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Show FORD QUITS ' PILGRIMS ' AND SAILS ." FDRHDME Health of the Multi-mil-lionaire Manufacturer Shattered by Severe Attack of Influenza, Aggravated by Complete Com-plete Failure of His Mission. OTHER MEMBERS AT STOCKHOLM Leave Christiania Without With-out Knowing Their Leader Has Deserted Them; S. S. McClure f and Governor Hanna to Continue Journey Alone. LONDON Dec. 24, 4 22 . m A dispatch to Eeuter s Telegram com . pany from Christiania says It is now reported that a physi clan advised Henry Ford to stay In a sanitarium. Hence it is probable that he has not, gone to Bergen, to saa for the United States, But to 4 Gjeto'ofrinselntendins to "rejoin"? the peace mission when his health Is restored. ?jl obl by j(e&e wU IMSm DHj Teiegnph 111 MBftiOrad "New S1H. LONDON Dee. 23 Ilemy Ftyd, leaJer of the peace missien that left JSw York &tj& December 4, to end th war in Enrf ( today abandoned tie members of his party according to a Central News .dispatch from Chri'tiania. X statement sent out by the agency was that MrvFord, broken by the appar ent failure of his mission, had secretly left for Bergen upon the west coast of liorway, to go aboard the steamship Bergensfjord of the Norwegian line sailing for Hew "iork. The Central J.ews agency sunultane ously annonnced that the other mem bers of the Ford party ignorant of the desert on of their leader and financ al baeker, had gone to Stockholm, to carry out the original programme of obtaining recru ts for the neutral peace conference Iso Room for Doubt , This announcement was at first dis pn ed by another news agency wh ch sent out a dispatch that Mr lord had gone to Stockholm by tra n but later advices seem to agree that his dest na tion was Bergen. The reason for Mr Ford s departure is dual according to these dispatches He has been suffering from a severe at tack of influenza, and h s ov erwrought nervous cond t on has contr buted to the gravity of h s illness H s phys cians ad jised complete reBt The other report was toat his d sap polntment at the reception In Norway convinced him that his peace miss on was a failure and he therefore aban doned it. Serious Disagreement Tl e last day of the Ford peace party in Christiania was a turb lent o e It was announced at an ear y hour that a serious disagreement had developed among the members and that both S 5 McC are, the Ivew To k ed tor -and Go ernor Hanna of fcorth Dakota wou d qu t the party Both it was sa d wou d leave after reaching Stockho m and tour the be gerent countries to prose cute their further efforts in the d rec tion of peace and informat on alone It became known at the same time that Mr Ford had disappeared and wou d probab y not accompany the others upon the specia ra n that had been engaged to take them to Stockho m Under Care of Employee I was stated at his t me that the Detro t manufa turer would probab y bo conf ned to his bed for a week on ac count of his 1 Iness but would doub less rejoin his assocla es In s ockho m It was de ared t at Mr Fo d was n the persona ha ge of F ede ck Dah nge an emp oyee of the Ford fa o y n De ro wh had om sed Fo d w fp befo e the e ped on a ed ha e wou d i ke a e of h s e n o er A ef o fi o d scove w ere M Ford (Continued on Page Two ) FORD QUITS PEACE PARTY 1 DISGUST ' (Continued from Page One) was staying during his illness howevar proved fruitless, the only information ob-tatnableTMlns ob-tatnableTMlns that his condition was such as to dsmand absolute rest and security against being disturbed Hr Ford s departure for Bergen and New York, if true, leaves Mme Realka 8chwtmmer In charge of the peace party It Is presumed, of course that financial arrangements have been made to ear for those who went to Europe as the suto mobile maker's guests, bat the many con flieting rumors coming Into London make It Impossible to obtain any definite In CormatiOQ Plan Unknown If Him. Kostka Pchwimmer knew Mr Ford s plans before leaving Chrlstlanla she failed to disclose tham it was very largely upon her representations. It Is said that the peace expedition was ar ranged but Mr Ford s disappointment oer the reception In Chrlstlanla may have caused him to withhold his further confl lence Mr Ford It was said was unpleasant ly surprised when high officials In Chris tlanla denied they bad given Mme Schwimmer assurances of co operation In the movement for peace and thle with many criticisms from varto s so rces ag gravated his already weakened condl tlon The final blow came It Is said when S S McClure and Governor Banna de dared their Intention of quitting the enture se a lost cause Well known pacifists In Norway whose a tive assistance had been counted pon also announced that they saw no hope of e ccess and refused to permit their names to be used as delegates to the neutral peace conference It was after this that Mr Ford dis sppared Time Not Ripe Chrixtlanla dispatches nder dats of Dec 2 appear In the Londo morning papers on he Ford peace mission The Dal y Ma I 8 orrenponderu nays Pren r Knndscn r c 1 a smalt epu a o of Amerl nni nfor ns to whom he said tl e t m was not pe fo c rat nat o n suggest a peace nf e that perh pa at iwmp f rc rn Vorwav m uh be Interea 1 n he Amer an mov to get 1 e bf I gerenta oda aa pea e In an aae h e c a a a ep ma be a RRfa b h In tel S a ea b pr v tc ran |