The Washington times., 1921-02-24
from First Psse.)

lently for time IN inc hoPe sn@' ~
might after all prove medium Tor
starting peace negotiations. IL was
also moeked as soon As its impotency
and folly became apparent In the
neutral countries IL iaiieo 10 arouse
even genuine curiosity
ALL NATIONS REPRESENTED.
had several talks with Henry
Ford. He. explained TO me that
among thf thousands OF men work
ing In his shops practically all ma
lions were represented, that those
working people we're relatives or the
men In the trenches that those peo-
pIe felt the horrors OF the war Keen
iy and that when the heart-rendinE
cries of the men In the trehcheS
the workmen. they also
reached him. So he decided 10 get
the boys out OF the trehches oy
I recall how Henry Ford praised his
Jewish workmen and pointed out that
he could not understand why there
should be any discrimination against
Jews anywhere.
also recall how Madame Rosika
said to be a Hungarian
Jewess. who inspired the Ford expe-
dition. when cross-examined by some
OF the keener newspaper men on the
peace ship. related details OF how she
had convinced the automobile manu-
facturer and inspired him to under
take the peace mission.
INTRODUCED BY JANE ADDAMs.
She said that she was introduced
to him by Jane Adams and other
American women, and that
she talked to him for an hour about
the horrors of the war. She then in
formed him that. together with other
women Of the .wom-
ans peace conference. held in Hol-
land, she had visited a number OF
statesmen. premiers, foreign minis
ters and amba ssadors and that these
had furnished her docu-
ments, showing that they were all
eager for a peace conference OF the
neutral nations, and such a peace ex-
pedition as she proposed would crys-
talize peace sentiment as nothing else
could.
She said that she then offered to
show him some OF these documents.
but he declined to look at them, say
ing that he needed no further proof
and that he would devote his life and
his fortune to the cause OF peace.
ME-. FOTu DehcNCu thS
woman told him. She told him that
the Kings of Europe would welcome
him with open arms upon his arrival
on the other side. And 80 Henry
Ford was tempted.
TO IMPRESS EUROPE.
On the boat the Ford staff was
busy preparing a who's Who" for
Immediately on reaching
in order to impress Eu-
rope. Henry Ford's official biog-
raphy was rewritten several times.
In one edition OF Who's VINO on
the Peace Ship" Henry was describ-
ed as a "Publicist."
Rosika Schwimmer sent wireless
messages from the peace ship to the
American minister in Norway. Mr..
Schmedemann. asking him to ar
range an audience for Ford with the
King of Norway. Henry Ford was
expecting q royal reception In Eu-
rope. But on reaching the shores
Of cold Norway. he discovered that
the American Government had in
structed its representatives ABROAD
to have nothing to do with the Ford
expedition.
He also learned to his keen disap-
that the King would not
receive him. In fact. statement
was published in the Norwegian
press to the effect that the King
would not see Mr.. Ford and that the
dition. The "Peacemaker" was dis
illusioned and sick at heart.
RECEPTION BY STUDENTS.
A reception to the peace party by
the students of the Christiania Uni
versity was arranged with great diff
fculty. Mr.. Ford had to pay for the
dinner in addition to the contribution
he was asked to make to the Uni
versity building fund.
1t was then that Henry Ford sud
denly decided to abandon the sink
ing peace SHIP. Without any explana-
ton, without any apology to the men
and the women he had invited to ac-
company him on the peace expedi-
tion, he fed secretly. like a coward,
returning home while the headless
proceeded to Stockholm.
He thus made his expedition even
more hopeless and ridiculous than
1t was before.
Desperate appeals with offers of
large sums were sent by Mr.. CASTOR
PLAINTIFF, Mr.. Ford's manager to Mr..
Bryan and Mr.. Taft, asking them to
come and save the collapsing expedi-
tion by merely delivering lectures on
peace, but they declined.
The Rev. DR.. Aked, who was also
a member Of the expedition. has ex-
pressed the belief that Mr.. Ford's
is due to his having
been duped by Rosika Schwimmer,
who is said to be a Hungarian Jew
ess.
FORD BECAME ILL.
"When Ford found that he had
been tricked and deceived" says d
Aked. when he found himself a
butt and a dupe, he became i'll and
eft the expedition. / suggest now
hat his blood has been poisoned
against the Jewish race by this
wretched experience. Agreed. IT is
and unphilosophical
TO ascribe to a race the defects of
an individual.
But nobody has ever accused Mr..
Ford Of being a philosopher. Per-
,aps II is anti-Semitism at all Per-
naps It is-Rosika Schwimmer."
Now Henry Ford, the "Publicist,"
has launched campaign of anti
Semitic propaganda in this country,