Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-01-19
LETTERS OF EDGAR FELL
OF FORD PEACE PARTY
Annapolis Young Man and Johns
Hopkins Student Writes TO
His Father.
SUCCESS OF PEACE WORK.
Rather Problematical-- Different Meth
eds Used---Christmas Night at
Kronprincen.
LETTER Ill.

LETTER Ill.
The following letters written by Mr.
Edgar T. Fell, of Annapolis. Md, who
is-a graduate student at Johns Hopkins
University in Political Science, and is
at present a member of the Ford Peace
Party. have Just been received by his
father:
Grand Hotel, Christiana, Dec. %.
SO far. have not, as you have prob
ably noticed, said anything about the
| success of the Peace work, or my opin-
ions on the subject I have thought
the matter over, and / think that in
these first letters viii give you moth
ing but the facts themselves; for we
hear so many impassioned speeches.
Everyone believes and thinks some
thing different, altho' OF course. we are
al united in the ultimate purpose. The
difference being only in the methods
used. To go back TO where / left of
| in my last letter After we had quite
a climb, and watched the crowds of
| ski-runners, We all returned to the
large inn at Kolmenkollen, on the
I mountain top. The whole dining room
had been set aside for the Ford party
/ and here we took lncheon. The room
was very attractive, hung with many
| of the trophies and articles of the
Fran North Pole expedition. was
| introduced at this luncheon to new
article of food, the Norwegian goats
I milk cheese, which tastes and looks
very much like sweet milk chocolate
but which | found was inclined to re
| turn during the afternoon, on some
/ what the same principle az onions OF
/ course, We all had ravenous appetites
: after our climb through the mountains
! You see this whole expedition was
| planned merely to exercise us and to
| freshen us up after our long trip on
| the Oscar H.
After luncheon most of the party
returned TO Christiana by the cars. but
| five of us students decided to walk
back. We had not the faintest idea how
to so, but We set out and never have |
taken a more wonderful walk There
we were at O'Clock in the afternoon
with the full moon shining upon US,
as We set ont down the Norwegian
mountain We followed the winding
snow-track which the sled had made,
down and ever down slipping and slid
ing among the great pine trees for
seven miles The>last three miles were
on fairly level roads and finally mile
through the city 1t was indeed a
/ Norwegian experience that few have
had Every twig was heavily laden
with snow and sparkled in the moon
light while there was over all that
IL. n,n1.
seems to fill the atmosphere long after
the sun has gone down. / shall not
soon forget it. That night after we
| had all dined at the Grand Hotel to-
/ gether. the students association of the
/ University of Christiana held meet
/ ing in the University for the Ford party
The room was a large oblong hall of
/ the theatre or lecture hall type. with
a stage at one end.
After a few remarks by the chair
man Tin English) in which the well
come was extended to the students, DR.
]. l.. Jones was introduced and he
made quite an oratorical exposition,
| then followed Lieut.-Governor Bethea,
/ of South Carolina. Miss Brewster, a
student and finally Mr. Lochner and
Mr.. Barry | am not sure just how
much impression was made. but at any
event great interest was shown. Mr..
Ford could not be present. as he had
rather overdone himself in the morn
ing at KoImenkollen. This was a
great disappointment to the people
here. as I think their curiosity to see
him was intense.
I met some of the students after
wards. It is surprising how many
people here speak English All seem
ed TO understand the speakers Even
in the streets we get along better by
asking questions in English than we
would if we speak Norwegian. Howev-
er / am told that German viii be abso-
lutelv necessary in Stockholm. as no
English is spoken. The people here
and in Denmark are pro-English, but
the Swedes are pro-German.
e0n Monday Schulz and / hired a
sleigh and drove over the city, return
ing for hot coffee and cake at four
then we went to the reception given
TO the Norwegian students in the large
reception hall of the Grand Hotel, and
at ( O'Clock the American students
were all invited to tea at the Amer
lean legation to meet Minister Schme-
man and his family. The residence
here is very comfortable. but it is alb
solutely void of the regal trappings.
such as exist in the Embassy at Mad
rid. where / was in 1914.
ct is purely a Norwegian home with
American furniture After tea we all
went back to the hotel, where taxis
were waiting TO take Us 10 the great
hall. There about $500 people had
gathered to hear Judge Lindsey, Gov
ernor Hanna, of Dakota, Senator Rob
inson. of Colorado. and Mr. Lochner
This hall was gorgeously decorated
, with Norwegian and United States
flags. The speakers spoke from 2
J platform up in the organ loft, but al