New-York tribune., 1917-12-14
Ford Tractor to ndBriHsh
Junkerdom, Says NonthclHe
Machine That Will Make Small Farms Profitable
viii Revolutionizc England After War and Force
a Division of Land Asserts Vscount-No Breach
With Lloyd George

In reason, we must offer them anything
they ask. They will get il. not only
because they control the electorate. hut
by reason OF public generosity. They
will end junkcrdom and monopolics
and begin the era Of collective owner
ship of essentials which already has
begun here during the war.
Our people now control railways.
ships. mires and many manufacturing
plants. II requires no vision 10 SEE
that they will control land. They have
already begun to do so. The efficient
English farmer can be evicted from his
farm. That fact alone is a radical stcp
toward the end Of junkerdom."
Time Not on Side Of Allies
Viscount Northclfe does not agree
with those who think time is on the
side Of the Allies and that all they need
10 do is TO hold the Central Powers IN
check until they have defeated them
selves. | asked him to give his view
Of the present military situation.
"The state Of the war to-day is such
that the Allies and their friends in the
United States should realize there is
thing called time. While we are talk
ing about the transportation of United
States troops TO Europe. the Germans
are actually Transporting their troops
from the Russian frontier 20 France.
Even now do not think the magni-
tude of the shipping problem is ,ealized
either in Britain or the United States.
II is better understood with us.
think. than with you, because we have
been shipping people for fifty years.
When | was in France last week with
your army the chief topic of converse
tion among your soldiers was ships. !
think we are transporting too many
things from the United States.
1.-TWO days ago saw a fine Harvard
hospital near Boulogne. Wooden hutS
are being sent there from Boston.
Surely il would be better to send over
American lumbermer, with light. port
able sawmils, to cut down vast forests
in France and save ship tonnage. Sure
ly Il would be better to do what the
French do--purchase uniforms for your
soldiers in Britain and save space occu--
pied by the transportation Of wool
from America. 4 good deal has been
done in this direction. both as 10 lurl-
her and clothing. but there are man.
other essentials which could be procured
here rather than brought across the
Atlantic.
Ships Not Used to Capacity
81 might suggest also that every ship
be used TO it's utmost capacity. l came
on the ST. Paul few weeks ago, which
was. so far as passengers were con-
cerned. half empty"
Because OF the exceeding great i'm
portance OF the recent Paris conference
the following observations of Niscount
Northclifre. who attended as British
member, are especially interesting:
tine conference was well wortl
while. No time was lost. II began with
a ten-line statement and ended win
very short speeches by Prime Minister
Clemenceau and Colonel House. Ny
own particular section was that OF ayia-
ton. am one Of those people VINO be-
leve that the quickest way TO END the
war is to develop immensely the AR
services not so easy matter as II
sountds. II has been calculated that
each aeroplsne requires the services o.
forty eight persons. me construction
of aerodromes 30 hold these aeroplanes
is an immense business, wnlch snoui1
be pushed with the greatest speed.
There are conferences going on this
week with your Colonel Balling-tnc
verv able representative of your air
board-and we all hope time Will be the
ruling element both here and with you.
The Germans have no doubt an I'M
mense air programme under way, though
II is quito impossible for them or any
one else to begin to compete with Bu,-
falo. Detroit. Dayton and other Ameri-
can centres when they get going.
Viscount Northclife intends to re-
turn to America after visit with MS
family, from which ne has been sepa-
rated for the last seven months because
of his American mission. lie showed
me a letter from Colonel House thank
ing him for his assistance during tne
stay of the American MISSION III tne
United States. Colonel House is de-
sirous of having Viscount Northclihe
con,inuc his work in America.