Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-09
Courteous but Silent ThrongS
Are Seen at Railroad Sta
tionS While They Are Pass
ing Through Germany.
RIGID FOOD RULES
POSTED EVERYWHERE
Arrive at The Hague and Pre-
pare for Campaign to Re-
store Peace Among War
ring Nations,

fey MORNING JOURNAL 9rtCtkL LGAetp WiNtl
The Hague, via London, Jan. s,
(5:25 D. m. Five weeks after its de-
parturc from New York, the Ford
peace expedition reached The Hague
today. The members of the party
plan to begin Immediately the work
of spreading the peace propaeanda.
The trip from Copenhagen in a
special train through Germany touch
ing Lubbock, Hamburg and Bremen,
was filled with impressive sugges-
tions OF war. At important stations
the American peace advocates passed
trainloads of soldiers bound for the
front and Red Cross nurses in hospi-
tai coaches.
Germans Are silent.
The progress of the expedition
through Germany was watched by
silent crowds. except at one place
where a German lieutenant lifted his
helmet and wished success to the
project The entire trip over Ger
man territory was made after dark.
Arriving at the German port of War
nemuende in a ferry boat from Den
mark, the Americans with the Nor
wegan. swedish and Danish dele
gates, were met by a special train.
The train which WAS provided by spe-
cial permission Of military authori-
ties. stood on the dock surrounded by
soldiers. AS the peace advocates
stood on the platform in the dusk IN
a driz2lng rain they We're selected
eG-0 Ir one, as their names were CALI
ed and permitted TO go aboard the
train. Then the train was locked
and started quickly for the trip
across northwestern Germany.
See Military Activity
After while the military guards
on the train relaxed the rules and
permitted the travellers to look out
Of the windows In the brilliantly
lighted stations at Lubbock, Hamburg
and Bremen, the pilgrims caught
their first glimpses of military activi-
Is. Groups of Red Cross nurses were
seen on the platforms; soldiers were
leaning out of the windows of i'll
tOilli1E anu VhAH'liiE eahAAft+f ~ -
miliar gray-coated German officers
were pacing back and forth and fire.
quently G. crowd of civilians. anticl-
pating the passing of the expedition
hurried for closer inspection Of the
train
Evidence of the war was not miss
ing from the train itself only one
dining car was provided for the goo
explained that all the dining cars
were being used to transport the
wounded.
Food Regulations Stringent.
Posted in the ears were printed
notices calling upon the public to
eat sparingly and not waste food.
One Of these notices gave ten rules.
admonishing the people to cook po-
tatoes with the skins on, save the
scraps Of bread and abstain from
meat
Another notice was to the effect
that when the train was passing over
bridges or through tunnels the win
dows and doors should be locked be-
cause spies on occasion had thrown
bombs with the purpose of destroy
ing the train.
After leaving Hamburg and while
approaching the western fighting
zone the train was kept at its high
est speed and the usual stops at the
smaller stations were omitted. The
crowds at some of these stations in
dicated that the people had been in
formed of the coming of the expcdi-
tion. Yet the spectators everywhere
viewed the train silently.
Party Not Searched.
One enlivened incident, however.
occurred at Benthem near the Hol-
land frontier. There, near the end
of the trip through Germany, all the
members of the expedition were to
have been searched, but the authori-
ties. through the lieutenant in charge
of the train, announced that the
had been set aside. The
travellers crowded into the little sta
tion restaurant at o'clock in the
morning and began cheering. The
Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, of Chicago.
thereupon mounted chair and
thanked the German authorities.
He explained the purpose OF the
peace expedition.
Cries came for speech from the
German lieutenant. He finally
mounted the chair, lifted his helmet
and said:
II hope that your project will meet
with success More cheering rang
through the little country station.
Welcomed To Holland.
Later the Holland customs officer
who crossed the border to meet the |
announced that the Dutch
waived examination and
welcomed the members of the party