OCR Text |
Show S5 AiTierican Dele gates Who Recently Returned Re-turned From the Inter-Allied Inter-Allied War Council at Paris Bring Back Recommendations Rec-ommendations to Government. Gov-ernment. ASK SPEEDING UP OF SHIPBUILDING Greatest Amount of Tonnage for the Transportation Trans-portation of Uncle Sam's Army to Be Provided Pro-vided Through Efforts of the Allisd Organizations. Organiza-tions. WASHINGTON', .'an. 2. An engagement engage-ment liy t lie Unitrrl tSt.itfs to send u great ann- aaiit the Germans in time to offset the Uel'ectiou ot' Hiuisia, - was dis-Mu.-e.l tlirnnh tlie pnltlieation h- Set-retaiy l.;:n:-iuy of a review of tho work an-1 i e-oin nicndatioun of the Antrriian mission whirh lei-enllv :i r-tii'ilKiled r-tii'ilKiled . in the interallied war conferences con-ferences at Pari?. American fihtin men are to cross the Atlantic as rapidly as they can be mustered and trained. franco and Great, llritain on their part, undertake-not undertake-not only to join in providing ships to carry them, but to see that any deficiencies de-ficiencies in arms and equipment are made up on tin1 oilier side. Will Move us Unit. This was one of Hip great dcisinnn rea'hrd at t lm eonOrenoe Ihronyli which Ihe cn helliimrent s plan to pool their fic)iliit i esounrnf, and mnv nr :i unit toward 'riino the Hermans and their alii'".- 'int of coii'iierr'd fernlory a n d (rushing t lp Tent on ic world dotui-uation dotui-uation si hi' i re. There is lo he eo-ordi-na I ed ot fori not on ly in f ilit i ng on lathi and -ea hut in iroduclion rtt home, and in the vast slnplMtilding projeet upon u hi' h depends t he ital prnhlem nf main t pin in? u n i n I erru pted t rnurpoT-lation rnurpoT-lation in spil" of .u hma lines. ft veil before t 'olonel FTmme and his av--.jcjates on Ihe American mission reached lumic, Mm na ' h inery to aa.in s eed up war pi'"i -a ra Hons here had heeu se in ntol ion. , Pressure InrJicaloH. u ) oday 's a n nmi rve me nt i-i ;:een Hie cn plana t ion of Hie rcoi'a n i r. t ion of war depa rt men I con t ml r-m braee.) in the forma t ion of the new war eon nc.il of eencral n !' I i ee r -', ,,f iei)c.ed effnrls to speed up lh'5 sliippin hoard's mer-clmrit mer-clmrit Imildin;: roramme, and po?sihlv of Hie ip'i-isiou of the ad mi it'i-t j a t ion to take over all the na t ion 's rn il mads williout waiting for aclion hy congressi. ( K lii'i indication. rt Ihe new pros--urn a re man t fest , Im t can not bo incurred piihlvlv tor riitht;ir rea-.oiiF. Il can be staled ant liorttnlnclv. h.w-vrr. that definite steps lo make ood the pledge Mi-.en to Hie allied leaders bv Colonel lion-.- alreadv h: e , "-n lal rn. The I rcroii nicnrljitioii of Hin m i s' i on is for I lie ' en I n e in i 1 1 1 ary naval and e-ouom i' ' ' nti it y of act inn between Ihe powi's oppo-e-J fu tier- uianv. That i- regarded as h;j'inj( hecu I ae.-oni pi i -hed. ! Sijtrnifirant Statement. The Miimiilin fd' the tn i 1 1 1 a r v con fr-enc4's. fr-enc4's. atlemle.'l bv l.ini'ral 1'diss, phuKH that an agreement lo ' ' pool resour"ei for the muluai ;idanta" nf aH" wai entered Mi1o. There follows this Sl-I Sl-I n i f ie:j ni -1 a 1 eitieti t : The -out nhu! ioti nf the Hnited States 1 1, t hi pool 1 n' a rra n emen f wa.M a tii e. d 11 poti. 'I'he run 1 ri 1 ni ! ions 1 i ko- wl-.e of the ciilinlriei a -n'' 1 a t er J with the 1" n it ed W a I were determined. Th i - poo 1 1 ri y ar r'.'i ii'ejijenl guaranteed that full erpn pn.ent of evorv kind would , be available to all American troops wen t to l',ii rope during the eji r HH . ' ' T.fif.kine beyond l!H. the 1'nited States v. i 1 1 have no need to seek m iji -jtai'v equipment of auv kiml awav from I home. Ih'fore thi' ire-ej, year ends its jfull war resource'.-, will have, been malo ! available. j The third rcrr.iuniendation of the. unioit to whirh hn eountrv is now foiemiltcd - for extension of Hm ' Anieriean .-hipping Trrogramme. "Syc.-I "Syc.