The Detroit times., 1915-11-26
lame ADDAMS TOSA|L ON
|F0RD'S SPEACE SH|P;;TALKS
ON OBJECTS OF VOYAGE
Will Force Foreign
Press To Open Col
umns To Pacifists
MOTHERS MEET
IN ARMORY

posed, that end being peace in Eu-
rope, Jane Adams Is prepared to
back Henry Foord in every way pos.
sible an his peace ship project and
Friday morning. while in the home
of MIR. and Mrs Frederick H. Holt.
No. % Eliot St. said that she would
be on The Oscar H. when it leaves
New York harbor, Dec. 4.
Miss Adams came to Detroit from
conference with Mr.. Ford. To ad-
dress the woman's peace meeting in
the armory at noon. She ia the
president OF the Woman's Peace
party. Mrs. Holt is president OF the
local branch u the same organiza.
tion
"A very wrong impression with
regard to Mr.. Ford's peace ship and
Us mission seems 10 have taken pos
session OF the world. according 10
press dispatches" said Miss Ad
dams.
The whole thing has been made
TO appear as a sort Of will-fx-it-
party and those interested in the
peace movement have been made TO
appear lot OF busybodies.
THE real trouble is that the aim
OF tho pacifists are not given truth
ful publicity either in America or in
any country in Europe
From close personal contact with
people Of every degree In Europe
countries know that there is a very
wal ring countries desiring peace
Such sentiments must not be utter
ed, much less printed In Great Brit
ain. for instance. where the press
has been a forum for the people for
$50 years and where the greatest
stress is laid upon the right Of the
masses TO free speech, not a word
OF any peace movement Is permitted
In the newspaper Sentiments re-
garding disarmament and peace
have 10 be printed In pamphlet form
and then the writer Is not likely 10
have many OF ttem distributed The
same Is true Ia continental Europe.
In America We know the methods
that arc used 10 make light Of the
pacihsts.
"One OF the very first results OF
Mr.. Fords peace ship will be TO get
IT'S aim into the press Of the world.
European newspapers now withhold.
Ing all peace talk on the score OF
its being unpatriotic will open their
columns 10 cabled news-news which
comes to them from foreign sources
"The Ford peace ship project is
an effort 10 get the neutral nations
OF tho world 10 confer not on the
terms Of peace and not to tell Eng
land, France, Germany or Austria
Just what the outsiders considers
honorable peace hut, on the best
means OF substituting Law for force.
and, in the future, OF avoiding such
dcstrut ton OF human life as now
u---tas in Europe"
Miss Adams was emphatic In her
statement that whatever she had
TO say with regard TO the peace ship
was a result OF her knowledge Of the
project into which she had gone care.
. fully and deeply within the last few
days. and not In any sense must her
utterahces be construed "a coming
from Mr.. Ford.
THE ship will carry citizens OF the
uaited States. just common folk.
men and women. and as the plans
have been given TO me, Il will visit
only neutral nations" continued Miss
Adams. whether its object OF
securing the ear OF those nations
succeeds or fails, believe that a
tremendous step forward will have
been taken toward procuring an end
to the conflict In Europe and toward
universal peace In the future.
Although the ship and its mes
sage goes wholly from the people OF
the United States and not from its
government, hope that President
Wilson will see ht TO send among It's
passengers. ofhcial representative
Of the government.
at seems 10 me that the ship pro-
ject helps President Wilson in the
rather difiicult position In which he
is placed at this time. II the results
we hope for are attained he win be
looked upon as the great peace medi.
ator OF the world. and IL II falls, he
cannot In any way he made 20 bear
any part OF that failure"
Telegraphic advices received Fri.
day morning by Miss Adams. Mrs.
Holt and Miss Shelly. Nine. Rosika
Schwimmer's private secretary. who
is a guest OF Mrs. Holt, from Henry
Ford. stated that he had telegraph
cd messages to nine Of the big edu-
cationsI institutions of the country
asking that Official representatives
he sent on the peace ship. These
institutions are: The Universities OF
Harvard. Yale. Cornell. Columbia,
Michigan, Chicago. Leland Stan.
ford, Missouri. Texas. Tulane and
Virginia and Tuskegee and Hampton
institutes.