HON. ARTHUR J. BALFOUR URGES DECISIVE ACTION BY U. S. COLLEGE MEN

Many English university men were killed in the war, but a greater thing than life--freedom--was saved; I look to the American college man now for decisive action," said the Honorable Arthur James Balfour, leader of the British Mission to this country, in a recent interview in the Yale News.

The interview ran as follows:

"The bond of ever-lasting union between America and England must be further yoked by the youth of our nations to make a guarantee to the generations of the future of absolute freedom. It is upon the young men that the fate of any nation rests. When the war first struck England, our college men, many of whom were already officers in the army, were immediately put into action. They were among the first sent to France. To them belongs the honor of breaking the rush of the enemy. It was a critical moment and they responded nobly. Many were killed, but a greater thing than life--freedom--was saved.

"Today our colleges are open, and will be kept thus all through the war. There are, of course, comparatively, few in attendance, these being chiefly wounded men or others physically unfit to go to the front. Education is vital to the existence of any nation, but freedom must first be assured.

"Now into the same paths that England traversed America has entered. The same problems are to be solved. We are all united by the same culture, the same language, the same ideals. One immediate goal confronts us, to defeat Prussianism. In accomplishing this we must have action immediately for a concerted and deathly blow, and to the American college man I look for coolheaded, but decisive action."