FORD'S PEACE PARTY
LIFE ABOARD SHIP A VULGAR ADVERTISEMENT Br Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, December 10. A. thousand wireless messages havo been received! from the Ford pcace ship, announcing rough weather, and stating that the passengers wero mostly seasick. Tlio missionaries believe that the British will detain them at Kirkwall and examine the credentials of the passengers —several of whom are German-named— and search for contraband. Those who aro not seasick meet daily to pass resolutions in favour of peace and applaud Mr. l'ord's enterprise. Tho Fordists declare that they know England regards tho mission as a lingo joke and a vulgar advertisement, but they bolievo the publicity they aro earning will accelerate i peaco. Mr. Ford lias sent a wireless message to Router's Agency. It contains several : thousand words of Dr. Akcd's sermon, comparing the mission to St. Paul, Tiiomw Olarltßon, Nesil Dgw, and tho EAtokaud steiWfttM it wax :
be that Mr. Ford will bring a paace conference nearer; and rank with the Wellingtons and Lincolns. -'We will " says the doctor, "erect a peace standard for the neutral European countries to which all who are wise and good wilf' repair.".
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2642, 13 December 1915, Page 6
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190FORD'S PEACE PARTY Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2642, 13 December 1915, Page 6
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