-I t ema t ic co-ordina t ion of re?ou PT3 of (Continued on Fago Three.) !8i0 MORE TROOPS TO' EUROPE, IS TIE CRY ! Contiuued from Page Oue.) men and materials," to produce the necessary ships is urged upon government govern-ment and people alike. Unified Use of Tonnage. Under a resolution adopted hy the interallied conference, a unified use of ship tonnage was agreed upon ivhieb would permit ' "the liberating of the greatest amount of tonnage possible for tlic. trunsportation of American troops." A policy to govern the use of neutral tonnage was agreed upon. Assistant Secretary t'rosby of the treasury department, who remained in Europe' as president of the interallied council, met there today with the financial finan-cial representatives of the other powers to discuss ipjptlions of credit and to which of the allies further American loans arc to go. The decision to keep American troops moving to Kurope in a steady stream ma rks a not Iter ad va dcc i u the government govern-ment '3 t? r plans. Origi na lly it was propusod to use all aailable tonnage for the transportation of supplies and munitions and to send no soldiers over until they had been given a year s training." This was changed when Marshal Mar-shal Joffrc came to the United States with word that France wanted at once any number of Americans who could come to put the stars and stripes ou the firing line and hearten the French soldiers, sol-diers, wearied by their long bal tic against the invader. The subheadings naval, military, diplomatic diplo-matic and shipping here follow in full: Naval. "(1) The formation of an interallied naval council to co-ordinate the opera tion of the nava I forces of the United States and her afet;oeiates In the war, so -that these forces may in the future be operated as one in the prosecution of tin? war 011 the sea and in conjunction with the land forces. "(,'lt agreement between the Brit ish a dm Ira lly and the navy depart meat putting into effect certain plans relating to t he. prosecution of the naval war against the submarines. "(::) The forma I ion of a definite plan for the more active, utilization of American Amer-ican naval forces in conjunction with those of na.t ions engaged in the war against the central powers. "M Agreement wit h t he British admiralty ad-miralty making it possible, for American naval officers to keep fully informed of the operations and policy of the British admiralty so that, perfect co-operation between be-tween the navy department and that body is assured. "(M Reorganization of American naval force at French ports. "( ti ) The securing of a. full a nd detailed de-tailed picture of the naval problem in European waters. Military. "tn After conferences extending over approximately thirty days with the chiefs of staff, members of the geneVal staffs and commanders in chief of the allied armies on the western front, as. well as with the highest civil officials of the respective re-spective governments, the extent of the military effort to be aimed at by the United Riatep was clearly determined. "() With this determination in mind, negotiations were carried on lookine to the pooling of resources for the mutual advantage of all the countries engaged In the war against Germany. Tte contribution con-tribution of the United States to this pool i n g a r ra n ge n 1 en t was agreed n pun . The cont libutlons likewise of the countries coun-tries associated with the United States were determined. This pooling arrangement arrange-ment gua ranteed that full equipment of ever;- kind would be available to all American troops sent to Europe during 19TS. '("' Unciua lifted support to the resolution reso-lution adopted by the int era Hied conferences confer-ences looking to the creation of an allied advisory board charged with the duty ot" advising the shipping authorities of each nation concerning the allocation of tonnage, ton-nage, so as to permit the American military mili-tary effort to he realized. "(4) lill survey made of problem of debarkation in ICurope of American military mili-tary forces and transportation of such j forces and supplies to the bases of mili-! mili-! tary operation. i "CSl Arrangements for fullest co-opera-; lion between the United States, Great : Britain and PYanve in the production of military instruments and supplies of all kinds. I K 1 Plans made for the proper organization organ-ization under na val and military con-trol con-trol of ports of debarkation of troops and discharge of cargoes looking to the most economical utilization of tonnage. "(7) Pari ieipatiori in military deliberations delibera-tions of supreme war council as a