The Independent . are progressing the com-missioners will send to their home gov-ernments accounts of agreementsreached and decisions made in regardto such questions as the distributionof the three million dollar loan amongour various allies, the problem of mari-time transportation, the methods ofcoping with the submarine peril, themobilization of American resources forthe purposes of war, and, perhaps, theparticipation of American troops in thefighting on the western front. Root to Go Elihu Root, former Sec-_, . retary of State, has ac- toKussia cepted the Presidentsoffer of the chairmanship


The Independent . are progressing the com-missioners will send to their home gov-ernments accounts of agreementsreached and decisions made in regardto such questions as the distributionof the three million dollar loan amongour various allies, the problem of mari-time transportation, the methods ofcoping with the submarine peril, themobilization of American resources forthe purposes of war, and, perhaps, theparticipation of American troops in thefighting on the western front. Root to Go Elihu Root, former Sec-_, . retary of State, has ac- toKussia cepted the Presidentsoffer of the chairmanship of the Ameri-can war commission which will be sentto Russia. With him will rest the re-sponsibility for the diplomatic side ofthe mission. The chief purpose of theUnited States in sending the commis-sion is, however, to rehabilitate theeconomic condition of the country inorder to put it in fighting trim to re-new the offensive against aid which the United States willextend will probably include a very.


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