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Show HarouTbell'avrigh noted writer, who will be guest of honor of Bonneville Bonne-ville club. BRITISH OFFICER IS I SECRET MISSION C. F. Munday of New Zealand Zea-land Cornes by Auto From San Francisco. C. F. Munday of Wellington, New Zealand, Zea-land, secret agent of the war department depart-ment of the British colonies in the Antipodes, An-tipodes, is in Salt Lake City. He and Mrs. Munday motorod in yesterday yes-terday from San Francisco and are stopping stop-ping at the Hotel Utah. They expect to go all the way to New York in their car, and after that they will visit Canada. Can-ada. Mr. Munday 's mission in the United States and in Canada is a mystery, but he admits that it will consume some time. He does not expect to return to New Zealand very shortly. "Are you on a pleasure trip or a business trip to the United States?" Mr. Munday was politely asked. " Business trip," he replied, with equal politeness. "Wliat is the nature of your business, Mr. Munday?" "I am a lawyer and 1 came to the United States to transact some business for our war department. Naturally, am not at liberty to say what that business busi-ness is. I expect to motor on to New York. I'll be in the United States quite some time and after that I'll visit Canada, f can 't say when I will return to New Zealand." When Mrs. Fanny Fern Andrews, the universal peace advocate, arrived here the other day, she remarked that the people of Australia, and New Zealand fairly despiBed the United States for the failure of this country to make tangible protest against the " violation of Belgium Bel-gium 's neutrality by Germany. "The feeling is not that strong. " protested pro-tested Mr. Munday. "A few radicals in New Zealand and Australia may feel that way, but most people are not set against the United States. At the same time, New Zealanders and Australians were terribly incensed over the violation viola-tion of Belgium's neutrality." Mr. and Mrs. Mundav attended the California expositions after their arrival ar-rival in this country and then set out on their transcontinental auto trip. After Aft-er a rest here they will proceed eastward. |