step toward efficient and centralized unity of control of military operations. Diplomatic. "(It Full and frank discussion between Colonel 1 louse, as special representative of the government of the United States, and the heads of the British, French and Italian governments with regard to the war policy of the United States and her associates in the war. "(2 Participation by the members of the mission in a meet tng of the British war cabinet, at whl- h conference a general gen-eral and useful discussion whs had concerning con-cerning the needs of the allies a ml the extent of 1 he assistance to be expected from the 1 'nited States. "(.'I) partlcina 1 ion by the United States in an interallied war. conference held in Paris ou November Hfi. At this conference confer-ence all preliminary speeches were dispensed dis-pensed with, and within half an hour after the conference had been called to order hy M. Clemeimeau it had split into committees for work. "(O Participation by the United States in a meeting of the supreme war council In Id at Versailles. December 1. Itepre-si-ntatives of Ivneland, France, Italy and t he United States there met as a first 1 step toward securing unity of control of 1 lie armies on the western front. This meeting, the first of iis kind, assures for! the future nutty of support on the part of the United States and ihe allies. "(St First steps taken in the estab- : lishmenl of a more perfect liaison between the com ma in 1 ins: Felicia Is of the United States and the allies. j Finance. i "(It Full detailed conferences with the financial representatives ot" Great Britain. Brit-ain. Fra nee, 1 ta h . Japan, Green1, Kii- mania ami l'.ussi.L for the puipuso o:" a;vertaininsr the extent of the financial effort neeej-sarv on ihe part of the United Stale-; in order properly to co-operate with thcc soverninents in making finan- vial arrangements for- the prosecution ot" the war against the central powers. '2) Conferences with the representatives representa-tives of the above mentioned countries tor the purpose of perfecting the 'organisation 'or-ganisation of an interallied council, wlium is a priority hoard, wIiofc duty it should be to consider the relative import anee and urgency of the finnneial demands to le made by the concerted effort of the countries -waging war a.gainst the central powers. "C-)) Arrangements begun for the proper fina.noing of purchases by the countries at war with Germany of supplies from neutral countries. "(4) Participation in the financial discussions dis-cussions of the interallied conference. Other sections of the Report are: Shipping. "() Full and detailed reports were secured se-cured showing total loss of tonnage due to wa r risKs and marine risks from August Au-gust 1, 1014, lo September 30, 1017. The estimated output of new tonnage ton-nage by. the allies during the year J91S was ascertained. "(Z) The proper employment of existing exist-ing tonnage so that the ma ximum utilization utiliza-tion of su'-h tonnage could bo effected was provided for in a resolution adopted by the interallied conference: " 'The allies considering that Ihe means of maritime transport at their disposal as well as the provisions. -whir n they dispose of should be u til i zed in common for the pursuit of the war have decided lo create an interallied organization for the purpose of co-ordinating their act ion to this pf-t'ect pf-t'ect and of est a h inning a common program pro-gram i7i e constantly kept up to date, en-a en-a hling them 'by t he maximum utilization of their resources to restrict their importations impor-tations wit h a v iew of libera ting the greatest a mount of tonnage possible for the" transportation of American troops.' " i) The whole quest ion of 1 he employment em-ployment of neutral tonnage in line with the proposals made by neutral countries with respect to this tonnage was exhaustively ex-haustively discussed and plans looking to the favorable result of tonnage negotiations negotia-tions with neutral countries was substantially substan-tially agreed upon. War Trade. "int A survey was completed of the ports of debarkation of A merican troops and supplies and plans were made looking look-ing to the more expeditious discharge of troops and cargoes, so as to permit the return of vessels to their home ports with the least possible delay. "Ol Full and detailed conferences were1 held with the British. French and Italian i representatives upon blockade matters and 1 a complete understanding was obtained ot the principles under which these countries coun-tries were proceeding. "(21 A mass of information was obtained ob-tained with reference, to rationing requirement? re-quirement? of Switzerland., Norway, Sweden. Denmark and Holland. "(") An agreement between the war trade board and t he Kwi.ss Society Surveillance Sur-veillance was asreed to and executed by the Swiss delegates and M.