Show I BRITAIN AWAITS TOURiST RUSH Visitors From United States Expected to Spend Vast Sums London Feb 21 Two 1 Two hundred million mil lion llon dollars Is the sum which England expects American J tourists to spend In Inthis Inthis inthis this country this year This sum is enough to pay half 1101 the annual Interest on Britain's war debt to America On tho the charts of the economist or tho the government foreign trade expert this Influx of ot money will willbe willbe be listed In a a. column known as invisible Invisible Invisible In visible exports Its effect on the balance balanco of or trade Is 19 Just the tho same as would be the tho exportation of or worth of or manufactured products to America For this reason tho the American tourIst tourist tour tour- 1st trade has has' become a matter mattor of ot Importance to England and ways and means are aro being considered whereby the stay of or Americans Americana In England will bo ho made m as pleasant aa lUi possible America This Influx of at money from would have an Important effect acct on tho the exchanges between tho the two countries says the Dally Daily Express In connection with the coming friendly invasion by Americans it itma ma may ho bo pointed out th that t some somo of the I liners from America are arc making their first call nt at nt instead of or Southampton Vh Why should they thoy do this It Is stron strongly l urged that the first port of call 11 should be bo ton Tho The dollars of the American tourist are ne to bo a matter of or such importance tance In hi other words that It IB Is urged that tho boatloads from Now York mako make their first stop at a BritIsh British British Brit Brit- ish and not a a French port visiting England while purses are full The American consulate reports a prospect ct of or a heavy Inrush of or Yankee tourists and Is most favorable toward tow plans of ot tho the hotel proprietors of ot London London London Lon Lon- don to make arrangements In advance ad- ad vance vanco to caro care for Cor tho the visitors visItor In somo some quarters Cua it is 11 estimated th that t Americans Americana will vl visit it England during tho the year A meeting of oC tho the Hotel Proprietors' Proprietors association to canvass can tho the situation Is proposed and man many hotels al already already al- al l- l ready rendy flooded with Inquiries aro are arranging arranging ar fir- ar- ar ranging to s set t aside n n. certain per- per of or their roms rows for Americana Amerl nn In some Romo cases this allotment Is 3 said l to run as ns high as 50 SO per cent while many leading hotel report they arc are making their plans for about a n 25 per cent population of or friendly aliens from across tho the Atlantic |