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Show AMERICANS WELCOME BALFOUR. British Statesman Guest of Honor of the Nation. Washington. Great Britain's war commissioners spent Monday in the American capital, receiving every mark of honor and courtesy within the gift -of the government. Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour, formally presented by Secretary Sec-retary Lansing to President Wilson in the morning, was the guest of honpr Monday at the most notable- dinner given at the White House in a generation. genera-tion. During the day he was presented present-ed to Vice-President Marshall at the capitol, lunched at the French embassy embas-sy and received cards or calls from many prominent persons, including William J. Bryan. |