The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-04-23
Thousands Acclaim Wei
come to British Foreign
Ministers and Party.
MET AT MAINE BORDER
Commissioners Ten Days on
Voyage and Saw No
U-BOats.
STRETCHED LEGS IN CITY
Walked About Grand Central
Terminal During Short
Wait Here.
MET AT MAINE BORDER
STRETCHED LEGS IN CITY

"AshtNHTON, " -hpTH <IIuuC
James Balfour is here and the stage Is
set for the war conference upon whose
Importance no adjectives need be
wasted. The British Foreign Secretary
will meet the President and Secretary
Lansing twice tomorrow. Within q
few days the depths OF the question:
How can America do her part?" will
be plumbed by these three men. Mean
while the thousand and one essentials
Of cooperative war will be reviewed in
give and take talks among the ex-
perienced company who are with the
| British Minister and the eagerly re-
ceptive officers who will represent the
United States.
Some time this week. probably, the
French mission headed by Minister Of
Justice Niviani and Marshal Joffre will
join the group and tell. among other
things. whether the cause can he best
served by the speedy despatch OF
American soldiers TO France
StoppeV III new NOrk.
Tho British commissioners stole
secretly away from Ensland April IL
on fast cruiser, protected In every pos
sihle way from German spies who might
nave got out word to lurking submarines
The voyage was entirely lineventfuI.
however, and the party arrived at Hall
TAX Friday. Crossing 10 ~ John, a
special train took them t. the little
| Canadian fFu nf 4
! the International Bridse. which Werner
Horn, a former German officer, a,.
, tempted to blow up.
| Inc commission was met SATURDAY.
morning at Nauceboro, Ne. on the Cana
| dian border. by Gen Wood. Admiral
7 Fletcher and an American party, which
had been waiting three days. and sped
on Il special train by Il devious route
, through The North Atlantic States with
out all incident Of any kind that gave a
| mon3ent S anxiety 10 the secret service
I ana scotland Yard men who guarded the
travellers. II can also he said that they
passed through New York this morning.
stretched their legs in the Grand Central
static" and moved on without being
recognized
The various members of the commits.
son. including Mr. Balfour himself,
nave brought with them much of the
atmosphere OF quiet suffering and pain
which has afflicted England during the
last two and a half years
Impressed by Calm Here.
Even in the few hours We have beeu
IL the United States MIR. Balfour said,
We have been strucK with the atmos-
phore of calm and roacrfIlnes9 which
naturally prevails. Wr feel ourselves
far removed here from Tho stress and
horrors that Germany has thrust on
Europe much as many Of our people
felt distant from Frame in the early
days ~ the war. The United States
fortunately. probably will never expe-
rence the human LOSSES that France for
~ long and ourselves during the past
mon his have experienced.
"Ncycrlhclass' Mr.. BaIiour added. "T
doubt If yuu can forcs",. what fuudamen-
tai changes the war VIII hr.ng into your
ordinary no. We ia England look bt,cI;
! with auaHeu"ut at the Nital changes
!. durin; our past thirty months "f mobili-
cation and ima2ime tuat ruauy of the
changes W" nave gone through, so salu-
tsry even for Themselves alone. viii be
: repeated "a',."
Mr., Raitour. white unwilling To .y,ecu-
late on wat 'urur \u"tirlu pirtiClpa
ton in the war might 30 said he had
J no doubt thai Am"rl. = nu rrs would
, aStoDish the wurs, 'o.t nulrly Ger
many. He !w,icnt,d that q was his
opinion that II GERMANY tni roreseeu
now fully IL" United States would enter
the et~tRgle slc would NOT have precip.-
tated war between the tNp countries.
No Requests From ALLIES.
In hchalf rf fr. t,Ngl-Nucn ii Wa
reiterated to-uigh' 1h.' they come no.
10 tell AVl.r.. unu' 90 dn, hut to heir
|, her wir a0y1," q ~ l~ asked An off
cial Sp"E, tlau "aH asked = the mission
Wa authorized lF IN" Ert!~h Govern
mont fp request this country to enter
the uGrc'wcu' not o. make separate
peace" His ,arSw'r was.
"Th"rn will b" ~ s'r@"',ons or r.