Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-07-24
LEAGUE OR WAR
DECLARES FORD
NJ NuFAc TuRER MAKES IT.
CLEAR HE BELIEVES cOvEN-
ANT is A GREAT STEP.
DECLARES WAR is MURDER
Whirlwind of Questions Fall to Shake
composure OF Man Who Sues for
Milton Because He Mas
Called Anarchist"

Mt. Clemens, Mich.-The higa
ideaiism OF Henry Fora has freshened
the proceedings OF the Ford-Tribune
libel case ana has brought into tie
wearisome arguments OF counsel and
the dull repeuuon OF cross-eaamina-
uons, new quality.
For week the man who has been
described AS everything from an an
arcnislt to the greatest patriot OF his
DAY, has been on tne STAND facing =
merciless lire OF questions.
During the reaaing OF an article
written by John heed on Henry FORD. |
ano published IN the MetropoAtan Mas-
anne, the auulence IN the court cham
uef vlo,a,ed al preceaent by pfeaKlis
iuto applaase anu .ar. roru, vlsiDis en-
pariassed, raisea ms hanu Ia protest
lr4oano counse. hau enueesoIea 70
queue palagrapns from the hSea arti-
cie but na,. peeA compeneu, w oDlee-
ton Oh roiu attofneys, 10 l4ltIoaues
Inc lAtelsleM IA us entlrety.. III tne
mann IL MAS hlsnay complimentary 70
M. rord.
MARE rarmes Independents.
IA Lat Manl 10 40, l4l. rUrd MAS
Quoeea as Say Ius, as 20 MAKE lac darlil.
eI as niue peAtaenl as ali. l4iuekcn'l-
eat ,.1~ uailAs, lnaee0AdsA4e ~ shs
Trusts, ia. lsAoent Vi me rAll4 oaua.
Inc auulence, many Vi tnenl from
the sufr9u..>.lil, Iel...s "a Las eoLAlAia.
ll4ss, suomS4 s4s.pls evIaSuce OF ats al-
l.ss.oa.o4. Vi lnat lucAI.
1w4ee All. roru, mearying OF Inc
quesnoils aayine ~ 40 m4..A nAs hnomi-
e4se o. a44s.ory, sa4d On, IN ADMIT
laa4l i II 80 snorane iue~..st Ii you
wlsn."
" hat - an 4deansll qderled Irl-
! he lnIase goodness of the man
lignted up ms Alndiy eyes wl1A a new
4Issllt, as lie leaneu lorN ara alld am
@werea Slowly, "a lnink aA leea44st ls
one VINO Tries 10 make peopls happy
ana pros porous 1 mink 4 40 mai u
A1ue.2
ssnet unassuming, Courteous and
p.,s.ent, Henry Ford naue d 1sep I'M
141aslon ON the audience. NOT once
L.. :. : lose his temper under the necK-
linz vi opposing attorneys, even wn III
tneu qnes ions yerged ON the edge OF
insu But when The examination
touched on subjects which are close 70
his heart, the League of Nations, war
and the happiness and prosperity OF
Humanity, counsel found HIM eagerly
alert
A League of Nations, or prepared
:, ness up to the hit.
That Is the way he sees the situa-
ton today. We must either,' he said,
accept the covenant of peace or dem
.ocracy must arm and stand guard for.
| ever al the threshold of liberty"
War is Murder"
with il he always added, War is muir
der"
Il was murderer he said, x was
a 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"
II mean killing people"
killing people to protect the inter
@sis of the people2"
aiming anybody or anything. I
Dr. know what else war is. War is
i. = der. There is far better way
lShat is the better way?"
Why, to educate people. To teach
them to think for themselves
y long examination was conducted
vi Oh sought to quiz Mr.. Ford concern
l. mis- views on history, based ON a
! reA.ark 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 ME- Ford.
The war showed US that history
didn't last a 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 fac
tory before the United States entered
the war. was brought into court The
testimony developed the fact that Mr.
Ford did not originate the design OF
! the nag and had never seen the ban
| ner itself He saw small drawing
Of it once in St. Paui's Cathedral, n
troit, he said, hut had never heard Of
It again and knew nothing about. it.
He denied emphAtically that he ever
said he would raise this nag above
| the Starr and Strfnaa and said tho