Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-07-25

ana pupuSneu IN the metropolitan MAJ
axine, the audience In the court cham
Der violated all precedent by breaking
into applause and Mr.. Ford. visibly en-
barrassed, raised his hand in protest.
Tribune counsel had endeavored TO
quote paragraphs from the Reed arti-
Gle but had been compelled, by objec-
ton of Ford attorneys. to introduce
the interview in its entirety. In the
main it was highly complimentary 10
Mr.. Ford.
"Make Farmer Independent"
What want to do" Mr.. Ford was
quoted as saying. lis to make the farm
or as Independent as l am; independ-
emit of the banks, independent OF the
trusts. independent Of the railroads.
The audience. many OF them from
the surrounding farms of this commu-
nifty, showed visible evidence of its APP
probation OF that ideal.
Twice Mr.. Ford, wearying of the
questions having to do with his knowl-
edge of history. said ooh, I'll admit
that I'm an ignorant idealist II you
WISH"
what Is an idealist?' queried Tri-
buns counsel.
The innate goodness of the man
lighted up his kindly eyes with new
light, as he leaned forward and an
swered slowly, Il think an idealist Is
one who tries to mako people happy
and prosperous. / think / do that q
little"
Quiet. unassuming, courteous and
patient, Henry Ford made deep I'M
preston on the audience. Not once
did he lose his temper under the heck
ling OF opposing attorneys, even when
their questions yerged on the edge OF
insult But when the examination
touched on subjects which are close 10
his heart, the League of Nations, war
and the happiness and prosperity OF
Humanity, counsel found him eagerly
alert.
ness up to the hilt.
That is the way he sees the situa-
ton today. I'VE must either" he said,
accept the covenant of peace or DEM
ocracy must arm and stand guard for
ever at the. threshold of liberty"
"War Is Murder
He hammered that fact home and
with it he always added, War is MUIR
der"
Il was murderer" he said, Il was
q helper of murder. When the crisis
came we all took hand. But it is all
the same. War is murder"
What do you mean by murder"
Il mean killing people"
killing people to protect the inter-
ests of the people?'
killing anybody or anything. /
don't know what else war is. War is
murder. There is far better way
What is the better way?"
why, to educate people. To teach
them to think for themselves"
A long examination was conducted
which sought to quiz Mr. Ford concern
ing his views on history, based on a
remark which he once made that Il
wouldn't give five cents for all the his.
tory ever written"
Il don't think much more of it now
than did then" testified Mr.. Ford.
''The war showed US that history
didn't last week. All the things they
told US would happen didn't happen.
They went ahead, knowing what war
meant, and made the same mistakes
all over again. The history we write
today Is the thing that counts. I'm
not interested in yesterday"
| The Flag Of Nations.
The much discussed flag of League
of Nations, which 1t has been stated
Mr.. Ford was having made in his fas-
tory before the United States entered
the war, was brought into court Tia
testimony developed the fact that M.
Ford did not originate the design OK
the flag and had never seen the ban
ner itself. He saw a small drawing
Of 1t once in st. Fsul's Cathedral i
troit. he said, but had never heard Of
II again and knew nothing about 1t.
He denied alphabetically that he ever
said he would raise this flag above
the Stars and Stripes. and said the
statement that he reverenced this BAN
ner above the nag of his country was
"A terrible thing to say about an Am