Arizona republican., 1917-04-12

Beyond the statement that the 6N- ject of the commission is to d.se,,s- generally questions of policy connected with the war, no information was given at the state department Ii Was made clear, however, that in no way will tha United States government depart from the traditional policy of avoiding an
 thing in the nature of political aIll- ances, though of course that does naf exclude full and intimate military and naval cooperation in the prosecution
 of the war.
 While 1t is by no means certain th,
 there will be a joint meeting of lis visiting commissions, if the state de- partment should desire to avoid te appearance of an alliance, there is ce--
 tam to he concert of action in son-e way.
 The conference is stated to rat-s
 been sought by the allied leaders them { selves. The calibre of the me- senr particularly Foreign Secretary Ral.auf who IS remembered here most N:.snli5~ Tor his earnest endorsement of f'res,- dent Wilson's plan for world fedrr. ton to insure peace, and Minister g4 'Justlce NlV!ani. one of the first ns.lr | tpzen statesmf T Of Franc, is very gratifying to officials. Both mon. r is
 recalled have held that post of uce- iaie' Tn their respective goverumerts
 one Of the first questions to be taken ID Will be the distribution ~of tle s9,0O0, 100000 loan to the allies. Crea, Britain has been rendering expensizr financial aid to her allies and possihl, When relieved of continuing such al ioWances she may be able to get alon.- with much less assistance from Amer lea than she would otherwise require On the other hand the countries who's exchange has suffered so heavily. such | as Russia and Italy. might find wel. come relief from the financial strain
 ny an allotment Of American funds inc greatest problem before the con
 leience IS stated to be the maintenanc @ or the flow of American munitions and
 food supplies to Europe. This Will b. sought by naval cooperation to fiCI. the German submarines by constrllr- tion Of a huge fleet of wooden rne~- chahtmen to negative it's destructive ness, and by, ways and means to in crease American manufacture and the allies ability to pay for the products. NaVaI cooperation is understood t,. contemplate the policing of all Nor ana south American waters by tf
 AnierIcan navy, allowing the return oc the Butlsh vessels engaged in sba4 i.Work and the safeguarding by Amer can shlps of at least part of the sa ! lane to Europe. Whether the latter vii necessltate the actual sending If Amerlcan war craft to the other side has not been announced.
 Ihe military participation of the
 united States alsc probably will be
 discussed in broad terms, though ii is realized that this country will not at
 tempt to send an army to Europe for the present.
 There is, however, an intense desire
 oii the part of the general public iu
 the entente countries to See a small
 division of American troops at ths 1 front.
 ] Neither side, it is understood. Wl!
 miss the opportunity of sounding ont
 the other as to the eventual pearc
 terms It is we'll appreciated abroaa that this country is not in perfect sym pathy with some of the peace terms sf the entente and that it does not look lc
 as complete a crushing of Germany 1s some of the entente countries dems na-