Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-22

to the service Of the wounded and the
sick.
MEUTRALiTv AT AN END.
-These are the memorable doings Of
q beneficent neutral. But the days
OF neutrality are, rejoice to think, at
an end.
your president, in a most apt
and vivid phrase. has proclaimed
that the world must be made safe
Z for democracy-democra wher-
ever they are to be found. and not
the least the democracies of the
British empire will hail the pro-
nouncement as of happy augury.
That self-governing communities
are not to be treated as negligi-
BILE simply because they are small;
that the ruthless domination of
one unscrupulous power imperils
the future of civilization and the
liberties of mankind are truths of
political ethics which the bitter
experience OF war il burning into
the souls Of all freedom loving
peoples.
THAT this great people should
have thrown themselves whole
heartedly into this mighty strug-
gle, prepared for all the efforts
and sacrifices that may be re-
quired to win success for this most
righteous cause, is an event at
once SO happy and SO momen-
tous that only the historian Of
the future will be able, as I be-
lieve, to measure its true pro-
portion"
COMMITTEES LONG WAIT.
1t was a long, weary wait the
American reception committee had
for the Britishers. The secrecy and
mystery enshrouding the details OF the
reception were absolute, even to most
of the party, and as to time
and place must remain 80 to the pub
lie.
Suffice 1t that General Wood, Ad-
miral Fletcher. Commander Sellers,
army and navy officers in their gold
braided uniforms created furore in
the rural districts they have from
time to time been forced to inhabit
in the last day or so. And the high
silk hats Of Assistant Secretary of
State Long and other dignitaries had
their own train of wondering admir-
ers from girls in pigtails and hob
bled boys in frayed overalls to totter-
ing old men who chewed tobacco and
squinted with one eye and said: Gosh
ding"
In the reception line at the very
simple ceremony which marked the
arrival of the Balfour party also were
the British military attache, Colonel
O'Bryan, and the naval attache, Cap
tain Gaunt, of the British embassy.
In less than three minutes after
Secretary Balfour set foot on Ameri-
can soil he was laughingly taking or
ders from a single American photog-
rapher. He though it great joke
and haw- hawed heartily when he was
gruffly ordered:
Now, shake hands with General
Wood
uNEvENTFUL VOYAGE.
Turning away with General Wood,
Balfour said: II am exceedingly
glad to be here. We had q pleasant,
passage, but I do not like
the sea-"
Meantime, the small army Of at
taches, secretaries, Wallets, under Sec
retaries and others were making
themselves comfortable among their
luggage.
Balfour walked about, tall, slender,
frock coated form, his snowy head and
smiling, affable countenance, visible
here and there in the throng as he
chatted democratically with everyone
with whom he came in contact.
He wore black bow tie. tucked
under the folds of a low collar and
ism of running his long, artists fin
gers nervously up and down the slen
der thread of his gold-rimmed pince
nez.
INTERESTED IN EVERYTHING.
Conversation with other members of
the party ELECTED expressions Of
anna cement that all the German wait
ers in our hotels and restaurants have
not been locked up. The Britishers
were interested in everything. They
wanted to know all about the value of
and gold, silver and paper
of the United States and pa
per money of England was flying
about from hand to hand with money
The party was six days on the water,
saw no submarines, had a very quiet
passage and had quite as mysteri-
Gus and yelled time as to where and
how they were going to get here as
did the party waiting to meet them.
MEMBERS OF PARTY.
The other members of the Balfour
party, each an expert of some sort,
either in military. naval. shipping,
wheat or other affairs. are: Alan An
derson. Lieutenant General T. Bridges,
c. NJ. G., d. S. o.; Godfrey q. Butler;
Major Fl. Spender-Clay. M. p; the
Right Hon. Lord Cunliffe; Lieutenant