Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-07-31
LEAGUE OR War
DECLARES FORD
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CLEAR ~ RELiEsEa covksi-
ANT - GREAT sTEP. /.
De.LAREs WAR IS MuaDER'
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DE.LAREs WAR IS muaDEE


MI clemens. kich.--Ths kiGA
,dsasism q kasnry Eord has frsahsnsd
.ils pEoeseanss of the FogdlZxihnas
aDei case ANA has brought inke the
searisosne arguments oe coanssl and
ma aaIl repetition of eross-sxamina-
.,ons. . new quality.
for . week the naan who has been
described as everything from an -an-
sronisr' - ths greatest patrios oe his
lay. haa hssn ON ths stand facing
.nercsisss are Of questions.
Daring tns reading of sa article
written ~ John heea on HsEsy Ford.
and puna,anea an the Astropoiiiaa Mag
szins. the audience IN the court cham-
Der s.0iatsu aii precedent by hrsaking
.,Al0 svpssass aaAa Asr. Ford, visihly en-
Darrasssd. raassa his hand I'm protest.
irtoane o0aaisei mad endeavogsd %
quote paragraphs IRON ths Heed artl
cis Dat haa been eosnosilsd. By ohase-
aon of Fora attorneys. 70 introduce
me interview IN ils entirety. In the
.naln SC sAs nlsng Complimentary 70
4lf. Ford.
'-Aaks FARMER .naspsndsasr
-wh~t want ~ Co., Mr. Eosd was
4sosea - sHyaas, IL % make the fAx1n.
% 40 indsveaasns a. am; indepeud-
saas oI tlsr ax1ks, independent of the
srasts. aiaaspsassaa Of The railroads.
las ssaasacs. laany of them from
me ssfroeaasng EArEns % this comme-
atty. Aaoxed sss.pss evidence of its en-
vreciasaon oE mat ideal.
Twice bar. sora. wsaEying 90 the
4asstisas ilaslns 70 do with his knowl
Sags of h,sssfy, said .'oh, g1l admis
snsk I'm an iyaorans iosaiiss q goa
Hish."
-waas d an idealistr. qusrssd TEs-
DRns counsel.
The inmate goodness oe the man
l,ghted up ais kinaly eyes with Q nsw
nght % he leaned forward and an.
swsrsd Slowly, u think IN idsalist %
one WHO traes 20 make people happy
and prosDsfoas. snInk do tAss .
nttle."
Qsist. unassumins, courteous aaa
patient. Henry Ford made Q deep izn-
preston on ths sudisnes. Not once
did he lose his temper under the heck,
iing Of oppoaing assornsys, sven when
their questions yergsd On the edge oe
insulI But when the examination
touched on SUBJECTS which arc close 70
his heart, the League of Nations. war
and the happiness and prospsxity og
Humanity. coanael found him eagerly
alert
A League Of Nations. or prepared.
nsss up to the hilt.
That 10 the WAY he sees the situa.
ton today. We must either.s he saad.
accept the covenant OF pcace or dam.
ocracy must arm and stand guard for.
ever at the threshold OF liberty"
-sfar 10 Murdsr."
he hammered that fact home and
with It he always added. -war In muir.
der"
Il was a murderer" he said, 81 va.
helper OF murder. When the crssis
came we all took a hand. But it is Al.
the same. War Ia murder"
What do you mean by murder"
Il mean killing people"
killing people 20 protect the inter
ests OF the peoplsf'
killing anybody or anything. \
don't know what else war n. War is
murder. There in q far better way"
what is the better wayf'
why. 70 educate psopis. To teach
them 90 think for themselrea.s
A long examination was conducted
which sought 20 quiE Mr. Ford concern
Ing his views on history, based on a
Iemark which he once made thar 81
wouldn't give five cents for all the his
tory ever written"
Il don't think much more OF A now
than did then" testified Mr. Ford.
The war showed us that history
didn't last week. al 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 10 the thing that counts. rm
rot interested in yesterday"
The Flag Of NatIens.
The mach discussed lag Of q Laasue
OF Nations. which &C has been statsd
Mr.. Ford was having made I'm his fac
tory before the United States entered
the war. wAs brought into court. The
testimony developed the fact that hr.
Ford did not originate the deslgn Of
the nag and had never seen the han
ner itself. He saw o ANAL drawing
of it once In S. Paul's Cathedral, Do.
troit. he said. but had never heard Of
&C again and knew nothing about Il.
He denied smphatically that no ever
said he would raise this. nag above
the Stars and Stripes. and said the
statement that he reversncsd this ban
ner above the Gag of his country vas
a. A. -