New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-14

eralissmo disposing all the Allied
troops at his fancy he would need a
permanent interallied general stah.
Why demand the impossible and not
accept the possible?
NJ. Rensudel said the Socialists re-
fused to vote confidence in the gov
ernment. This accounts virtually for
all the abstentions.
Premier painieve had characterized
the Allied War Council as superior
war council"
1--WE do not doubt that the United
, States, whose troops have been sum
moned 10 fight upon this front, wlli
give their adhesion TO this council
said he. Negotiations concerning the
other fronts will ultimately be carried
on with Russia and japan.
"The object Of the council is not to
direct the details of military opera
tions, but to define the general war
policy and the general plans Of the
Allies, adapting them to the resources
and means Of which they dispose, so as
10 assure the strongest result possible.
"The council comprises two repre-
sentatives of each government. Nor
mally it will meet IN France, at least
once a month. II rests upon an inter
Allied permanent staff, which forms at
the same time its central organ OF in
e. ,ta ps -al
The decisions of such a council are not
tainted by any particularism, as they
embrace the battlehelds as a whole.
They will have 20 be ratified BY the re-
spective governments.
ave have already heard the obiec-
tion that it is united command, we
reed not consultative committee. All
plans are open to criticism. and | am
FAR from saying that the step we have
taken is the last in the progress TO be
accomplished, but it is wise to bring
into being what Is possible, instead of
waiting for months TO obtain somc-
thing better
NJ. Painleve said that IL a single
supreme command some day were DOS
sible il would have the need Of pre-
cisely such an inter-allied staff as row
would be created by the superior war
council. Possibly the superior war
council might fulfil its functions so
that it would in fact arrive at unity
of command. Il would De better to
have the thing than the name.
The Premier said the British and
French commanders in chief had come
10 an arrangement for an extension OF
the British front at an early date.
which il would be injudicious TO men
ton exactly. He referred to the ne
ccssity of systematic and complete
economic coordination OF resources OF
the Allies. Great Britain and France.
b. concluded, had reached a complete
agreement respecting the provisioning
Of the two countries, which would be
put into immediate execution.
Professor Paul Painleve organized
the Cabinet on September IA and sue
ceeded as Premier Alexandra Ribot,
whose ministry resigned on Septem-
ber7.
The new Cabinet, which originally
consisted of fifteen titular ministers,
four ministers Of state and eleven un-
der-secretsries, came Immediately un-
der the FIRE of the Socialists, who were
opposed 70 N. Ribot as Foreign
Minister.
This Cabinet resigned on October
%, but President Poincare refused to
accept the resignation on the ground
that the Chamber had voted confidence
in the ministry.
NJ. Ribot was then eliminated from
the Cabinet, being succeeded by ]. Louis
Barthou as head of the Foreign Office.
The reconstructed government received
a vote of confidence, 28s TO 1877.
The opposition votes were partly
from the Socialists and partly from the
Radical Socialists. The vote seemed to
indicate hesitation on the part of the
Chamber to defeat any ministry by
direct vote during the war