Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-24
FRESH from the trenches was upon him
KEEP UP COMMERCE.

fresh from the trenches was upon him
KEEP UP COMMERCE.
General" 1t was asked, SIS it ad
visable to keep up our commerce ans
internal manufactures az nearly I,
normal az may be In war timer
BY all means" said Bridges: ''keeI
up every .phase of commerce ana in,
dustry that Is important to the bust.
ness life Of the nation.
However" he added, I'VE have dis,
continued making pins for the Chi.
nese. and things like that" A
Today end the festivities which
have marked the first part OF the
British war commissions visit here
With the banquet and reception ten
dered in Balfour's honor tonight, the
last social note will be sounded and
grim business of war will predomi-
nate henceforth.
At IL o'clock today the full commits
sion went into executive session ia
map out a plan for procedure for the
conferences with United States gov
eminent officials tomorrow. Official
announcement that the French COM
mission has safely landed" assures
full cooperation between the three
countries very soon.
HOURS OF coNFERENcE.
British Foreign Secretary Arthur ].
Balfour and President Wilson, heads
Of the Angio-American war confer
ences. planned to spend today tabulat.
ing the results Of their first parley.
Denying themselves to all callers, they
spent several hours getting down to a
working basis for the world confer
ence.
Money and food were the outstanding
points for immediate consideration.
These have in part been disposed of.
The British commission backed up the
American governments campaign for
food production in every word it's mem
bers uttered during the first day of in
formal discussion.
The details of the war loan to Eng
land, bonds for which are about to be
up for final decision between Secre-
tary McAdoo and Lord Cunliffe, gov
ernor of the Bank of England.
QUESTION OF SHIPPING.
Shipping, logically the next point to
be considered after money and food,
was to be stressed in the informal con-
ferences between all the commission
ers today
Consideration Of this question CEN
tered in the parleys between Admiral
de Chair the British wheat experts and
Secretary Daniels and American COM
merce officials and federal shipping
board officials.
All these points are to be settled only
however, as no conclusive
action will be taken until the French
commission has arrived and been re-
ceived into the allied councils.
MEETING OF CABINET.
Preliminary developments in the CO.
operative war parley today will be sub
nitted by Balfour to members of the
British commission: and by President
Wilson to the members of his cabinet.
This will be the first meeting between
he president and his cabinet since the
British commission arrived.
A spirit of democracy and good fell
owship marks all the relations between
he Britishers and the Americans The
capitals reception spirit has put the
Visitors completely at home. This was
particularly noticeable at President
Wilson'S war dinner" to Balfour at the
conclusion of the Britishers' first work
ng days here.
The normal White House atmosphere
If simplicity, which has become the
ule throughout official Washington
or the duration of the war, and which
marked the dinner, immensely pleased
he Englishmen.