Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-12-15
FORD PARTY THINKS
PRESIDENT IS WRONG
Criticize His Message and Say
He Is Reactionary in His Rec
concentrations,
concentrations.

s. S. Oscar H., Radio, via Cape
Race, Dec. n4.-At mass meeting
held aboard Henry Ford's peace ship,
Tuesday evening, December 7, S. $.
Mcclure, the eminent magazine pup.
Usher and publicist, read important
extracts from president Wilson's
message, an advanced copy Of which
Mr.. Mcclure had obtained before sa::.
ing. After the readings, Mr.. Ellis o.
Jones, one Of the delegates, spoke as
follows:
certainly do not believe this mes
sage should be received in silence by
this assemblage. This is a reaction
airy message; this message comes to
us at time when we cannot keep
silent; we must speak out; we are
going abroad now, on a mission to
stop a terrible war among nations,
every one Of which is prepared in q
military Way-prepared for war. THIS
is no time to disturb American ira.
ditions and prepare us for war, a
member of this delegation said to-
night, that, preparation in the mill
tary sense is only century old, but
that is not correct. Preparation in
the military sense is many centuries
old, the ancient histories are full o.
it; preparation in peace sense, how.
ever, preparation in a civil sense is
not so old. | call your attention 20
the preparation for peace, that now
exists in the United States and Can
ada. Where there are no forts, where
there are no soldiers, where there are
no trenches or guns, that IS prepare
ton for peace, and that is about a
century old. A preparation for peace
exists between Norway and Sweden.
There is no fort between their from
tiers, and that is the kind Of prepare
ton we need now. America is in dan.
ger, but of what is she in danger?
TIE president does not say in his
message Of what America is in dan
ger. At this time the president does
not mention a single nation that he
dares to say is an enemy of the Unit
ed States of America, but the United
States Of America is in danger none
the less. 1t is in danger of enemies
from within and they are not natural
lied enemies either; they are the
men who are building battleships at
| tremendous profits; men who are try
ing now to add to the burden of taxa
ton of the United States of America
and to mortgage posterity for years
to come. To fasten this dreadful mil
itary burden upon us, they are telling
us that we want to Chinafy America,
that we are all mollycoddles. 1t may
be true, that every mollycoddle is a
pacifist, but it is not true that every
pacifist is a mollycoddle, and this we
are going to show President Wilson
and the armament trusts of the Unit
ed States of America, before We are
through. (Applause.) 1t is not true
perhaps, that everyone who favors
preparedness in the United States is
a CRATER, but nothing can be truel
than that every CRATER in the Unit
ed States is in favor of preparedness;
every corporation lawyer in the Unit
ed States is in favor of preparedness
Joseph H. Choate, the other day, haC
the superlative impertinence to say
that ne had considered this matter
that he had gotten the facts from mil
itary authorities and had found tina
America was not prepared in any sin
gle respect or in any particular. Wa!
ever there more absurd statemen
made by any man t:1an this one, from
a great international lawyer? Amer
lea is prepared now, if you want ;
military preparedness; it is very sim
pie. These men do not want mill