Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-24
British Mission
 Purely Cooperative
eALFoUR DELIGHTED WITH HIS
 CALL ON PRESIDENT WILSON
ENTHUSIASM IN CAPITAL
Foreign Secretary 5aIfour Guest of Honor at the Most Notable Dinner Given at White House in a Gene ration.

Washington, April 23.-Great Brit aims war commissioner spent today receiving every mark of honor and courtesy within the gift of the govern ment
 Foreign Secretary Arthur James Bal four was the guest of honor tonight at the most notable dinner given at the White House in generation. During the day he was presented to to PresI- dent Wilson at the White House and
 Vice President Marshall at the capitol. lunched with Ambassador Spring-Rice at the French embassy and received cards or calls from many prominent persons, including Former Secretary Bryan.
 Meanwhile Lieutenant General Bridges and other British army officers called on Secretary Baker, Major Gen
 Scott, chief of staff, and war depart Tnent officials, Admiral de Chair and
 hfs naval aides called on Secretary Daniels; Admiral Benson and other navy department officials; Lord Gun
 lire, governor of the Bank of Eng land, called on Secretary McAdoo at the treasury department. Enthusiasm in Capital. The conferees so far, with the en- thusiasm that the people of the capi. tai have shown and the courtesies and cordfalities extended by the officials. have taken the British commission iSOAAPACSC1y ny PTlSe. EdlIOuT, after three quarters of an hours con versation with President Wilson, re- marked enthusiastically that his trip
 had been Justified by that meeting alone.
 While no formal negotiations were
 entered into today, the preliminary conferences were stated not to have been wholly perfunctory, but rather to
 have laid an excellent basis of ac- quaintance and understanding for the detailed conferences to follow. Pres ident Wilson and MT. Balfour are known to have touched on the broad phases of the situation fin such a way
 as to give each an insight into the others personality and view point. The British visitors held an organ tzatton meeting at the embassy today, and Mir. Balfour plans to spend to-
 morrow morning mapping out the di- vision Of work for his associates. Another score of subordinate British officials are expected shortly on a mer- chant vessel.
 The British commission announced that it's purpose in coming to this | country was one purely of co-opera- ton service and gratitude and that ferences would rest largely with the American government.
 5aIfour to Make Public Statements
 Mir. Ba1four will make several pub lie statements during his stay as to the English point of view, and will
 attempt to remove any misconceptions
 he may find existing. Vice President
 Marshall invited him to address the
 senate, but it is improbable he will ap-
 pear before congress. General Bridges
 will be interviewed by the press tomor-
 row and Lord CunIiffe on Thursday. Dinner at White House. l Tonight's dinner at the White House
 was the climax of an eventful day.
 Mr Balfour. British Ambassador Spring Rice and all the ranking mem | bers of the British commission were invited to meet the president and Mrs. Wilson, the members of the cabinet, Chief Justice White, the advisory com
 mittee of the Council of National De- fense. Secretary TuInulty and Miss Helen Woodrow Bones. cousin of the
 president. Other members of the com
 mission were entertained at dinner at
 the mansion occupied by MT Balfour's immediate party.
 The British cabinet officer began the day with trip to the state department
 which. because of his long association with foreign affairs and with American statesmen, he had always been eager to see.
 BaIfour Meets President Wilson. MT. BaIfour was ushered into the l White House by Secretary Lansing
 and introduced to President Wilson. | in the presence of the military and naval aides. The statesmen withdrew into the Blue Room and were engross- ed for over three quarters of an hour. AIT. BalfOur aIterNdTd expressed ulIu- self as more than delighted with his
 call.
 A quick trip by automobile took him to the capitol, where an enthusiastic group greeted him on his way to Vice President MarshalPS office. There he spent about ten minutes. l After luncheon at the French eTnlbas- sy Mir BaIfour returned again to head quarters, where he met Former Secre-
 tary Bryan, who came to pay a cour- tesy call.
 Dinner Simple Affair. | The White House dinner was a very | speeches nor music. The only women | present were Mrs. Wilson and Miss Helen Woodrow Bones. the presidents f cousin.
 | After dinner members of the British | mission who had not been present ar rived for an informal reception and | for more than an hour the American and British official remained talking 1 The Guests.
 Mir. BaIfour was placed at the ta- ! bIe between Mrs. Wilson and Secre- | tary Daniels and the president had at either hand Sir Cecil Spring Rice. | the British ambassador and Lorn | CunIiffe. The guests fnciuded: | Vice President Marshall, Chief Jus tice White. Speaker Clark. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the Right Honorable A. J. l Balfour, Sir George Foster, acting prime minister of Canada; General c. | T. Bridges, Rear Admiral Sir Dudley s. E. Chair, Lord CunIife, other mem bers of the commission, army and navy officials and members of the ad- | visory committee of the Council of National Defense.