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Show CLOSER UNION FDD ALLIES SUGGESTED Necessity for Solidarity in Object and Action Is Seriously Considered UNISON IS DEMANDED Disaster Follows Errors Made Through Lack of Proper Cohesion Spe a Cab to The Tribune. LONDOV Dec 18 The question ol a F an o B t sh council of war as foreshadowed by Premier Asquith in the house of commons last month continues to ntere t people on both sides of the hanneL The authorit es military and civil of both countries as well as the intel Ugent par of the public fully realize how urgently necessary it is for the all es to co ordinate the r military and d plomat c dec s ons and all agree that he ack of unity in del berat on and the hes tat on and slowness n ezecu t on of dec sions taken have during he last few months been at the bot torn of many of the mistakes made On the side of the Germans the prob lem of creat ng absolute solidar ty be ween the all es has been solved in he ery simple manner that Austria has at least temporar ly become a mere assal of Germany But such a solu ion is utterly unthinkable on this side where each of the nations f ghting shoulder to eboulder is proudly ana ne'alousy guarding her absolute au onomy and independence Difficulties Arise. From various s des it has been sug gested that a permanent commiss on, cons st ng of delegates from the all ed go ernments be formed s milar to the one that was s tting in London three years ago after the Balkan war Tha has been advocated principally by Lord Murray of Ehbank, and it has been generally recognized that in theory this scheme is excellent In practice however various diffi culties ar 'e Each nation would have to elect delegates who would consti tute a kind of superior counc 1 of the people taking the place of the respon s ble mm sters deciding all mil tary and diplomatic questions and the r decis ons ould be fully binding on the nat ou represented. Isow there is not one of the allied powers that would thu d vest tself of its nghtd and pr ileges "Nor has any of the go ernments anv r ght to do so If on the other hand t were made a cond tion that all de is ons taken should be snbin tted to the respective governments one of the ma n objects -that of ga ning time would be defeat ed at the very outset Plan af Acnmtfi There appears, indee 1 to be no other solut on than frequent meetings and exchanges of op mons between the members of the re pect ve governments respons ble for the conduct of the ar As t is there is close co operat on between the general staffs of England and France and Asqu th s plan is to create an unmixed war counc 1 cons st ng of the French and Engl sh prefer ably also of the Bussian and Italian ar and navy min sters Asquith s suggest on has been re ce ed w th enthus asm in the French press which had scathingly cr he sed the lack of un ty among the allies Th s became fatally ev dent at the t me of the landing of allied troops at ba Ion ki. It is absolutely necessary wr tes M Maur ce Barres n the Echo de Pans to put an end to s m lar errors w h ch ar so njur ous to the common cause. Unison Demanded No matter what are the diff culties to be overcon e the all ed governments must make every effort to overcome them lmnied atelv Th s is true not only of France and England but also of Italy and Buss a The harmony be tween the allies must be complete and they must on all po nts act quickly and in full un son From the English s de it has been po nted out that an act e un on of the go ernments s not eno gh it must eompr se also the ar ous pa 1 aments and as a n atter of fact ste have already been taken to place the house of commons n permanent touch w th the French chamber Here again Lord Murray has suggest ed as a pract cal solut on that the Eng lish party leaders should select from both nouses a con m ttee of f ortv eight members vho should aa n appoint from among themselves a co nm ttee ot ten who should get as closely n tou h vith the r rren 1 colleagues as poss ble It s thought that th s lea w 11 shortly be carr ed out n pract ce In France on the other hand t has been sugges ed that England should be placed n fill cont ol of the combined nav es of the entente wh le France should have unl m ted po er o er all m 1 tarv ope at ons n the west B s s a of course cont nu ng to pursue her own m 1 tary co rse n the east |