-i 'ormick, the chairman of the war trade board. "i 4 ) Arrangements were made- for t be participation of the T'nited States in the deliberations of the permanent interna- tional commission on contlncents fitting in Paris and on the interallied commis- 1 ston of Berne, Switzerland. i "(M Tentntive plans subject to the approval ap-proval of the war trade board were made for ihe appointment of representatives and staffs of the war trade board In Loudon Lou-don and Paris. War Industries. "(V) A detailed studv was made of the organization nf the British mlnistrv of munitions and (he supplv dipurtmcnts of the lirij ish admiralty and the 1-intish war office and a complete analysis of the tacts and figures in possession of t hese. departments of the British government was made. The report embodving the results of the in vestiga linns contains a lull statement of the methods in vogue in F.ntrland f-.r supplying the armv and navy with munitions and other materials, and also statistics rebuild tn the mutual co-operation necessary to ho effected for the proper supplying of lh-.- armed forces of the countries waging war on the central cen-tral powers. "fi'i A survey was mad" of the srvstem In practice in threat Britain relatinn to the letting of government contracts and the organization of induslrles throughout Gr-at Hritain. "CD Attendance at the interallied conference con-ference in Paris and in a rt icular at the meetings of the represent a tives of the severa I a !)k-d nations having to do with n-.unlllons question. ' Full conferences with representatives representa-tives of tile C nfted St a I ps ovdrm n- e department de-partment in France and renresentn ti e of thp Hritish and Fremh munitions departments de-partments stationed there. resulting in t he em hod vine of conclusions in memoranda memo-randa submitted to the var department. Food. "(1) A comprehensive and accurate estimate es-timate was obtained of the food in the possession of the allied nations and of tl-f aliments that must e supplied !.v North A men en during the r end in: ('loner 1, P.'ky Cabled information had not been of a sa tlsfacfory na ture and personal conta-'t with the statist icn I i-.oard anrl fr-o.) administrations of the countries con'-Tnd was ne--.-sa iy in or-dr or-dr tha t the nece.w-.-Hry da ta could "he made available. ' it The -t.re of shipments of foocJ-stutfs foocJ-stutfs r.-i'i;r--u from North America for the United Kingdom. France and Jtalv wa s iied fur t lie year of 1 fOS. It is- belie ed t hn t the proirrji mne worked out in 1 he conference with the severs I interallied -vr- utives dealing with s:jp-p!le s:jp-p!le of foodstuffs w!U srflnt greater facilities fa-cilities for t he d 1st n but ion of f. .odst:; f fs at a lower cost in term;; of tonnage and irHiispfrtat 'on. ' i " t In order to permit t ie Fmted Pint".- to : .--. j h 1 izc t he problem nf f. .r,.j r-onirol in North Amerii). plans were worked out whereby t. i i e u o v e r r i n c n ' s of Grct" Frit din, Frane Italy axrec-. to put into efferj. a legal i7-;.i and com-putsory com-putsory '-out rol of foodsti:f's in these 'oi'n;rie. "ti" TI:e 'ratiTj ny the tt,;eraiii-.f ee.nference !ti T'a-i?. r,r an i n ; '; n n nnal 'i"nt if cf'tnmitree on ."limentafi'-n to oi'Mt r.f tn,o rpres'-r:tati-K r.-'n of t:ie Crated ;;iTes. Gre;jr Priialn, Franer- and lialy. T'-.ij -onut.it tee fo b? in rTitinu-o.is rTitinu-o.is sesvion in Kurope for ;'ne jutrpovp of "t'ldyinr a!inie:taiion of the altie?. 'J"': is 'Oni ;y ;tt r e to stand in a n ftf isury Mpa-'iT.-' to The forrl a d m i ni." t rati ons of ; :f ;i : or-7;i n led i -nun i r ; es. ' - ) l'i". Taylor, the rc r re.-.cn ' a live ci |