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Show BRITONS 60 HOME ' I III! I I MIMAQK FROM WAR MISSION TO PIOFL'e of entirk united STATES. KEPT EAST BY HARD WORK Mtmbr of Commission Express Their Hatrat at Inability to Vl.lt the Mid-til Mid-til Wert and PtcMe Cort Refer Leaving. By EDWARD B. CLARK. Washington, The members of the British mlRslon to the United States have left Washington. It wos n keen disappointment to them that late-day duties In connection with their work with the olncluls of the state department depart-ment of this country prevented them from ilsltlng the middle West and other sections of the country, with the people of which they were anxious to come In pergonal contact. It wns possible for your correspondent correspond-ent to secure from the members of the Hrltlsh commission, of which Mr, A. J. Ilalfour, (Ireat Itrltalu's foreign secretary, secre-tary, Is the chief, a message to the people of the sections of the country which they were unable to Islt. This is the message from the visitors to this country: "The prhnnry duty of this, as of any other diplomatic mission, wns to pro-sent pro-sent otirsehes in Washington, there to pay n respectful tribute to the president presi-dent of the United States. It was not only, however, a diplomatic mission. It was a war mission for we hud been at war. We ciune to this country bearing the marks of a new long-drawn-out contest, con-test, of Its anxieties, often very grlv-ou, grlv-ou, and still more Its hopes, which have neer boon anything but bright. We brought with us a consciousness of the luim.v mistakes ninde In the hundred hun-dred new activities which n peace-loving democracy must enter upon when It reluctantly passes to a state of war, Did a Great Deal of Work. "In Washington we were met with n ' welcome which surprised even thoso of Us who Knew best the depth of fueling possible In this great jieople. We have not spent nil our time In festivity or In Intordiiinge of compliments, binvcver. Almost from the llrst day, we settled down to the grim business of war j work. It was not for us to offer our j opinion on the situation; still less to suggest a course of nttlon for the United States to follow. We could, however, help by lnjliig before the administration ad-ministration the fruit of our experience and many bitter truths about the price we had to pay for blunders of our own. The work has been continuous and it has only Just ended. "We felt, however, that the welcome we received was not u mutter between govcritirfoTIts alone; It was (Did, we not have lepeutcd proof of this') the spontaneous spon-taneous offering of a great people from whom the government draws Its power. It was not easy for us to make clear to the people how iniiih we were moved and encouraged by their sin-iu sin-iu thy and by their generosity. "One of the great foices of the nation na-tion tiie press of the United St.ltes came to our aid and their consideration, und courteous assistance made It possible pos-sible for us, in a sense, to serve the people by answering questions which tliej thought tit to iii t to us. "There was one feature missing. The very size of the republic made It impossible im-possible for us In person to thank all those who liae been our hosts these hist three weeks. Some of the sections sec-tions of the Union It was mil to Impossible Impos-sible for us to visit. The states of the middle West and the I'liellle slope should naturally have been visited by any foreign mission that realized fully the meaning of America's Immensity. We must gif back to wurMn England, und so we cannot do It. Wanted to See the Country. "Hut we go had: ill led Willi regret that we have not known by personal contact the people of that progressive Fccthm, In the natural beauty of their surroundings and In the promise of Ue- velopmeut, (he full limit of which It Is , rillllcult for tho mind to grasp. lint i it .was not only the far West New I England, the states of the Mississippi and (iulf of Mexico, to mention no others, oth-ers, have been outside the range of our Journeying. Fortunately the people peo-ple of Itlchmond allowed our visit to that historic and beautiful cltv to be' considered as a visit to the Southern states, which we were so Itmth to leave unseen. , "It was our hope that our intended visit to Chicago, which we unfortunately unfortunate-ly could not iniike, would be cons'dered In v way un expression of our warm iippn d.itlc.n of nil that middle Western 1 states have sold or thought about the ( coming of our mission. Wo know. I some of us from previous visits, but ( mini) of us only from talking with your I fellow- citizens In tho East, tho poten- I tlulllles of the great West. S "We have learned, In Europe, of tie J great generosity which you have liovvn P to those who have suffered In the war. 1 We know how, when the cull comes to'fl a wur which we all unite In hating. IS there is a fund of strength In the mid- II die West, military, Industrial and ugrl- cultural, which thrown Into the great E combat must prove an overwhelming I factor In the victory which will boll Jointly ours. 'j "Miiy tlio visit which is now coming I to an end Interpret for you tlio gratl- L tude of the country from which wo I have been sent, and may the comrade- I ship which bus been recently Inaugu- fl ruled lead to a better mutual under- I standing, perpetual as the peace for I whkh we ore going to light together." . I Dr. Oscar Wlnnergren, veterinary surgeon, has pronounced n vicious cow, west of Smlthtleld, to bo suffering suffer-ing from rabbles. Tbo animal will probably bo killed. It Is owned by Gottfried Boutler. Thomas Holland, contractor, Is pushing with all posslblo speed, tho now Hyde Park chapel, which will cost tho people of that ward upwards j of $22,000. Mr. Holland Bays ho Is 'about ready to commenco laying the brick for this structure. Charles Merrill of tho Utah Condensed Con-densed Milk company, was In Logan I yesterday. He says tho big Chautauqua Chautau-qua tent blow down Sunday evening j and fortunate for nil, no ono was I hurt. Tho program was given In tho I opera house. Joseph A. Smith, prominent citizen citi-zen of Provldenco, was transacting business here yesterday, Tlussell Tlullen, prominent farmer and stock raiser of Itlchmond, spent yesterday In Logan on business. i J. II. Uonrnson, recent from Ptan- 'ford university vvhora ho received hU degree, M. A., Is In Logan where he vv'll become principal of tho Logan i Junior high school at tho opening of 'school this fall. Mr. Bearnson noodi no Introduction In Logan, ns ho tnught school In tho Benson for threii years nnd Is also a grnduato of tho U. A. C. |