Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1917 — WAFT PLANS BEING MERGED [ARTICLE]

WAFT PLANS BEING MERGED

U. S. Suggestion for Closer Co-Opera-tion Accepted by Britain. London. June 29.~\At the suggestion of the United States government, negotiations are in progress for further consolidation of interests in America and England. Dr. Christopher Addison, minister of said. The I results of these negotiations, if successful. will be of enormous value, not only in enabling the American government to place its great resources more readily and effectively at the disposal of the allies, but in promoting economy in purchase. Doctor Addison said these arrangements had been facilitated greatly by the work of the Balfour mission in the United States.