BRITAIN AND U.S.A.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 June 1917, Page 6

BRITAIN AND U.S.A.

V * —- "tLOSBSgp FRIENDSHIP SINCE - 'tywsmig. ! ' 1 IrjgjHjj 40$ mgro, . . __ rf tondoii, June 1,a |teuter'« Wrreepaitot-st Washington »y Hp ih« fDUowiJ!i tftt*is of cm aufehori- / wave etoteropt Issued oh the occasion flf- too departttrt for England of the . Bthub, to tie United States:— : '' "Aftsr ■ Wwsrenoee which touoli&d - jjjHry jteea Jji the lif* of America and m au -which ai'a expected vitr tjk to dfectihe future of the world, jtMcopeiderfcbla sympathy bora of par- ' contact'between the British and Sattf'iesta officials cannot be measured in Word*. OnwrUinty; has town removed, w; Mi 00-operation made possible, an tttofr definition of the resources fcti' needs pf tlieHjßitad gtetee ind the jUtf*. -r r ' foinne* 'jrowf- fciowg the "Allies' ' ' JUMfe in detaiV.while the Allies now v,;:Mt Voly; Sound America's resources, hut, 11 she, <Jcgas of their availability. ThereSotfe :msoh baa been finally agreed: upon jwSfcieh X*aaet beoome effective without. MgisWitti, The groat) benefit of the " r Biswas's ylgit, however, has been the . Jkjfsfn t&vko of aen who hive actu- " Ulysses in .the lire of war, and who V deaSraUe policies obvious by mere* (fytalftiing their experiences. J ' FULIiER TJKDBBSTiHDISia. "The 'United States has undoubtedly Keen piaced upon a closer basis of relaItionship with Great Britain: than since < lilu'SQtn.tion a century and a quarter «go. He controversies during,the long knonthi of noutraliiy hare been dissolved in a fuller understanding by American officials and &j statement of > ) tile'difficulties of belligerency. "36t. Balfour has realised his life- *: -Uiwua of.a closer sympathy between the two,great branches of the ISigliab-speak-Png, peoples. "The British have shown their •" Iwnaideiution of American feeling. They ■.: were most scrupulous on all occasions. 7, Without interfering with American af- ■: fairs their constant 'effort was to de- ' scribe Great' 'Britain's experiences for . ,"whatever value these might be. Se- > gashing the immediate diplomatic result, if it has tended to .lengthen the British .View from a< necessarily near-lighted ab- ° ' sorption in the immediate.neMs of the ' -War,'to & broader consideration of world „ oonstruction afterwards, it has forei(; shortened the American pojnt of view t* froth absolution' in the future to the' immediate pressing emergency. Briefly botft sides feel they have gained a truer j' jferspeotive. President Wilson's League Motions plan was dismissed formally < srat not conclusively. ■ <A' OOONTEE MOVE. : Germany's - plan of a great middle Y Burfijiftspi Empire was discusaed, and at.tentjon iwas directed to the necessity of <' a yestoration of Boumania, Ser- *- "via, 'and.iMonfepegro as a counter-move, opposition to conquest and :-: ui ; indemnity is not considered antagon--Jstic to tiiis proposal. All the changes, p proposed ore on the 4wsis of nationality, Ifeor the return of the lost provinces. The ( i, members of the Britah Mission expressed : confidpnce that all will turn, out well. Russia. The restoration of Poland) foi-Mi the situation in Ireland and .Mexico * 1 Wero discussed., < '-Ibe most lar-xeaching understand- , dugs w.ere arnved at ,in regard to trade the United States '-/ will giv«f,thtf Allies preferential' treatf* mciit in commerce, font tlfe details can"'he divulged owing Jet Congress not Iphftviug passed, the necessary, legislation. t.,/tPhe appointment of ngoinb Allied-huy-#>4ng commission, is expected to result in W assnring'uniform prices amongst all the ff : to' prevent' extortion and secure an economical and scientific distribution jj'i.of the supplies. ! COOPERATION IN BLOOKiADE. "America* will co-operate as far as in maintaining the British' blockade.America - will participate M;.y|tg|M| its consuls in rationing Holland S pad Somdinavia. Except that the sysr C jlem' of export licenses 'will' be, introic&aied in thia connection, .the British jkyetem wjll as for as possible be mainand means will be taken to preW went, American products reaching firms •f. regularly-with tlie enemy. ' i f A definite understanding was reached Ui the matter of the sale of American jg Canadian whe&t to the Allies ■V o-lietails will'not be published at once, - * ftkeausi of the /possible effect on the -i SwaA-at. Munitions' control will simi- : Gfrly be'published. -The United States •. • % considering the British invitation that representatives of all ttie '""UUties should 6it as a commission in (London, dealing with wheat, munitions; \ ridding, and general supplies. Betidos " shs above, the most important nulifflry p pad naval co-op eratioi\ has "been . At " "NATION OP f : v ■ , neuter's corresppndent at Toronto xtg t Jorts:— , s ■ i Mr. Balfour given f a mpsilheatly Jftloome on lhia i ttrhval.; : IJpusto^s'of, ;, people greeted him at the railway tftajnon, and. the streets wore lined: right . ' along to Queers Tfarfc, where he was . *6corded a reception,* . " IBeplying to addresses by the "Premier tod the Mayor. Mr.-Balfour said that : < r |# had left on the other side of the > |)order a nition of friends. He had jome to Canada, a -great free country, - not; wily of friends, but of his own countrymen. The Empire had Jnen brought closer together by a con- : ' Piousness that for two and a half years ■ it bad been engaged in a great etriggle v an whioh, thank Ood, all North Amer}>, • ias'was at one. The whole Empire felto wofonndlv the magnitude of Canada's - /effort. He valued it for itself and for 1 its evidence to all posterity, and to all p 0* world what the Empire really meant.