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NOME ALASKA, OEC. 27, 1916
l nts reports su> that Henry Ford has
cut himself louse from the further
peregrinations ol his famous "Peace
expedition ana Is returning home Uis
i ourageu with ills endeavors and the
(pirn m which they have been re
lived ooiii abroad and at home.
From ail indications, his carefully
■ 'lined i t,i,e efforts are foreordained
'*» dismal failure and he is retiring
-1 cm file field broken .spirited and
Hopeless of achieving any definite re
sult.
We are sorry fur Ford. His lnten
"ns were of the most laudable char
tpi and were doubtless animated by
sincere and wholehearted desire to
bring n end to the mad carnival of
blood and wi • despite the gibes and
sneers from both press and public that
• wns simply in quest of a wide no
i ii>t' oi a little cheap advertising,
many of which have been leveled
■ t bis head since the first day that the
i -roject was broached to the public.
Ve do not believe or a moment that
ihat this war, in the least degree, his
i.eject in starting and financing the
expedition.
Ford has already demonstrated that
Is a man of large qualities and the
possessor of a goodly quantity of that
humanitarlanlsm which ever animates
desire to benefit others.
Ford has long since demonstrated
ibis inclination and desire in his own
oik .-hups, in..- proved his humani
tarian m iw by voluntarily making
his workmen flie highest salaried fac
tory employes in the United States
and also by giving them a dozen oi
more benefits and advantages enjoyed
h> no other factory workers In the
world.
He has displayed sufficient evidences
ihat he is impelled by unselfish mo
tives in other things that the suspic
ion that he was animated solely by
jrdld desires in ibis project is hardly
orthy of credence. Ford is unques
tlonablj :• man of ideals and aspira
tions for it is only from such un one
that we could expect an idea of the
i harder crystalzed in tho peace ex
pedition. In conceiving it and bring
ing it to tho present stage of devel
opment Ford has accomplished a
worthy labor and one that should by
ill odds bring his commendation it.
stead of scorn find ridicule. That his
plan is destined to failure is no fault
of bis. it is doubtless as true as true
can be that not even the Prince of
Peace himself could lead an attempt
in stop tho horrifying struggle by
methods of persuasion with any bet
ter success at tho present time.
It Is painfully clear that any at
that nature, promulgated in
I re i nt, Is doomed to utter and
' failure from the start. The w’ar
r • :. tlons are neither looking for
r expecting peace just yet. With tho
qt
exception of the central powers, the
i itions uo not want peace until tho
' ir shall have been fought to a de
cisive end—to a concluUon that can
admit of no further objection from one
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| ’iuo or me outer, mis is not only the
• altitune of the entente belligerents but
..iso unit oi a luige portion ot immun
ity other than those actually Involv
cu in lue tremenaous struggle.
Men here in lue United states, de
spite our suuuermg plaints ol horror
m uie aw fulness of w hat is going on,
there is little earnest desire to see
peace. 1 here is little more real de
an e to see the struggle ended belore
mutters shall have reached a definite
conclusion than there is in Lurupe.
And the same thing probably applies
to the attitude of the people of the
majority of the remaining neutral
state*.
It seems to be unversally recogniz
ed that there can be no secure peaca
until one side or the other Is beaten
.nto subjection, and as long as this
view obtains it is useless to expec.
-hat peace efforts of any character
can succeed.
However, as remarked before, we
are sorry for Ford. He started out
with a grand purpose in view—a pur
pose founded on that most lofty of all
duinan Inclinations, to do good for his
.eliow men. But, he apparently chose
-he wrong time for doing It. This Is
a fault oi perception and not of mo
-ive and therefore one for which he
surely cannot be blamed. The whole
.rouble has been that he started In
-he wrong time. It Is useless to cry
Peace" when men and nations are de
termined that there shall be no
| peace. Now that Ford has realized
1 .his, his dlsapolntment Is doubtless
| very keen—Just as would be the fore
I ioing of a cherished ambition or desire
1 to any other Individual It Is hard
j to be forced to realize that the hope
] that one has Bet his heart upon must
j tLrn to ashes or that the things that
one has planned and worked for and
looked forward to with whole souled
Interest can have no other reward but
disappointment.
