The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-02-17
URGING PET "lsMS" BROUGHT
FORD PEACE PARTY TO GRIEF
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speech advocating free trade ANA an
international postage stamp This
was his contribution toward the on
llehieum M Of ihe Danes as fo lhe
purposes and methods oi Ihe Ford
peace plan What Jones ala hen was
a lair sample OF what most Of the
speakers dld ai mast el the meetings
IS 10 ans wonder that ms Ford Apedi
iion Was not received ass seriously a.
some of iis members would have liked
81 told Mr. Ford while on the ship.
said Harry c Evans, pas president o.
lhc fralernal Press association. with
g circulation Of 100000 in complain.
lHg ot the scattered fire of those who
did The speaking and in discussing me
cause of the row on board me ship
"l ioId Mr. Ford that under lhe circum.
stances would not have subscrib d
20 even the Golden Rule"
Evans was referring to the platform
which had hapn drafted and which
Has presented to ne members to be-
fncd while on board. in which,
among other things, a stand against
preparedness was taken he platform
which caused fists to be shaken and
ancfy words to be spoken among The
"dofes" Of peace.
81 told Mir Ford believed in every.
hing which was in that platform. but
that ! would not have il thrust down
my throat in The way that was tried
fhat | had SET out to do What could
10 help stop the war and that was
not going abroad for the purpose of
settling internal questions of the
United States. Why Louis T. Loeb.
ner. in presenting that platform, made
"A speech advocating free trade and
unrestricted immigration Now what
have free trade and unrestricted immi-
grafton and preparedness TO do with
the purposes for which this expedition
was organized? Ford told me | was
perfectly right in the stand took and
lhat Il was a matter of Indifference
with him whether anyone subscribed
to the platform or not. and that il was
prepared and presented without his
knowledge"
But when the members of the Ford
party who had iourneyed on the Fred.
erick VIII joined the larger party at
thristiana they were taken into
room by themselves and there inform.
d by Loehner that while no effort
would be made to compel them 10 af.
fix their signatures to the platform
or declaration Of principles, yet copies
Of the platform were given to each
member and they We're told by l.och-
ncr that unless they signed and re
turned them they probably would not
be permitted to vote in the selection
of permanent peace delegates to be
left at The Hague
Hut getting hack to the Ellen KY
letter There was part OF it which
caused a snicker TO go around ri
was "The Bible has just a word for
YOU. on how lovely are The feet OF
Pie hmrbingers Of peace"
Germs and bunions were then quite
epidemic among the peace delega ,es.
for they had been walking so much IN
IN effort to see all thai might be seen
III as short a time as possible
There was one other subrosa laugh
At the same banquet at which john ID
Barry. cssayisi was toastmasier
"The Ford party IS one big family.
said Barry, IN introducing Mrs Fels.
who has been instrumental in Undue
ing delegates from he foreign coun-
tries to join the party
"rhe longer we travel the larger
he family becomes and for this Mrs 1
Fels is more responsible Than any
other woman"
shane. shame," whispered a little /
girl representing a Chicago paper ana /
he whisper was heard round the
room.