Arizona republican., 1917-04-22
Germany.

The object of the commission. MT. Balfour said was ito make cooper ation easy and effective between these who are striving with all their power to bring about a lasting peace by the only means that can secure it, namely a successful war;
 Your president in a most apt and vivid phrase" MT Balfour added has proclaimed that the world must be made safe fer democracy. That i governing communities are not to be treated as negligible simply be- rause they are small; that the ruth less domination of one unscru1ulouS power imperis the future of civili- zation and the liberties of mankind. are truths of political ethics which the bitter experience of war is burn i ing into the souls of all freedom i loving people, Englard's leading statesmen. hav- ! ing evaded the German submarines and mines which sent Lord Kitchener 1 10 his death, were received with tho 1 highest hOnOrs as guests of the American people when they arrived at a place in America which cannot
 be named. A delegation of state, war
 and navy department officials wei 1 comed the commission in the name
 of the government and set out with
 them to the capital for what is ad 1 mitteoly the most vital conference i in American history.
 The commission was received with 1 the utmost simplicity and cordialitV
 ana with every recognition of the fact that Great Britain had given of her best. It is said, indeed, that no foreign minister has left England for
 the length of time that Mr Balfour will be. away since the congress of Vienna, a century ago.
 The formal welcome was extended
 by Third Assistant Secretary oe State Breckenridge Long, through the
 presentation tC MT. Balfour of let
 ter Of greeting from Secretary Lans-
 ing, which the British statesman ac- | knoWledged with eloquent simplicity while British and American officials
 mingled together. A special train of
 five cars, which had been waiting with steam up and crew aboard for
 five days, at once got under way for
 the capital guarded as almost no
 otfer train ever has teen guarded ir
 this country. Double protection had
 been afforded at all bridges and tun- nels, and every mile Of the track had been gone over within the previous "A hours to guard against a possible [ fanatic No detail Of any sort what soevel which could betray the place ol dFrlNal or route Of travel was al
 lowed to escape.
 Almost immediately when the train
 started, the large party broke up into
 groups of army, navy and state de-
 pertinent officials to begin at once
 the informal conversations which are
 expected to sketch out America's part
 in the world fight against German autocracy. MT. Balfour and Secre-
 tary Long; Lieutenant General
 Bridges, who drew the first blood
 for England. in August 1914. and
 Major General Leonard Wood anG Rear Admiral De Chair and Rear
 Admiral F. F. Fletcher soon were
 in deep conversation on the various phases of American participation
 On all sides it was reiterated that the British he'd come in spirit of
 service and appreciation, and that it
 was their hope the lessons they had learned in the war at such cost might be of service to this country in avoid ; ing similar mistakes Similarly. as : one official expressed it., the com mission was moved by exactly the same feelings which raised the Stars