The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-04-27
ALLIES TRUST AMERICA
n~ BEYOND NEED OF TREATY

6 Ia ndlnS or AmerlcdS dIClCuoe
Bkar-unreserved cooperation in
- & of democracy against tbs
Military menace without en-
holitical alliances-was eA-
Foreign Minister Balfour,
= @ British war commlssloh,
= 4 hent today to newspaper
ents.
ID said Mr.. Balfour, that
e some doubling critics who
|3 hink that the object of the
Il of Great Britain and France
eeigle the United States out or
aitional policy and to entangle
ia formal alliance, secret or pub
With European powers. can not
" CINE any rumor with less founda-
ton. nor can I imagine any policy So
utterly unnecessary Our confidence
in the assistance which We are going
to get from this community is not
based upon such considerations as
those which arise out OF sormai
treaties"
The foreign minister's statement
was officially said to have been mace
as a result of his conferences during
the mast few days with President Will
SON and Secretary Lansing. 1t was
generally regarded as disposing final
" of suggestions in some quarters
that the United States might be asked
RI sign a treaty not to make separ-
ate peace. - 4ho
This was an eventful day for the
British commissioners, marked oy
hearty welcome to Frances lllustrlous
var commission and the delivery TO
Ambassador Spring-Rice Of Americas
6rst loan to the allies, S200,ooo,ooV.
Mr. Balfour lunched today with 'ne
ytalian ambassador, spent part OK
the afternoon at the treasury depart
ment with Secretary McAdoo ana Was
entertained at dinner at the BRUSH
embassy where reception a1tenoeu
by the diplomatic corps ana hisn
American officials followed.
The foreign minister received the
newspaper men during the day at tue
residence where he is entertainer d.
the guest of the nation.
When the newspaper correspond
ents had been presented Mr.. Baifour
outward and Visible Signs.
s4Gentlemen: am very much
Obliged to you for coming here today
and giving me the opportunity or eS-
nressing to you personally, ana
fhrough YOU to the great American
rnblic. how very deeply We, VINO ne-
long to this mission sent from biiea,a'
value the kindness, the enthusiasm
the warmth of welcome. which we
have received in this capital city ol
tbe United States. ALI our hearts
ere eratified and touched personally.
Ne are even more deeply toucne@ Wy
Il a. being the outward and vlslDie
rnanisastation of sympathetic emo
tion in carrying out and responuins
- great call, which is the real
security for our success.
ono man who has had the oppor-
tunity which I have enjoyed IN ths
last few years Of seeing, hearing anu
talking to leading members Oh your
State can for one moment doubt tne
s,,11 determination OF the American
neople to throw themselves INTO tne
Greatest conflict which has ever oeen
waged in this world.
81 do not suppose that it is posslDie
FOR vou-I am sure it Woulo not NC
,ossihle for me were in your snoes
m realize in detail, in concrete oe-
tail all that that war means 10 Inose
who have been engaged IN II Ior no"
TWO years and half. That is ieei-
ing which comes and can only coaue
wv actuaI experience. We on the
cher side of the Atlantic have Deen
living in an atmosphere of war SINCE
August. 1914. and you can not move
ahont the streets, you can not so
about your daily business, even II
ronr affairs be dissociated with the
var itself, without having evidences
of the war brought to your not'ce
every moment
Back to Darkness.
"1 arrived here on sunday after
Noon and went out in the evening ar-
= ter dark. and I was struck by some
What unusual feeling which at the
6rst moment I did not analyze' anu
aaAass Suddenly it came upon me tnat tnis
vas the first time for two years ana
a half or more in which I had seen
a properly lighted street. There IS
not a street in London, there is not a
st,.et in any city of the United King
dom. in which after dark the whole
community is not wrapped in a gloom
exceeding that which must have ex-
listed before the invention OF gas or
electric lighting.
"But that is a small matter and !
only mention it because it happened
to strike me as one Of my earliest
experiences in this city.
sOf course, the more tragic side OF
war is never and can not ever be ao-
sent from our minds. I saw with re-
gret this morning in the newspaper
that the son of Mr.. Bonar Law, Our
chancellor of the exchequer, was
,,,o,,ndod and missing In some Of the