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Show CLAIMS KAISER WAS STRONG FOR PEACE Henry Ford, Automobile Manufacturer, Eelates Storj- of Outbreak of War. By International News Service. NEW YORK, Sept. 2.".. Henry Ford, the automobile manufacturer, just before he boarded the submarine K 5 at the Brooklyn navy yard today, to-day, said : "When I visited President Wilson in Washington Wednesday he told me he heard on sood authority that after Kaiser Wilhelm signed the first declaration of war he suddenly flung the pen across the room, and, looking look-ing up to the great military leaders assembled around him, said: - " There, you've made me do it, and von are "going to regret it for the rest of your lives.' " Asked whether he thought President Presi-dent Wilson believed the story, Mr. Ford replied: "I don't know, but I do. It proves what I have already thought. That, is, the kaiser is a humane man, strictly strict-ly devoted to peace, but as a ruler was forced to do what he was told to do by the militarists and preparedness party. " |