The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-22
NORWAY PROWNS ON
NINE. SCHWMMER
Doubts Her Neutrality-Rev.
Dr. Akcd Filmed a. IL
Played Leapfrog.
FORD STILL IN HIDING
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LONDON. Dec. ?c.-The Christianis
correspondent of the Daily Mall. telc-
graphing yesterday. says:
"All hope Of interesting Norway In the
Ford mission has been abandoned. and
the manager announce that the pill
erims will leave for stockholm on
Thursday. The Christiania peace party
and others here decline 10 have anything
further to 10 with the expedition as long
u Nine. Fosika Schwimmer. the Hun
nrtan peace advocate, Ia connected with
the scheme. They say II Ii impossible to
give the patty the appearance OF being
disinterestedly neutral with a Hungarian
woman directing the operations.
Nine. Scltwimmer sent out at least
100 invitations TO prominent business
men. bankers and others in Chrisaiania
to attend receptions at the Grand Hotel.
but met with no success. The only thing
the people Of Christiania want is an
opportunity to zee the American who II
willing to spend 5000. 900 to end the
war. But Mr.. Ford remains In hiding.
and 1t liz even doubted whether he is
still at the hotel.
The latest scheme to end the war IL
this: MIR. Ford Is to approach all gun
and munition makers in the belligerent
countries. and by Offering them orders
induce them to cease turning out equip
ment for the armies.
There was another reception to-day.
Neither Mr.. Ford nor Nine. Schwimmer
was present. Only q few local eccen-
tries and surraxettes put in an appear
ance.
The Christiania Students Association
will give a banquet tonight.
''Ford's censorship has been extended
TO the three moving picture operators
with the expedition. Louis =. Lochner
and Nine. Schwinlner learned to-day
that films taken aboard the Oscar IL. are
now IN their way to New York. One o.
these shows the Rev. DIR. Aked paying
leapfrog with the Rev. DR.. Jenkin Lloyd
Jones.
another exhibits T. Z. Montgomery
of New York being made a member OF
a mock lodge. the 'Vacillatins Sons OF
~. Vitus.' going through the antics OF q
lunatic and running about the deck. on
all tours. The management of the eX-
! petition nov wants a censor FOR all films.
Fifteen members Of Mr.. Ford's tvav-
ell!pg office stan are to he sent back
| to the United States tomorrow.
The Members OF the mission will not
, he allowed to make speeches in Copen-
' hagen, AS recent legislation forbids for
eigneiS. from publicly discussing amy as
/ pect of the war"
, Henry Ford sent a cable message yes
! terday saying that he woul go into the
: councils OF the neutrals prepared to say
/ TO the warning nations: AS for US neu-
trails. We In America standsready to lead
In the programme of international dis
armament" and we will gladly ofer you
the $500. 00O, 900 that our new military
programme calls for to build up your
homes and reconstruct III shattered
countries"
Mr.. Ford's message read in part:
After this wal II you beiligerentS
! again engag. III competitive ornaments
the cost Will be so terrific that interna.
revolution and wholesale deots are bound
70 follow. You are hoping that an In
demnity from the enemy will enable you
10 pay your bills. but AT best 1t Is un-
settled whether you can ever get this
, indemnity.
your enemy nc less thar yourself
q economically exhausted. Besides. such
an indemnity Will be but Il drop In the
: bucket II another militaTistic period is
4 to follow this one. Why not dlarm
together with the rest of US? You will
thereby cut on the main item ut your
national expenditure. o will thus be-
enabled to g.cuperate from you terrific
losses far faster than in any other way.
The money you would otherwise nave
spent on armament can come into on
structive channels and you will take
some onfo 10 compensate you for
the price paid for this war from the
fact that you have achieved your goal,
namely, national security