New-York tribune., 1917-10-27
i. S. Is Meeting
Problems, Says
Lord Northcliffe
Furnishing Of Men and Equip
ment Is Satisfactory,
He Asserts
ESPECIAL Corrrspondtncsl

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2G.-Lord Northcliffe,
publisher of "The London Times" and
"The London Daily Mail" and head Of
the British War Mission to the United
States, who arrived in st. Louis this
morning as the guest of the Chamber
of Commerce, talked with a reporter in
Kansas City yesterday OF the way in
which the United States has met the
problems outlined in his series of FIVE
special articles written by him last
April for The New York Tribune and
distributed by it 20 other newspapers,
including "The St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch"
These problems were men, equip
ment, censorship, finance and food. In
his articles Lord Northcliffe pointed
out mistakes which England had made,
and the way in which America might
avoid the same mistakes.
In his comment to the "St. Louis Post
Dispatch" reporter on now the United
States has carried out his suggestions
of six months ago Lord Northci!ae ex-
pressed satisfaction with the way IN
which the problems OF men and equip
ment have been handled by this coun-
try. As to censorship, he pointed out,
the worst Of the British errors IN re-
gard to the press have been avoided,
but the leakage # vitally important IN
formation from other sources has not
been stopped. Food control is a prob
lem not yet fully solved, but the steps
which have been taken meet his ap-
proval. In finance he hopes to see the
appeal to the practical business sense
of Americans made stronger, without
abandoning the present appeal to pa
triotism.
A sixth problem-transpo sportation-is
being emphasized by Lord Northcliffe
on his present tour of the Middle West.
How important he considers this mat
ter he shows by the declaratio.., which
he repeats in nearly every speech or
interview:
Transportation is the war"
Taking up the themes OF mis- former
articles in order, Lord Northcllffe said:
"The United States has successfully
met the problem o. men. You have
raised your first draft of $4,000 men,
and have done it so easily that you
have hardly made an impression on
your resources in man power. You
adopted the draft system. which is the
only democratic system, almost without
a murmur, and did not make the mis-
take which we in England made of
sending the patriot TO war and letting
the unpatriotic man steal his business.
"You have carried out tremendous
system of intensive training. Your
training grounds have been we'll Sc
lected, and your nying fields, in par
ticular, are wonderful. You have wise
" sent many OF your men to Canada
for training by experienced military
aviators. Your men in France are get
ting their final instruction in the best
possible place.
"The difficulty isn't in getting SOL
diers to France. That is just a matter
of proper handling of transports. A
ship with a speed of sixteen knots an
hour, properly handled, can keep out
of the way of submarines. Canada has
sent over 100000 men without losing
one. You had one accident, to the An
titles. That i. just what ] believe it
was-an accident. which might befall
any ship, but will not occur often.
There is always the chance that you
may happen on a submarine, and that