The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-12-08
ALLIES SHIPS
TO BE POOLED
All Tonnage Will Be Driven
at Maximum and Go Where
Most Needed.
FOOD PROBLEM SOLVED
Interallied Transport Board
Hailed as Triumph Of
Paris Conference.
FOOD PROBLEM SOLVED
Spectai Gable Despatch to The sux.

cDeCSuf SoOte DeS00Sch 10 VHS SCN.
PANS, Dec. THE creation Of an In
teraIlied board to control sea transport !
and the feeding Of the Allies i3.consid- !
cred the solution oi one Of the most i'm |
portant questions dealt with by the In
teraliied Conference
The delegates came here with the
realization that unless the necessary
tonnage could be found plans regarding
the transportation &C foodstuffs and
munitions to the troops could not be car
ried out according TO programme.
Messrs. Mccormick, Crosby. Perkins and
Colby pointed out to their European COL
leagues that It was useless 10 arrange
for the purchase Of supplies and obtain
the money to pay for them unless there
were means to get these supplies where
they are needed. To this extent the
economic work Of the conference de-
pended largely on the success which Mr..
Colby and his assocta tes achieved in as
se!nbling and coordinating the shipping
facilities of the Entente in common
programme.
wiz Not Waste Tonnage.
BY this method there will be no waste
of tonnage. Shipments will be regulated
so that precedence win be given to tho
commodity mSst needed. which Will go
where the demand for 1t Ia greatest. To
! make this programme effective all avail
able ships will he driven from now on
to their utmost capacity in speed for the
I transportation of material and men. tho
f! idea being TO work the present tonnage
to the maximum until the situation IL
relieved by new construction IN Ensiann
and the first ships are furnished by the
United States under her building pro-
gramme
! some help will come from Japan and
! Also from the German ships sel1ed w
/ south America, but France and Italy
/ will u. unable 20 furnish any additional
tonnage. A pool will be formed OF all
| shlps available, which will be appor.
toned according to the necessitcs OF
tho different Entente nations ana the
amount and nature OF the commodities
which the United States can spare lot
them at the moment.
/ The board also will endeavor 10 Tree
os much tonnage as possible for the
transnortatIon Of American troops. not
losing sight of the fact that their sup
Mics and war material for the most part
must precede them to france Inc
! ouount of material to be transported
during tho coming winter also VIII pe
! Increased by extensive improvements
made In certain French ports by the In
stalIatior Of new docks and up 10 date
unloading machinery. which VIII cut In
half the time required 10 discharge
cargo.
American DAIesates Praised.
The efficiency OF the American dele
gates ia the subject of most eulogistc
Comment In the French papers, which
agree that the expeditions work OF the
conference is largely due to their ex.
periencs and methods. The journal
says:
"Thc participation OF the United
States in the interallied conference pro
duced remarkable results In the way ol
methodcal organization. We have seer
the creation Of a common war treasury
the Standardization and increase OF
naval construction. common control q
sea transportation, determination OF tn
means for lighting submarines. plans FOL
the concentration and distribution o
food products. definition OF the scop'
, OF the economic blockade and unity o.
naval control. all blocked out by tn
various committees. submitted to the con
ference and approved In the shortes
space Of time"
Col House has expressed himself o.
several occasions rs proud OF the efh
cisnt work of his associates. who. h
: said, stripped the husks from tn
problems they handled and presente'
only the kernels to the conference In tn
shape Of logical. concrete recommends
! tions.