Evening star., 1918-02-10
Visited Here Last Year.

AS special envoy OF the British caDlnet,
Earl Reading. then a viscount. visited
the United States in September. 1917
Upon his return to England he was ele-
waited to an earldom. In September, 1915,
he made his first wartime visit to this
country as head OF of the Anglo-French
mission.
Assurances that the British people are
prepared to endure whatever suffering,
privation or sacrifice may be necessary
Ito obtain the only possible conclusion
of this war" were given by Earl Reading
in a statement issued upon his arrival
THAT the American people are equally
prepared to make every effort to bring
about this result is the surest guaran-
tee that the cause Is just and the aim
is righteous" the statement concluded.
Members Of Party.
Among those in Earl Readings party
are Maj. Gen. Ernest Dunlop Swinton.
assistant secretary to the British war
cabinet; James Bennett Drunyate.
Hubert Montgomery, private secretary
to the undersecretary Of state for for
eign affairs: Sir Grimwood Mears, who
investigated alleged German atrocities
and wrote a reply to the German white
book, which had eulogized the conduct
Of the German troops in Belgium, and
Mai. Charles Kennedy Craufurd Stuart,
who has been accorded many honors in
England for his military services and
has been recently on special duty in
the Sudan.
The party was met here by a number
Of British consular, military and naval
officials. Among them were Give Bay
ley. consul general at New York city,
and Commodore Guy Gaunt and Brig
Gen. MacLachlan. nayai-and military
attaches at the British embassy
Washington. The statement issued by
Earl Reading follows:
my first thought upon arrival ts the
loss Of life on the Tuscania, reported to
us whilst we were at sea- May I pay
my very respectful tribute OF honor to
the gallant men who have made the su-
preme sacrifice for their country's
sake. and express my profound SYM
pathy with their relatives?
Relies on Cordial Good Will.
II am indeed glad to find myself
once again, and for the third time since
the beginning of the war, in America.
1t is barely three months since I sailed
FOR England, and I return this time
charged with many and various duties.
which I should scarcely have had the
courage to undertake had 1 not known
from past experience that my govern
ment could implicitly rely upon the
cordial good will of the American peo-
pie and their complete cooperation
with the allies in all measures neces-
sary for the vigorous prosecution of the
war.
'T am sure you will fully understand
that I cannot make any statement in
my official capacity until have been
received by your President. Moreover.
am not yet acquainted with what has
happened since I left England. on Feb
ruary l. may. nevertheless. be per-
mitted to say that tho recent pro-
nouncements upon war aims Of your
President and of tho British prime min
lister. which are substantially in ac-
cord and are accepted by the allies.
have been received with complete unan-
unity by the British people. You know
how vastly the answers made by the
German government have differed from
their professions when entering into
the negotiations at Brest-Litovsk But
those utterances have now left no
shadow Of doubt that the German gov
ernment is waging this war for con-
quest of nations and territory and for
military domination of the world