Arizona republican., 1916-01-09
Five Weeks After Its De- parture from New York, Ford Peace Expedition Reaches Destination and Holds First Meeting
GERMAN TRIP
 IS IMPRESSIVE
From Copenhagen Journey
 Was Made in Spe cial Train and Everywhere
 Were Encountered Xvi denceS of the Big Conflict
Republican A. p. Leased WireI

Republican A. p. Leased Wirel
 THE HAGUE, Jan. (via London) Five weeks after it's departure from New York. the Ford peace ex- petition reached The Hague today. The members of the party plan to begin immediately the work of spreading the peace propaganda.
 The trip from Copenhagen in a special train through Germany, touching Lubeck, Hamburg and Ere men, was filled with impressive sug- gestions of war At the important stages the American peace advocates passed trainlOads of soldiers bound for the front and Red Cross nurses in hospital coaches.
 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 German territory was made after dark.
 Arriving at the German port of Warnemuende in a ferryboat from Denmark. the Americans with the Norwegian, Swedish and Danish del egates were met by a special train. The train which was provided by special permission of the military au- thOrities, stood on the dock sur rounded by soldiers As the peace advocates stood on the platform in the dusk in a drizzling rain they were selected one by one. as their names were called and permitted to go aboard the train. Then the train was locked and started quickly for the trip across Northwestern Ger many.
 After while the military guards on the train relaxed the rules and permitted the travellers to look out of the windows. Tn the brilliantly lighted stations a Lubeck. Hamburg and Bremen, the pilgrims caught their first glimpses of military activ- ity. Groups of Red Cross nurses were seen on the platforms: soldiers were leaning out of the windows of incoming and outgoing trains; the familiar gray coated German off cers were pacing back and forth and frequently a crowd of civilians. an- ticipating the passage of the expedi- tiOn hurried for a closer inspection of the train.
 Evidence of the war was not miss
 
 dining car was provided for the 200 travellers The railroad authorities explained that all the dining cars were being used to transport wounded
 Posted in the cars were printed notices calling upon the public to eat sparingly and not waste food One of three notices gave ten rules, ad- mOnishing the people to cook pota toes with the skins on. save the scraps of bread and abstain from meat.
 Another notice was to the effect that when the train which was pass ing over bridges or through the tun. nels, the windows and doors should be locked, because spies on occasion had thrown bombs with the purpose of destroying the railroad
 After leaving Hamburg and whiI, approaching the western fightine zone, the train was kept at it. highest speed and the usual stop. at the smaller stations were omitted The crowds at some of these stations indicated that the people along tn, road had been informed of the com ing of the expedition. Yet the spec
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