The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-05
rDRD's ARe0Sf Of PEACE
ecentinus4 from First Pass.,

were haneing flAshlights. there was
Z Swedish steward rushing about with
Z squirrel In cago. ana finally forc-
ink Il into Mr.. Fcrd's stateroom, there
ware Debated arrivals. including many
college students. forcing their way
their trunks upon their shoulders.
there were cheers for everybody and
by everybody, and around and about
and through II all pushed and tostled
the crowd. waving flags. American,
Swediah. peace flags, any kind Of
flags. and carelessly crying out Tor
peach, pace, peace.
AZ It vas at the beginning OF the
Ford peace ship plan; 80 i was 2,
to 70, nobody waa N charge Of any
thing. nobody knew anything except
that hero WA I ship that Henry Ford
was taking to Europe to stop the var
get the boys out Of the trences py
Christmas, and lots OF other fhins. An
intoxicated young man with German
accent shouted. "0ott strafe Heinrich
Ford" women cried Historically, God
bless Mr.. Ford, God bless Mr.. Bryan.
soldiers. ara changed to The Star
Spangied f,snner." man said to be
: /, movie actor Owed into the water
after the Yecedinx ship. and still tbs
crowd chssred ard laughed and
waved Hegn
Uher bryan For Ford.
The crowd was most hectic or mos
enthusiastic, as one Will, when Mr
Ford and Mr. Bryan vert aboard. 2
few minutes apart. Many people too''
the former Secretary OF State for .he
pilot Of peace. and cheered him ae
Mr. Ford. but tbs real Mr.. Ford lost
nothing of noise in his reception,
And he loved II Al, the cheering, the
hand and flag waving the good
wishes. When he gave. his last mes
rage, a few minutes before the gang
plank went up. he was smiling broad
IL and looked more alert than since
he announced the peace ship plan t.
stop the war that has gained hiro
worldwide attention This was his
p message:
MY last word 10 boost. boost peace.
I don't know how this thing IL coming
out, what we'll do when we get over in
Europe. but. anyway. I'm going to dc
he best ! can"
The delays that kept the Oscar II
1t her pier an hour and thirteen min
utas beyond her sailing time NUT
have taxed to the utmost the patience
NJ Captain Hempel, his officers and
crew. az the eleventh hour tumble
bsggage got worse and worse. Had
II not bean for the delays. how
sver. the crowd would not have had
! performance that scarcely could be
>1neneS o5tsiae Of extrava9snxa-
y was a:tst Mr.. Bryan had visit
&C Nj Ford, had brief conference
si<n hin. In which he added his own
stsna biess you after Thomas Ed
s1r. tss5 ees-ended to the pier after
At. A~&n hnr vr ye
afr, John Burroughs with bad cold
and sorry he conia not sail, had quiet
il sl.proa away. that the celebrities
II tho trtc were iinea ZIP AT the rail-
70 entertain the crowd.
And tho stage manager was Lloyd
~ Bingham. husband Of Amelia 8ing-
ham. the actress. who = sailing as
one OF the peace propagandists-
Propandists introduced.
Resting one foot on the rail- and
tea53.ass toward the great crowd, MI.
tsinglaafr introduced, like the Inter
l.cator I'm a minstrel show. first, Nj.
Fcra then Judge Ben Lindsey. then
the Rev. DIR. jenkins Jones, or Chi
aago, the ships marrying parson. then
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Andrew Berhea,
Of South Carolina. He then called
In stentorian tones for three cheers
LOT everybody ATotti 4stAs = of0 ~ -'at
Edison, when he called Theodore
Edison He made jokes about the
Ford automobiles, about his wife,
Miss Bingham. about the crowd. about
everything and nobody stopped MIN.
The crowd craned its neck, gufYawed.
sna- asked. Who is that fellow ~
sne through 1t all AIR. Ford smiled
snd bowed. and threw kisses.
Taen constituting himself official
49,, tzs.x t.nv, RI
pawled IL the crowd Mr. Ford'a
thanks for the send-oH and his asur-
tnce that Henry was going to do his
hes. for humanity. stu MIR. Ford
smiles. and everybody else smiled,
ana Or Jones made a speech In the
same auayery voice IN WHICH he had
read the marriage ceremony. and
there were moro cheers for anybody
and everybody.
An idea occurred to him and he
handed Mr.. Ford some lorg steamed
-oses taken from the heaps OF flow
srs that had been sent to the peate
ship. Directly beneath Mr.. Ford on
The pier stood Mr. and Mrs. Edison.
Mrs. Ford and Edsei Ford, thelr gor.
AIR. Ford leaned down and threw
.hern several roses. then ER!ly waving
lis hand to the crowd. threw the rost
among them. the petals failing lise
.now on their heads.
But even such scenes had to have
n end, and the last trunk was got
board, the last cheer given. the last
peech made. The boatswain's whistle
s.ped, the Oscar II's whistle doomed.
md slowly tho ship slid past the pier.
he crowd OF passengers that lined the
MI. old and young. men and women,
mch one waving a handkerchief or
American flag. There was one last
tsafensnS roar, the husky policeman
trained TO prevent the forward rush
rom pushing some OF the crowd into
he water, and the peace ship was
zone on its mission. gone to stop the
reat war
The Preparations for Travel
Long before the Ford and Bryan
8.s.ess arrived at the pier. there had
bustle and confusion. Baggage
stacked high, and around pine
.owded peace pilgrims OF all
degrees a remarkable num-
eAnm were women. frxntically
g he-sealed and he-ribboned
sr Swedish dcckhands sour
{ er waddled UP the three
sa heat beneath big trunks.
g.als aboard shouted to
~ tne pier who shouted
7.le crowd OF a score or