Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-21
ENGLISH PLEASED
OVER RECEPTION
BSlfour Tells Countrymen We
Are With Them to the
Finish.

LONDON. June .0.-Arthur J. Bal
fs1- .ccre:ary q state tor foreign
-fla.-s. save an accounting OF MS
stewardship IN connection with his
ultSslol 20 the United states 10 the
mem beers c. house u comons today
n luncheon arranged IN his honor
fy trc empire parliamentary asso cia-
ton Guests we're members OF parlla-
uent cabinet ministers, American
Ambassador Walter Hines PAGE and a
iew colCc!Al representatives.
EN-Premier Herbert Il Asquith
presided a. = token Of The nonpoliiical
character of the occasion with Mr..
Ealfour on his right and Ambassador
P'Se and Premier Lloyd George on
his left
Mr. Balfour said: .,kJ
All Did We'll
7 took the headshIp u the Amer
lean mission with reluctance: I felt II
80 easy 10 do harm and perhaps not
So easy 20 DO good. { feel that no
harm has been done and mych good.
Ny colleagues performed 'hei. various
tasks with skill-tasks which involved
the bringing together of the tr,men-
deus .orces of the United states and
Crest Britain.
The success Of the mission must
give Us all great cause for graufIca-
uon. say nothing OF the hospitality
ot the United States which would
have been given US under Ery cir
cumstances.
What moves me and all of britain
and France is the tremendous ea;hu-
siasm OF America and the deen feeling
Of sympathy which manifestly ami
mates the entire American COM
munity.
Feeling Was Here.
1T was not In tho power q, any
mission was merely the occasion for
mission was merely the occasion FOR
its manifestation: Il gave the Amer
leans welcome chance 10 show what
they felt in the cause Of world free
dom. And this is the greatest and
profoIndest result OF our trip.
This is a result OF which the value
can not be measured by the me-.
effect It will have on the present war.
Thus the mission has been the
occasion OF the most beneficent de-
veiopment OF international relations
in the history Of the world. Most
alliances in past history have been
based on temporary agreements be-
tween nations between the pursuit OF
certain aims and ambitions But the
cooperation between England anu
-A'AtNl 80 b''eANsf ~ - AlbN idSfl bAA
the fact that each nation hopes 10
get something out Of the present. but
on a deep congruity Of ideals, will
endure as long as the two nations are
content 10 pursue these ideals which
I pray God may be forever.
On a Higher Plane.
"Our alliance is based on a great
moral consideration. We alike do not
wish 10 use war as an instrument OF
expansion and so We may be certain
that the United States will not leave
us until our great ideals are accom-
plished There Is nothing am mora
| certain Of than this, that the Unite d
| States having put Its hand to the
| plow. will not turn back.
The Americans have studied the
| origin and aims Of the war and have
come irrevocably to the conclusion
that with the victory OF the allies IS
! bound up te whole future OF civili-
zation. They will not refuse any
| sacrifice or effort which may bring q
, happy frution on which they are con-
vinced depends the whole trend OF
civilization.
These are not the fruits OF the
mission. but the mission gave the oc-
casion for their most emphatic ex-
preston If that he valuable we may
congratulate ourselves on the results
OF our Efforts"