ABSTRACT
Mr. Henry Ford's peace trip has aroused violent resentment in America since the day it was announced. Men laugh at it with helpless anger. They regard it as humiliating. They want to break something at the thought of it. It is this tendency in America which instals untrained rich men in difficult diplomatic posts, which puts business men at the head of technical bureaus of the government, and permits business men to dominate the educational policy of so many universities. Mr. Ford is neither a crank nor a freak; he is merely the logical exponent of American prejudices about wealth and success. But Mr. Ford reveals more people than this. He reflects their touching belief that the world is like themselves. His attitude to the "boys in the trenches" is of a piece with his attitude to the boys in the Ford plant, kindly, fatherly, and certain that Mr. Ford knows what is best.
