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Show BRITISH AGENT IN NEW YORK Comes to U. S. to Supervise Production of War Muni- tions for the Allies. TO STAY INDEFINITELY Magnate to Co-operate With Morgan and Canada Firms in Making Purchases. New York, July 5. The American lino steamer St. Louis arrived here today from Liverpool. She was escorted es-corted down the English channel by two torpedo boat destroyers to a distance dis-tance west of Dantes' rock, probably owing to the presence on board of D. A. Thomas, the British capitalist and coal operator. Thomas comes here to supervise and expedite the productions of munitions for the allies. al-lies. The two destroyers remained with the St. Louis two days and nights, It was said, and did not leave her till the war zone was cleared. Ambassador Meets Agent. When the St Louis docked here, Mr. Thomas was met at the pipr by Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambassador am-bassador to tho United States and a representative of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. One of Mr. Morgan's yachts, its name not distinguishable through the pouring rain, lay close to the pier ready to take Mr. Thomas and his party aboard. "I have come to America prepared for an Indefinite stay," Mr. Thomas said. "I may stay till the end of the war and 1 don't know how long that will be. It looks as If the war might last a long time. But no matter how leng It lasts, there can be but one ending Germany must be defeated and will be. To Co-operate With Morgan. "My business In the United States and Canada I expect to go to Canada very soon is to co-operate with Mr. Morgan's firm and firms In Canada in the purchase of munitions of war for England. In this connection, 1 want to say that there has been no criticism of the manner in which Mr. Morgan has fulfilled his contracts. W hat criticism there has been was chiefly in Canada and was to the effect ef-fect that Canada had not been fa-ored fa-ored so much in the awards of contracts con-tracts as the United States." Mr Thomas said he did not care to comment on the latter subject. His future plans he said were not yet ripe for publication but embraced a trip to Canada in the near future. News of the.attempto assass.iua.te J. P. "Morgan" had been received aboard the ship. "It gave us all a feeling of nervous-nesz," nervous-nesz," Mr. Thomas said. nn |