Evening star., 1928-10-02
JOURNALISTS HERE
FOR i. S. AMITY TRIP
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British Newspaper Men Ar
rive in New York to Study
American Opinion.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. October 2.-Fourtecn
British journalists arrived yesterday
for a two-month tour OF the United
States. confident that an exchange Of
personal opinions with their colleagues
in this country will be more helpful in
mutually interpreting the two nations
than is reading of each others edl-
toriAlS.
"rhe time has come" said Ralph D
Bluinenfeld. spokesman for the group.
when world affairs have become ~
complicated and complex than an edi-
tor must travel to keep pace with his
readers"
The delegation is here under the
auspices Of the Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace, and the editors
are to cross the continent to Califor-
MIA. returning by way of New Orleans
and Washington. They sail back to
: the British Isles from New York on
December 1. ..
In addition to Mr.. Blumenfeld. who
Is chairman and editor Of the London
Dailv Express and president of the In
stitute Of Journalists, the party in
cludes:
Members of Party.
Sir Charles Armstrong of the Lam
casflire Daily Express, Sir Charles
J1glesden, editor of the Kentish Ex-
press: William Cowper Barrons of the
Yorkshire Evening News, William Clark
of the Belfast Telegraph, w. j. T. Col
Inns. editor of the South Wales Argus;
H. Jacques, assistant editor OF the Sur
rey County Herald; F. Lawrence john
son of the Northeastern Daily Gazette,
Henry Collinson Owen Of the Glasgow
Sunday Mail. Alan Pitt Robbins OF thc
London Times, B. P. M. Roberts OF the
Scotsman. Edinburgh; William Robert
Willis Of the Yorkshire Post: r. A. j.
Walling, managing editor of the West
ern Independent, Plymouth, England.
and H. q. Davey, Worcester Journal.
They will be accompanied on their
American tour by Paul Cowles Of San
Francisco, superintendent of the West
ern division of the Associated Press, and
by Henry S. Haskell assistant director
Of the Carnegie Endowment. Mr.. Cowles
will travel with the visitors by invitation
of the Carnegie Endowment as the rep
resentative Of the press of ths United
States. i
Five Days In New York.
The British editors will; be in New
York for Ave days. They will be guests
at a dinner given In their honor here
on Wednesday night by the board OF
directors of the Associated Press and at
neon on that day will be entertained at
luncheon by the Advertising Club. On
Thursday they are invited to attend a
dinner arranged by the Pilgrims So
ciety for Field Marshal Sir Edmund AL
lenby. Adolph S. Ochs, publisher Of the
New York Times, entertains them at
lunch at the Times Building on Friday.
Invitations to the world series base ball
games here this week an6 to West Poin.
also have been extended.
Itinerary Of Visit.
: Leaving New York next Sunday morn
ing the British journalists go to Bqs-
ton for q two-day visit. The remainder
Of their itinerary follows:
Chicago October i0-l5; st. Louis, Oc-
tober 1913; Kansas City. Mo-. october
1920; Denver. october 21-23: Colorado
Springs, October %; San Francisco, Oc-
tober 26-3i; Los Angeles, october 81
November 9; Grand Canyon, Ariz, Mo-
vember 10: New Orleans. November
1916; Washington. November 1924;
Philadelphia. November 24-26; sail from
New, York on December1.
Mr.. Blunenfeld. in a statement is
sued when the editors arrived today re-
ferred to "a certain feeling in America
that England Is trying to put something
over" adding: we are here to do what
We! can to disabuse this idea"
There is nothing In. this rumor that
England Is entering into secret treaties"
Mr.. Blumenfeld said. II can say en-
phatically that no government can live
In England today and enter into secret
treaties"