The Washington times., 1921-02-23

"You know back in. 1915 I said ]
was going to devote my life and for
tune to bring about an end TO war.
That was not Just talk. ! meant II
then and ! mean it more than ever
now. In studying the possibilities
OF permanent world peace from every
angle, / studied also the causes OF
war, and / am convinced that nearly
all wars were caused 50 that some
one would profit and those who
profited and are profiting now are
the international financiers+the
Jews, with possibly among them q
few Gentiles with Jewish connec-
tions. They are what are called the
international Jews, German Jews,
French Jews, English Jews, and
American Jews.
"They would control America as
they control the Old World countries,
il they could. Therefore, it is a duty
to open the eyes Of the American
people to the danger they are in"
In answer to the question how the
international Jew had started the
World War, Mr.. Ford explained:
"By arousing national passions
that is, by propaganda which set one
people against another people.
my life is devoted to peace. Peace
is the real purpose behind this edu-
cational campaign.
CALLED AN INVESTIGATION.
"The purpose of this campaign ia
not anti-Semitic. It IL not persecu-
tion. 1t is really not a campaign. II
Is an investigation. IT. is an open
case before the people Of the world
who will act as a jury
Thus spoke the man whose chief
distinction is that he has amassed
millions rapidly, that with the aid OF
his money he undertook a grotesque,
Quixotic peace expedition which, in
deed, helped to fan the flames OF
war. and that he made universal
laughing stock Of himself under oath
by exposing his profound ignorance
OF most elementary matters ut the
Chicago trial.
At hrst Henry Ford found con-
ISOLATION in the fact that his peace
expedition was greeted with ridicule.
In this he saw signs Of its greatness.
Somebody had told him that great
movements in history have always
been ridiculed in the beginning. but
Ford did not appear to know that
not all movements that were ridi-
culed were great.
And now Henry Ford, talking about
the venomous and dastardly attacks
made upon the Jews in his weekly.
says:
MY life is devoted to peace, peace
is the real purpose behind this educa-
tional campaign. 1t Is not anti-semi-
tism. 1t is not persecution"
When Ford undertook his peace
cruise and people everywhere laughed
at him. I was one of those few who
defended him because considered
him merely a deluded idcalist. I be-
lieved he was not knave but
naive, that his motives were pure,
and his intentions good. 1t Is inn
possible to believe that any longer
His ignorance is assuming most
dangerous proportions.
The good intentions OF this will
ful millionaire at large, engaged In
what he calls an educational COM
paign OF peace, are of the kind that
turn heaven into hell, melting preju'
dice, hatred and mob violence.
when Ford was on the witness
stand at the Chicago trial and could
not answer simplest questions that
any little school boy could have an
swered without difficulty, he otter
said that when he wanted to know
things he could fnd somo one who
could tell him all about them In fivs
minutes. Mr.. Ford apparently wanted
to know something about the civil
war and Abraham Lincoln and Sc