The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-28
SAW YAH ON A SHIP,
Wireless Man On FOrd's Floating
Trench Bach with Tale of Jars.

The first human link with the Ford
peace exposition that Il somewhere In
Scandinavia landed yesterday from the
,v swedish american liner Stockholm.
ae Is Robert L. Bermann. who sen;
away with the pilgrims to ed ieams OF
vreless that the phila''hrop.c Mr.. Ford
nd might be sent out i,;o the emp, rear
b any body with n point OF view aboard
he Oscar II.
NJ hermann rega rded his job on the
list day as a cinch. On the second day
b. revised his opinion, receiving from the
harmonious peacemakers not less than
NV"0 words Of wireless stun. MIR Ber-
narn has had experience edit NJ the
0rmal lucrubat!ons of ordinar. shore
reporters, but nave. had been called upon
% condcnse the p.'aphrastic platitudes
n peace folk at sea THAT is what got
u soatF and caused him to descr, the
Ford party at Kirk~nli. where he found
he stockholm ready 10 take him back
% plain editing and real peace.
Mr. Bermsnn was employed by the
FORD party 10 bloS the froth of the
feryoSgencc OF m. reace-advocates who
Fantoi % common ca'c their ideas 10
le p~oteuta'es q; = erywhere. He would
'are no names no, even that of the most
tItrNe~ceft, but he limited distinctly
laat there was not a soul board who
rev an, hing 70 the art of writing
SF the press let alone writing for the
Poteniatts. Flowers of rhetoric. buds OF
wisdom and blossoms Of philosophy per-
aided the dispatches, which, II sent out
d Tgtien would have o $ Mr.. Ford a
mall fortune d day. The job OF Mr..
sermann being to restrain the igurative
s'huslssm of the pilgrims, made hin
bnewh "a unpopular with those who had
aeslgued 10 send 5000 words by wireless
.d we're permitted to get only about
my words through.
Inc question w.th the editor Of the
oscar II. was to get the essential things
M7oish. He had a time of II, with all
Ne authors of unutterable sentiments
Ssndin+ at his elbow telling how 10
eit con-. l. became a question OF
'fppiHg f'ms-i! TO death with his blue
!eRci GUS Is purely figurative, the
give pencil having been long ago sbol-
sAtd), or jumping overheard. For
uHa'tiv kirkwali hove in sight abou,
ulS time and Mr.. Bernann, after pri-
''eIy r.s.gning, left the Oscar II. and
caught iI- swedish ship.
or hermann seemed to regard his
plgflm "9'pinates as somewhat freak
IN Ho Aa' k'ndly to Mr.. Ford, who
Nas N''r9 Lut out by the squa bibles OF
ts part' that he hat hoped would be
hho.pIEa accord.
IT,. nl"ls'rrial delegates. including the
HV. u. ,i,arlcs r. .Aked and the Rev,
'th.'A . .Oyd Jones, offered a resolution
e~'ach'rs "s.icnt Wilson S message on
Wen]'edars' which WAS opposed by $. s
.~VII"t", NrS luez Boissevain and other
n'ne ''A'v Thereafter there was moth.
..s oii roIf.'t among he pilgrims un-
VI 't'F r.dcled kirkwall and nobod,
."' a.. definite programme about get
'ts 'ae '1ys Out Of the trenches" thls
''.slNIi-, next or later.
Hr hermann said that Mr.. Ford, die
,,,nd see, IA, wireless messages from
nFhNa', which the British Govern,
men, no" nave gobbled and bottled up
70 NM Z rerent rulers asking them tc
ptaSe ae sood and stop lighting. The
r'',s ala not answer, although Mr.
end.
M h'ruann seemed Surprised wher
.h'f '''1' the mascot squire taker
sway hs IN. peace party. lie declared
.~arn"s'Iy that there was no. a single
su!rtel on the Oscar II and that n,
n.a"y had heard nothing about nuts
!" M sqltrrel being put aboard.