiers
in tie trenches may also be secured.
1t is expected the party will then
meet again at The Hague TO ormulate
some plan that may be presented to
the. nations at war for their consid-
GRAFTON.
Governors Position.
The governor said he fully realized
tlat perhaps immediate results may
not come from this conference. but
the conditions are so leplorable in
the warning countries it would seen
every opportunity to contribute to the
possibilities of restoring peace should
be taken advantage of, and he believ-
ed there was an earnest desire on
! the part of the people OF this stare
and country that the war should
cease. Some individuals or some
country must pave the way and pre-.
pare a proposal upon which the ma
tions at war may get together. If
any one of the belligerent nations
should make a tentative proposition
looking toward peace, it might and
probably would he taken By the peo.
pie of that country and by its allies
as an evidence of weakness, and no
one of these nations seems willing
to take step of that kind at this
time. Someone must take the init.
ative, and unless the step Is taken in
the near future the war may go on
indefinitely. The governor said that
only the other day he had read the
French we're calling out the school
boys for service in their army. This
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