The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-17
Commissioners From England
and France Here to Talk Of
Plans for Successful
Campaign.
ARE NOTABLE VISITORS
Secretary Balfour, Field Marshal Jof'
fire and Others viii confer
With Army and Navy
Heads.
[By Carl D. Groat, United Press Staff
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Correspondent
| WASHINGTON, April 17.-Ameri-
cas- part in the 'Fbig push which Is
hurting German troops back from
their long established line in France,
keeping Teutonic commerce off the
seas and arraying the republics OF
the world against the kaiser, will De
under discussion here within the
next twenty-four hours.
Food and fighting forces are yet
to really be mobilized, but all efforts
are being directed toward single
goal.
Chicago packers have offered 10
turn their vast meat industry over TO
the government and permit the fixing
of prices.
J. Ogden Armour today suggested
one meatless day week as means
of conserving Americas food supply.
The arrival of the British and
French war commissions here is an
ticipated today or tomorrow. Mean-
time the senate is expected to pass
the war bond bill, making available a
gigantic loan to the allies as well as
providing for Americas financing Of
the war against Germany. The high
commissions of both England and
France will be housed in two man
sions in the most select part Of
|, Washington. Special care has been
taken to guard the commissioners.
In some quarters it was suggest ted
that placing them in private houses
was due to a desire to shield them
both from the curious and from pos
sible cranks. Special police will be
assigned to see that they are not
molested.
I'm congress, sentiment on the votes
in the house military committee
shows favor of stronger military vol
unteering than the administration
army bill already provides. Owing 10
the selective draft idea, however, this
will be overcome, according to con-
fident predictions of close congress
observers.
Want Women on Board.
NEW YORK, April 17-America's
women today asked the British govern
ment to supplement the Balfour war
commission with a British womens
advisory war committee to aid Uncle
Sans mothers and daughters war
plans.
The cable request to Lloyd-George
went forward today from the Women's
oulNGISlly CluD, NEW VI n SOllS
league, Woman Suffrage party, Ma
tional League for Women's Service
and other women's organizations.
These organizations want exper
fenced English women to help plan
home defense organiza tions, give them
data on war time aid to dependent
families and organization for conser
vation of food supplies.
They will send commission to
Washington in the next few days to
seek the active cooperation of Sec
retaries Baker and Daniels in their
national plans.
They particularly want help in
standardizing women's war wages and
the basis of war time allowances for
the dependents of soldiers and sailors.
Entente Commissioners.
WASHINGTON, April 1T.-Entente
commissioners who will talk American
allied cooperation with government
heads here include:
For England-F'oreign Secretary Ar
thur J. BaIfour, Lord Cunliffe, Admiral
De Chair and General Bridges.
For France-Minister of Justice vi
vani, Field Marshal Joffre, Marques De
Chambrun and Vice Admiral Choche.
trat.
Where Are They?
WASHINGTON, April 17.-Where
Great Britain's high commissioners
are, or when they will arrive, is
mystery to the state department to
day
1t was stated officially this forenoon
that the department had absolutely no
word as to their whereabouts, but that
it was keeping close touch. on the