Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-02-22
THE NAME FORD"
AN OPEN SESAME
For Everybody Abroad With Ford
Peace Party-Mr. Edgar Fell
Gives Interesting Talk.
AT MCDOWELL HALL.
Did Not Go Abroad to Stop This War
---Had No Such Ides---But the
Doctrine Of Continuous
Mediation.


Before q representative audience.
that filed Mcdowell Hall. ST. Johns
/ College. last evening, Mr. Edgar Fell
gave delightful description Of the
( Ford Peace Expedition that SCI sail
/ some few months ago on the Oscar II.
Mr. FelFs address was in an easy.
/ conversational style that was delight
fully informal and highly entertaining.
Mr. Fell emphasized the fact that MIR
Ford did not go abroad TO stop the
war" Mr. Ford, he said, never had any
such idea that with go Americans he
could stop the war.
The phrase-"Out of the Trenches BIZ
! Christmas" was coined by the news
/ paper men. and it became the slogan
| of the people, Mr. Ford never coined
| such a slogan. and he never took il up.
| II has been asked again and again
what did M Ford so for?' The
| answer is for The doctrine of contin-
uCus mediation His whole idea is
! why do you have to wait until the end
| Of the war? Cannot the diplomats get
| at it? II is going to be settled by an
| official body to act as central med
| ium through diplomats This princi-
pie was not Mr. Ford's. 1t was worked
out by Miss Julia Grace Wales, a Ca
madam
Mr.. Fell told Of the meeting Of wo-
men at The Hague last April, al the
call of DR. Jacobs, convention OF H.
500 women OF whom II were from tine
United States. and the others from all
other nations. Nearly thousand were
from Holland They talked about The
possibilities which might bring The war
To an end soon They had no financial
backing, but appointed ENJOYS to every
belligerent country and every neutral
country was represented except Tur-
key Mr. Fell said he frequently heard
tic question asked what are the neu-
trails waiting for Why don't they go
ahead? When be came back it was the
conference, he said is the only thing
that could bring this war to q close
Mr. Eel depIored the erratfe reports
en- nehtewp
sent the newspapers and 'Gstminated
through the press TO the people Civ
ing a wrong impression Of Mr.. Ford
and his Peace Expedition
He described the personnel of those
who took voyage on the Oscar II. as OF
every shape and description OF people.
lie said because of tho weakness of the
management Of the expedition the
wrong idea OF going abroad TO stop the
war was circulated Mr. Ford wanted
i to Get official confidence and sanction
! OF the President whom he sought to
see and to get but without success.
1 President Wilson. lie said, received as
many as 10000 kilograms in one day,
asking him to officially recognize Mr..
/ Fold ana his expedition. Undaunted.
1 MIR Ford went abroad without this Off
4 cial sanction OF recognition, Mr. Fell
said. Mr. Ford's expedition was not SO
| foolish as il looked, and Mr.. Ford is. by
no means, d fool American people
must give him credit for not being a
/ fool
The speaker told ia an interesting
way OF the student body aboard the
/ ship, of whom he was one, and Of their
organization and wcrL. They net
twice day for discussion and every
thing was bent in the direction OF
| peace discussion He spoke OF the bus,
ness men, the newspaper people and
| the main delegation that composed the
/ ships complement There We're violent
paeifists aboard and perhaps joy
riders. as well as some who did not
know what they we're going for
afr. Fell told OF the interesting lee
| lures By judge Lindsay, GA the JUven-
! lie Court. ard Mrs. Fells, Of Kew York
on socia ,istic work RE said there was
no row" as the newspaper men re-
| ported when the Presidents messag.
| OH prepar a4npes vas received and
read. and no fight, as they sent broad
cast to the press Mr. Fell said II was
all lies lies. hes" There was some
discussion and few declined 10 sign
the resolution, but everything ran
along smoothly
Mr. Fell told of the capture OF the
Oscar H. By the English, who took
OF the mail aboard ard censored it
He described the physical features OF
the tip IN a graphic manner. and teld
OF the marked change from summer
weather of southern emu Of Norwall
where they slept or deck, to an Sc
I
degree below zero temperature al
Christiana- He described the mount
ain cliiabing in Norway over the snon
covered moutains, and told of numer
Gus receptions TO the students Life
vas one three-hour banquet after an
other and in swenty-four days there
were seventeen banquets
At Stockholm they struck the cold
est weather experienced for 124 years
There they celebrated Christmas. hu
with memories OF home In thi
country everybody celebrates Christ
: mas in their own home, and there i
a Second Christmas day No sun
shine greeted the travellers for four
teen days until they reached copenha
! gen. Mr.. Fell described leaving co
J penhagen. where they were given
grand send-oif BY all opera singers
singing the hymn OF ncace. and Swed