The Independent . o carry onany verbal or written correspondenceor intercourse with any foreign gov-ernment or any officer or agent thereofwith an intent to influence the meas-ures or conduct of any foreign gov-ernment ... in relation to any disputesor controversies with the UnitedStates. Balfour Bids °n *he twenty-fourth ofTT p May the British war u s v arewell mission left Washington for Canada. Before leaving the UnitedStates, Mr. Balfour, as chief of themission, delivered an eloquent speechto a gathering of journalists at theNational Press Club, expressing thepleasure which the British emi
The Independent . o carry onany verbal or written correspondenceor intercourse with any foreign gov-ernment or any officer or agent thereofwith an intent to influence the meas-ures or conduct of any foreign gov-ernment ... in relation to any disputesor controversies with the UnitedStates. Balfour Bids °n *he twenty-fourth ofTT p May the British war u s v arewell mission left Washington for Canada. Before leaving the UnitedStates, Mr. Balfour, as chief of themission, delivered an eloquent speechto a gathering of journalists at theNational Press Club, expressing thepleasure which the British emissarieshad experienced in the warmth of thereception given them by the Americanpeople in all parts of the country. Heexprest his belief that the amount ofpreparation for taking an effectivepart in the Great War accomplishedwithin the first forty days since wedeclared war on Germany was remark-able, tho he admitted that the execu-tive had been hampered by the inevit-able delay in putting war measuresthru THE MARINES COME ACROSSIn the first United States forces to actuallycarry out our newly adopted war motto theMarines are given the chance they have fairlyearned. Twenty-six thousand of them, underColonel Doyen, are to go overseas as part ofthe expeditionary army led by General Pershing June 2, 1917 THE INDEPENDENT 405 The French mission arrived at Breston the midnight of May 22 after anuneventful trip across the Atlantic.•So quietly had the French commission-ers left Washington a week earlier, andso carefully guarded by the press wasthe secret of their departure that thegeneral public had hardly becomeaware that they were not still in con-ference in Washington when the newscame of their safe arrival in France. The Italian war commission, headedby the Prince of Udine, a cousin of theKing of Italy, arrived in Washingtonjust before the departure of the Brit-ish commission. The chief purpose ofthe Italian mission is believed to bepolitical; to emphasize the solidarityo
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