The Denver Jewish news. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-1925, 1921-03-16
Ford's Anti-Jewish Pro-
paganda Explained
ROSIKA SCHWININIER, A JEWESS'
INSPIRED THE PEACE EXPEDI-
TION.


expose of the sources of Ford's Anti-Jew-
ish propaganda.
George Brandes, the worlds leading
critic and renowned authority on
Shakespeare, discussing Henry Ford
and his peace expedition, said to me
in Copenhagen in 1915:
Il have always believed that Amer
lean millionaires were clever and ln-
derstood human nature. or they would
lie deceived by their lieutenants, but
Henry Ford puzzles me. If premium
were to be awarded for stupidity, Den
mark could secure it, but we have no
Inen in Denmark so naive as your
= Henry Ford
"All sensible people are for peace
hut not all the people who are for
peace are sensible.
Henry Ford's secret departure from
Christiania made his expedition still
more ridiculous. His expedition has
really hindered the idea of peace, for
now people will only smile when peace
is mentioned"
This was the great pncifist's csti-
mate of Henry Ford and his peace
cxpedition.
Now Henry Ford, defending his anti.
Semitic agitation. explains that it is
hut part of his peace campaign.
1T is my desire to bring about
world peace." he saws "AIv life is de-
voted to peoce peoce is tbe reoI mr.
nose behind this educational com.
raiyn."
Since Henry Ford,s onti.Jewish
propoponda IL n continuation of his
peace expedition n will bo interestiny
tn skctcb n fe,v outstanding incidents
connected with tbo forccol historic
cruise.
Bernstein NJember NJ Place Exne,l;t;op
was one of Mr. Ford.s puosts on his
rcoce shin and had occ,s;on to talk
with him dur;pp tbe vovoee ACROSS rho
Atlantic JJa ;mnrossed mo tbon os :,
,othcr sincere eornest man with
noble imnulses bnt simn,e. minded and
.ieuornnt to mn amozi,,p depree In my
conversatiop wifi, him on board rho
peuce shin T noticed that tbo be talk.
nd of peoce his mind o,woys reverted
IN his motor and to his tractor which
bc was eoper to launcb In Russia He
disp,o vod mn ostonpding 1ock of l,nowI.
odpc of conditions in Eurone Tn fact
he seemed to know less than normal
ten-year-old schoolboy about the Old
World he, had set out to save.
When 1 Joined the Ford PARTY 1 ex.
messed INV faith in the idea of ad-
ycrtisiny peacc i'm the neutral coun-
tries. I believe that Henry Ford had
n definite plan of action. that he had
certain assurances from authoritative
quarters that such n peace expedition
might prove helpful.
Within a few DAYS after our depart |
ure some of ms began TO realize that
tbe whole affair was n bold piece of
IRRESPONSIBLE adventure. The curious |
collection of well-meanine. naive rc-
formers and faddists of nil kinds and |
nll apes-the women. men and children
of the Ford peace party-were whipped
into line by strange, unseen hand |
from behind the; scenes. Those who
would NOT be whipped into line were
regarded as 'rebels" while those who |
would he seryile were TO be rewarded.
and n number of the "reformers, pre-
fcrred TO he seryile.
Uenrv Ford !, p.tbet;c Eiynre
1Io,rr Eor5 ,,,s tho most n.t,,o+io
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