MR. FORD'S ATLANTIC "JOY RIDE"

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2632, 1 December 1915, Page 6

MR. FORD'S ATLANTIC "JOY RIDE"

PRESIDENT WILSON. STANDS ALOOF

POINT OF CRIMINAL LAW

RAISED

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New York! November 29.President' Wilson's refusal to be identified with Mr. Ford's peace activities induces speculation as to how the Department may apply the section of the > Criminal Code, , which ' provides for three years' imprisonment where an in? dividual .conducts correspondence to defeat national measures. '. Mr. . Bryan, ex-Secretary of State, has announced his intention of joining in the tour. ' ' ] ' ■ The itinerary of tho paity is incomplete, but includes Christiania, Stockholm, and Copenhagen "FUNNY MR. FORD." ' BRITISH PRESS RIDICULES THE ". "SHIP OF PEACE." ("Times" and Srdnej "Sun" Services.) London,.. November 29. ; The people and l the Press are amused . over Mr. Henry Ford's "Ship of Peace," Oscar 11, while the London Press is satirising, cartooning, and variously describing "the funny Mr. Ford", as "Tho Ciod in the car" and "The gentleman who wanted to tie the tin can to tho i /Anglo-French loan:" The "Evening 'News" refers to Miss; Addams, : in con...nection with the., movement, . thus: "Aunt Jane intervenes!" adding: "British women do not want American peace talk until the foe has been whacked. •It is seriously pointed out that the •. Germans are undoubtedly anxious for peace, and are desirous, of influencing ■ ';uVmerica to intervene but the British' . .Empire will not risk its chance of ulti- ' riate victory and does not intend offer-' ihg or considering terms of peace till . ■ Germany has been crushed." • An • increasing number of newspapers are refusing Ford advertisements. The "Daily Telegraph's" New York correspondent says: '.'Americans regard . Ford's trip as a. huge, joke, entitling ' ; . v it, "An Atlantic Joy .Ride." ; ■ Tho Wall Street "Journal" stigmatises Mr. .Ford and his friends as : '."maudlin, befogged peace advocates, ■wanting an unthinkable peace." Ger- • many is beaten now, but pcace is im- ..' ' possible, till she realises! that' she has •been beaten for. all time." ' , " ; Mr. Ford declares that he has signed ' .statements by high officials of the Allies ■...' and the Central Powers declaring their '; readiness for peace. Mrs. Philip Snowden, wife of the well--known Socialist; M.P., is assisting .Mr. Ford in his farcical peace mission.' ■ A CHRISTMAS TRUCE. (Rec. November 30, 8.30 ; p.m.). ■ Paris, November 30. . ' Reuter's correspondent at, Rome states , that it : is asserted that the. Pope is desirous of a truce. between the belligerents at Christmas in the Catholic orthodox countries. ... ~

CANADIAN WHEAT COMMANDEERED

SIXTEEN MILLION BUSHELS - SEIZED. •' By 'relefcpajli—Press Association—dopy Tight Ottawa, November 29. In accordance with the British Government's request, Canada has commandeered all Kgli-gnule wheat at the: heid of the great lakes .tad' in store or in ; transit eastward^-from Fort William to the Atlantic—amounting to sixteen million bushels, thus ensuring prompt delivery. -Ais the grain that is being taken is now en route; to .the seaboard the price has not'yet .been fixed.V ' • Tiio Grain Commissioners' revised es- ■: timate places the .amount of. wheat at twenty million bushels., ' BRITISH G OVERNMENT DENIES • ' THE REPORT. The High Commissioner reports London, November 29, 7.10 p.m. ■ The British Government ■ denies having, commandeered 16,000,000 bushels of Canadian wheat, and says that it has no ■information on the subject.

THE HAMBURG-AMERIK A DISCLOSURES

'AMERICAN COAL FOE GERMAN . > WARSHIPS. Br Telecraiili—Press Association—CoDnislit New York, November 29. Emil Olsen,. master of . the ,steamer ■ Unita, 1 bound from Philadelphia to Cadiz, gave evidence before the tribunal that, is investigating; the charges of breach of neutrality brought against the 'directors of the • Shipping Company.- He said! that _ a • German supercargo on board,.the.Unita . tried' to-get him to coal German war- ' ships in the West Indies in.September, 1914. Olsen reftised ( declaring that ho ' had cleared for. Cadiz and intended to .go to Cadiz at all costs. Tho supercargo tried bribing-him with £2000, but Olsen declared himself to be a British citizen and! said he would not coal a German warship if he were ottered a million dollars.

ROARING TRADE IN COFFEE

LONDON PUBLIC HOUSES FIND NEW BUSINESS. Br Tdeeranh—Press Association—OopyrisM (Rec. November 30, 8.30 p.m.) London, November 30. Many of the public houses have opened during prohibited hours and endeavoured to popularise coffeo, soup, .and hot dishes, doing a roaring trade in coffee between seven and nine in the morning, when the workers are going ti the factories. ' . , In a number of houses which do not . open before mid-day the regulations permit intoxicants during tho general lunch. The swell West End Clubs and the smallest suburban saloons have strictly observed the orders. 1 There have been few public protests, though trado union agitation continues. The only comments are that the bars and dining-rooms of-the House of Commons aro exempted from the iestrictions, and on this point the "Daily Telegraph" observes that there is a strong feeling tliat Cabinet should set an example in economy. |