The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-27
F0RO's PEACE PLAN FAILED
THROUGH LIKE Of FAITH
b. Chas. Y. stewart.
Un-ted Press staff Correspondent.

AAittu A0f tAth " t3ftns AttNfNr
ing to his own statement faith was
Ford's sole stock when no started.
lie had not enough and those who
accompanied aim. With a few excep-
ticns appear to have had but little
Those OF the parry who really
wished the expedition well. were so
bitterly hated that an effort was
made to maroon number OF them
NJ the first European port touch
ed Fcrd's plan. as nearly as Il is
possible to put so intaneiblc a thing
ON paper, was 20 give the warning
nations mental science treatment.
/ Ford himself az the outset had un-
bounded faith in his ability De
spite the statement attributed TO MIN
that he intended to get the boys
out Of the trenches by Christmas.
he did not count on Immediately end
ing the war.
What Ford did believe was that
he could make dent" by gather
ing about him a whole ships COM
Ipany. uniting the members minds on
|one big thought of peace" and con-
tinually adding to the volume and
Intensity OF this thought as he and
his crusaders travelled from neutral
country 10 neutral country, on the
edge of the zone OF war, or even In
the zone itself.
Whether this plan would have sue
ceeded under favorable circum-
stances cant be stated. because the
peace delegates failed to- concentrate
on thoughts of peace. The Oscar
lis voyage from New York TO Chris
tiana was horrible. not SO much be-
cause of the incessant quarreling as
on account of the atmosphere of sus-
picion and malice after the first day
or two out.
Ford speedily took TO his cabin and
for more than half the trip was hard
ly seen by any but his closest adj
visors. lie was i'll. il was stated
The nature of the illness never was
made clear. Several of the CORE
managing committee was trying to
separate from the party did see the
patient for a few minutes the night
before the Oscar lis arrival at
Christiana. 1t Is true that he look
ed like sick inan then, but his
malady seemed rather of the spirit
than the body.
Ford moved and spoke like per-
son in a semi-trance. He seemed al
most completely broken. Early in
the voyage he declared that SQUAD
bling among. the peace delegates was
a small matter, that disagreements
we're to be expected in any oommu-
nifty, and that when the party land
ed at Christiana these troubles
would quickly disappear. On this
night, however, his manner suggest
ed that he realized the fundamental
weakness of his organization--tha
he had lost hope
While Ford admitted that he bas-
ed his early hopes only on faith,
Nine. Rosika Schwimmer declared
she had written assurances from Of
ficials of all the neutral European
governments that they would well
come such an effort as the one un-
dertaken by Ford and from men in
high positions at the chancellories
of certain OF the warning nations ION
both sides" that they were at least
not unfriendly to the plan. The sec
ond day of the party's stay in Chris
tiana Premier Knudsen of Norway
denied the truth of her statement
Numerous cables received in Chris
tiana from Nine. Schwimmer adj
dressed to peace organizations and
discussing arrangements for the
Ford party's reception and for CO
operation in peace work. still lay in
cause there were no such organiza-
tons to deliver them to. Those who
opposed Mime Schwimmer assert that
she had thus tried TO deceive Ford
concerning the strength of peace SEN
timent in Scandinavia
Nine. schimmer boosted that she
had a "dossier' of every person on
the ship and that not a word was
said which she did not know of al
most Immediately There were many
indications that this was no Idle
boast In throwing the expedition
upon the newspaper correspondents
mercy at Stockholm. the Rev. Or.
Charles r. Aked admitted that the
press representatives had many le-
Ultimate grievances but insisted his
own grounds 0f eorunfafnf xerp over.