Hence our sympathy goes out to
Ford in his present failure and dis
comfiture. He started with high hope
md a noble purpose and has wound up
in the slough of despond and blighted
copes. True, It was In a sense his
JWn fault, but this does not lessen
he bitterness and disappointment of
learning not only that he could not
iticceed, but also that he has been
tuilty of butting In on the other fei
I lo«"s Crimp wnon M ......
THE LAST MAN.
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(Memphis Commercial-Appeal.) ••
More than fifty years have passed
since the war between the north and
south. Soon a day will come when
the surviving armies will be small In
number and later will come a day
when these noble sons of the north
and south will exist only in memory.
Who will be the last man? It Is a
question that no one can tell, but some
la;, there will be a last man, and then
the curtain will fall on the historic
tragedy. Tho actors will have ban-j
ished. The stage will be cleared.
There is In St. Paul a club known j
as “The Last Man Club.” It la made
up of the survivors of Company B
First Minnesota Volunteers, of tho civ'l
war. Once a year members of the club
meet. They alt about a cheerful table
and exchange war reminiscences. It
Is supposed to be a gala occasion, an
event of joy and rejuvenation. It Is
a quaint, fascinating apd inspiring
custom, but it Is a banquet fraught
with sadness, for ns the years go by
and members drop from tho roll call
a draped chair about the board repre
sents the missing member. The sur
viving members talk In cool content
ment, but in subdued tones, for each
empty chair la significant. For the
♦ lme being it seems as If the absent
members were really present and no
doubt they are in a spiritual way.
They make their presence felt.
To every man and every mind the
insistent thought will come. Who will
be tho last man? The days pass. The
burden of years press relentlessly on
stooping shoulders. Ono by one the
summons will be answered. Tho vet
erans of the First Minnesota grow
fewer In number every year. Tho ones
who confidently look forward to the
gathering of tho year to come may' bo
among tho missing.
There Is something solemn in such
a meeting. There is un air of rever-j
ence about it. There is something'
significant in the thought uat these
men who fought bravely for the cause'
they cherished, for the flag ;hey loved
who faced dangers with unprecedent
ed bravery desire to become closely
associated, once more, as the end
draws near.
What applies to the Minnueota com
pany applies to the survivor* of th«
armies of north and south allie.
All hall the last man!
THE NEIQHBORS 8/Y—
(.Judge.;
If he Is regular in attending church
he Is too pious.
If he doesn't attend churd, he Is on
the road to perdition.
If he sends his family aeay for the
summer, it Is more than he can af
ford.
If he doesn't allow them a vacation
he Is called stingy.
If he happens to be successful In
business ,he has achieved success un
fairly.
If he doesn't succeed, he missed his
calling.
If the piano is silent, why don’t they
buy a player?
If they have a player piano. It an
noys the whole neighborhood.
If he gives freely to tharlty, It It
done for show.
If he doesn't, he Is Massed as a
tlght-wad.
If his wife does her ovn work, she
is "killing herself” for th» family.
If she has servants, sle ought to
be more economical.
If he dies voung, he let too fast e
I life.
If he lives to a ripe old age. he it
i living beymnd his time.
18 CANOPUS OUR CENTRAL SUN?
(Revu Sclentlflque Parts.)
The largest star now known Is Can
opus, in the southern tonstellation ol
the ship, invisble to us of the north
ern hemisphere but perceptible In our
North African colcnlea—Algeria for
instance.
The luminosity of Canopus Is 47,000
times that of the sun, its area 18,000
times more vast, Its diameter 134
<.vrc.«. if, volume ^4310,000 times
our solar focus. Its mass is 1,860,000'
times greater.
According to the interesting hypo
thesis of O. R. Walker, an English
astronomer, Canopus Is in reality our
central Bun, about which our own
weak luminary and Its planets, Includ
ing the earth, are describing an orbit.
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