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Show BIG SUCCESS, SAYS HOUSE 5 3 S REPORTS ON WAR MISSION; COLONEL E. M. HOUSE. , '-A ! 3 (My -" " c''",, y 4'V'- i Colonel Declares Co-ordination of Effort Has Done Away With Chaos. By International News Service. AN ATLANTIC POET, Dec. 13. Peace was never discussed at - the inter-allied war council in Paris -which cemented together the allied nations for the vigorous prosecution prose-cution of the "war, , declared Colonel K. Jf. House, head of the American mission, mis-sion, on his arrival here tonight. "Before the conference, co-ordination was not going on well, but we are now all working together. We got together principally on the economic situation, the embargo on shipments to neutral countries, food and finance. Peace was never mentioned in any of our meetings or conferences, either in Paris or at the meeting of the supreme war council at Versailles," Colonel House said. The governments must ratify all action ac-tion taken at the Paris conference. The formation of the naval conference, announced yesterday from Washington, was one of the accomplishments, Colonel Colo-nel House said. Permanent Body. Tho supreme war council is now a permanent body. America is entitled to representation if it is desired. General Bliss, chief of staff, and a member of the American mission, returned with Colonel House and will make a report of the work of the war council to Secretary Sec-retary .Baker. Colonel House will go to Washington Monday to report to President Wilson on the wprk of the mission. "I will report that it was a complete com-plete success, ' Colonel House said. 1 ' We have brought things to a focus. Tho inter-allied conference began November No-vember 29. We held just three genernl meetings, all the rest of the work was done by committees. There were representatives repre-sentatives of all the nations now at war with the central powers present, including Japan, Greece, China and some of the free states of Africa. The gov-ernments gov-ernments sent the most able men for the work. They were specialists, every one of them, in nome line. They were accordingly ac-cordingly grouped in committees which facilitated the work.'' War Aims Not Discussed. When asked whether war aims were discussed. Colonel House xaid: "War aims were not touched upon as far as his country is concerned became 1 would not discuss them.1' The entire American mission, with the exception of Crohv and Taylor, returned re-turned wit h Colonel House. Thec two men will arrive soon. he said. Admiral Benson ami General Iiliss will make separate reports to the war and navy departments. A general announcement announce-ment of all the work of the conference may be expected from Washington in a f'-w days. When Rked whether he wnuld a;;ia retm n to Kurot'C, 'oloncl H onr- t-.'i'l : "That depends entirely upon the dr'-ciiun dr'-ciiun of President WiNon. However. T j do not expect to b sent back' The probability of the creation of a permanent roiir'orcnc body, according tn Colonel Hone. will be Fettled nv th? different n-ove.rnmrnt",. f no'f; f-ay ihat anv recommenda Hon? to tnat effect would be made by the representatives represen-tatives who attended the Paris conference confer-ence to their respective government. "General Per-hinrr has a difji.idt t:i-k.'' aid ''oloii'd Hnnsf. "v he i-(y i-(y urr Whi;'. . I d the A in --ri can a rniy "m p 1 V'-.s-ill sav this for them, they I j in :he Ve--st of condition and v . f, ren .-I v to f i 'ht when ' i'1 - ire- 1 1 : : : I HOUSE MISSION 15 HOME FROM EUROPE (Continued from Page One.) And they know how to fight. Both Pershing" and Admiral yiins are well liked liy nil the naval and military experts ex-perts in JOuropc and the American interests in-terests are almost paramount. " While in London, the members of the American mission spoke with - King George, .Foreign Minister Balfour and Premier Lloyd George. He spoke very highly of the high officials of both Great Britain and France. "The morale of the people in the allied countries of Europe is splendid. Even the French pacifists are compelled com-pelled to admit that the morale was never better than now." Colonel House paid high tribute to the other members of the American mission and gave out for publication the following statement: "'I wish to record my appreciation of the individual work of the men of this mission. Whatever success it has for good is due. them. In all my experience ex-perience with men I have never known better or more intelligent team work. ' ' There has been no conflict of purpose, no slackening in the pursuit of the object ob-ject to be attained and there have been absolutely no personal differences or friction to retard their work. Thej-have, Thej-have, been amenable to both advice and suggestion and have left in France and England an impression of men of great ability and personality." |