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Show I VAR COUNCIL PLAN BEINGOBSERVED AMERICAN TROOPS DOING THEIR SHARE ALONGSIDE FRENCH AND BRITISH. Statement That It Had Been Decided Not to Use Men From United States on Western Front at Present, Was Due to An Error. Washington. American officers are inclined to characterize the reports sent via Ottawa on Sunday that American Amer-ican troops would not be used until a complete and powerful American iirmy had been developed in France, as an echo of the political controversy precipitated in England by the incident inci-dent of General Maurice. They could see no other explanation explana-tion since the statement attributed to the "war committee" of .the Britisli war cabinet was promptly repudiated by Lord Beading, Britisli 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 conies the official information in-formation that "the statement sent out from Ottawa, attributing to the war committee of the Britisli cabinet the announcement that it had been decided decid-ed not to use the American army on the western front until it became a complete and powerful force, was due to an error, which lias now been corrected." cor-rected." Lord Heading's statement said he was confident no such announcement had been issued with the knowledge of Premier Lloyd George, adding that the views of the Britisli government which he was transmitting were exactly opposite. op-posite. Secretary Baker said American Ameri-can troops were now being used in buttle and would continue to be used as the supreme commander, General Foch, deemed best. Inquiry at (he various bureaus of the war department showed that" .the expedited movement of men to France is proceeding as planned after the an nouncement that American units would be brigaded with French and British divisions for immediate operations, oper-ations, as well as training. |