Show WAR COUNCIL PLAN I BEING AMERICAN TROOPS DOING THEIR SHARE ALONGSIDE FRENCH AND BRITISH Statement That It Had Beeri Decided Been Decided Not to Use Men Me From United States on Western Front at Present Was Due to An Error Washington American officers are arc inclined to characterize the tho reports sent via Ottawa on Sunday that AmerIcan American American Amer Amer- ican troops would not be used until untila a complete and powerful American army had been developed in France as an echo of the th political controversy controversy precipitated in England by the incident inci mci- dent of General Maurice They could see no other ther explanation explanation ti tion n since the statement attributed to the war var committee of the British war S war cabinet was vas promptly repudiated by Lord Reading British ambassador here and later declared by Secretary Baker in a formal statement to be at absolute variance with the facts as known here From London comes the official information information information in in- formation that hat the statement sent out from Ottawa attributing to the war committee of the British cabinet the tile announcement that It had hind been decided decided ed not to use the American army on the western front until it became becam a complete and powerful force was due to an error which has now been cor cor- Lord Readings Reading's statement said he was confident nt no o such announcement had been Issued with the knowledge of Premier Lloyd George adding that the views of the British government which he was transmitting were exactly op- op op op- Secretary Baker said A American Ameri E can cnn troops were now being used In battle and would c continue to 10 be used as the supreme supreme commander General Foch deemed best Inquiry at the various bure bureaus us of f I Ithe the war department showed that the I expedited expedit d men to f men mento to France Fi-ance I is proceeding as planned after the an announcement n that American units would be brigaded with French and British divisions for immediate operations oper oper- as well as training ng I |