Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-01-19
mo PEACE FOUND
IN F0RD'S PARTY
Munity is Rife in Ranks and
Disruption Of Party
Threatened
MEMBERS WILL NOT GO
Of Five Americans on Board, Only
One is Said to be Willing TO Pro.
cecd to Stockholm.

cecd to Stockholm.
The Hague, Netherlands, Jan. 49,
While preparing for the proposed de-
parture for Stockholm, where it is
intended to began sessions in an at
tempt to bring about termination OF
the war, the Ford permanent peace
party. is threatened with disruption
by the refusal of certain members to
proceed on the trip to Stockholm.
Of the five American members OF
the board, only Charles F. Aked has
announced his willingness to go to
Stockholm, Joseph Fcls, of Philadel-
phia, says he is going to England on
business. William J. Bryan, Henry
Ford and Miss Jane Addams, who are
the other American members, are
still in America, and nothing has been
heard from them, and members OF
the party here are much perpleXed
over their silence.
Nine. Rosika Schwimmer, who IS
employed by Mr.. Ford as a peace en-
pert, announced that she had cabled
to Ford for permission to dismiss
John D. Barry, of San Francisco, who
was elected an alternate member of
the permanent peace board by mem
bers of the peace expedition, most Of
whom are, nov folnewafd- bound on
the steamer Rotterdam. Nine. Sch
WINNER says she will appoint Harry
C. Evans, of Des Moines. The OBJ
lection to Mr.. Barry is that he re-
fused to sign statement on board
the steamer Oscar II. denouncing
President Wilson's preparedness po-
licy. The other alternates decline to
proceed to Stockholm.
Judge Ben B. Lindsey, Of Den
YER says he is preparing to leave the
party. and is going to Germany in
an attempt to formulate plan to
relieve the children of the belligerent
countries. Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, of
Chicago, another alternate, says that
he is preparing to leave on the Ryn-
dam on January "a, for New York.
The situation as it now appears elm
mates all American members of the
permanent peace board for the pres
ent except DR.. Aked, and possibly
Mr.. Evans, unless Mr.. Bryan and
Mr.. Ford come to The Hague or
Stockholm.
CASTOR Plaintiff, personal represen-
tative for Mr.. Ford, has received
cablegram instructions to return to
America and explain the situation to
his employer, In the, meantime, Nine
Schwimmer is pleading with the Am
erican members of the expedition to
remain together: and work for peace
inasmuch as s375,O0O already has
been spent upon the expedition.
Other difficulties arose over the
manner in reaching Stockholm. The
German government has granted per-
mission to thirty-two Scandinavian
members of the party to return tt
lc homes through German terri
tory. 1t is expected that they vii
leave today, crossing Germany in {
sealed train. Twenty-Five Americans
including DR.. Aked. and the buslnes:
staff. have so far been refused per
| mission.
Louis P. Lochner, of Chicago, secre
tary of the peace board, and Mme
Schwimmer visited the German con
sul-general at Rotterdam and asked
him to wise American passports. In
consul expressed his willingness, onl
said that he was unable to induce tn
German military authorities to ex
tend the permission. Mr.. Lochne
thereupon telegraphed to James +"
Gerard, the American ambassador a
Berlin, as follows:
Absolutely necessary that every
thing be done to get the peace dele
gates back through Germany, Pleas
urge the Foreign Office" No answo
has yet been received from Ambas
sador Gerard, and DR.. ,Aked, Nine
sehwimucr and Mr.. Lochner are ur
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