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Show M ANOTHER FOOL STUNT. Henry Ford's business acumen has mado of him a national figure, has B jjiven him u nnmo to be envied in com- mercial circles in this country. B And just 08 ho is reaching tho zen- 1 ith of his career a fool stunt is likely to transform him into nn object oi H ridiculo throughout the world. H Mr. Ford's much advertised pcaco H party mission to Europo is with the H avowed intention of sending wireless B messages to the soldiers in tho trench- H cs, demanding that thoy lay down H their arms and go homo on a strike H ugainst their officers in other words, H to desert the flags they follow. IR 'If it were not that such n demuud H would likely involve this country in H trouble with somo foreign government tho wholo proceeding would be so H ridiculous as to bo fanny. B Tho "mission" was foredoomed to H bo a farce and a fizzle from the begin- H ning, and for the sanest und simplest H reasons in the world. B It would bo impossible for Ford or H any other man to Bond a wireless H message to the troops in the trenches, H for tho simple reason that thoro aro H no wireless stations in ttho trenches H to receive such a message. H No commander of troops would per- H mlt such a message to reach his men H if n dozen stations wero available. H The men who aro fighting the IB causes of their respective countries H aro not the traitors or fools Mr. Ford H , takes them to be. They beliove in the B9 ,causo for which they aro contending, H nnd tho wild vaporings of a bunch of """H notriety seeking Americans will elicit B from them nothing but tho utmost t contempt. V Mr, Ford may be a big frog in Dc- AfB troit, but ho will find from sad cx- K9AyB periencc that ho is a mighty little tadpole in tho European puddle. H Tho wisest thing he can do is to ERflf go back to Detroit, and stay there, HHH1 and forget himself. HMnE The sycophantic small fry who aro Stfisff trailing along in tho shadow of his jg2iM ' millions do not count at all. |