Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-20
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INTEREST IN THIS
II GATHERING GREATER
THAN:FO RI RNMlERl|;;;M ! R MEETS I.
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Pre.niers on Downing
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IS PRESIDING !
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numerous allied war councils which
have occurred In the last three years
have occasioned the same interest as
ttoday's historic meeting OF. the Amer.
lean war mission and the British war
Qebinet for Tightening tho links that
(, chain the Anglo-Americah war ef-,
. forts. The scene is the dinghy old
residences in Downing street, which
hasssse-ved the prime bministers Of
many generations as both home and
office, and the room is the council
chamber where the cabinets meet and
where the destiniesi Of 4 the empire
have been shaped SINCE the days Of
the American revolution.
> Lord Reading. the lord chief JUS
tice, will preside with Andrew Bonar
Law, British chancellor of the ex-
chequer, and Oscar r. Crosby, assist
ant secretary of the American treas
ury, at the table beside him. The
military and naval heads Of both gov
ernments and ofncials representing
q other departments Of war work Will
be grouped together. Premier Lloyd
purp6se OF neutrality-suspicious.. The
general work Of the meeting constis
tutes the taking ofs stock OF, the re-
esourees and needs 0f both countrteA
md. to some extent OF the continental
Ths osnssrencs met. at noon. Lord
Reading. swas the frat to arrive. He
had g fiye-minute chat With Premier sI
Lloyd Gearge and then prepared to
greet the I sdiakingiaished men from
Amsraca and the British Dnrticipants
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Admiral sIeliicoe. chief OF the naval
stan. arrived with Sir Eric Campbell
Geddes, first lord Of admiralty. They
were accompanied by q blue-jacket
carrying dispatches. Lord Robert
Cecil, the minister OF blockades.
walked unaccompanied from the for
eign office. The crowds displayed
deep Interest in General Tasker H.
array and Admiral William S. Benson,
who arrived separately with their
aides.
The Earl of Derby, British minister
of war. and General Sir William Rob-
ertsen. chief Of the imperial staff at
army headquarters arrived In motor
car . few moments before Lieutenant
General j. c. smuts. who drove up
alone.
Everybody asked for Colonel e. M.
House, head of the American mission
! but Colonel House did not attend the
meeting, his secretary, Gordon
Auchincloss, representing him. !,
Most Of the members of the Amer
icarl mission were early on the scene
but the beginning of the conference
awaited the arrival of some Of the
British officials who had been detain-
ed by other war engagements. The
delay was brief,4 however, and at the
noon hour all were in their seats.
Lord Reading formally opened the
proceedings. +. y..3l
London, Nov. Chancellor Bon
artLaw said in the house Of commons
today in response, to q question that
the British government had tnforma-
ton quite officially that President Will
son had sent a telegram asking Col
onel House and General Bliss tp At
tend the first meeting OF the inter-al-
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