The evening world., 1917-12-03
ALLIED COUNCIL
WILL NOT RESTATE
IT'S WAR AIMS NOW
Conference ~ Paris Portponc
Nciion. against he Advice
" House.
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AIb'E VA "oun,H 90 Is.iird FOO
postpone pmp.nril, 'la 70 statement
u var aims suggested ~ America
Influence hack af Tho decision.
eh..h De,nme known to-day. after 'ba
nrs' highly sue. sasful m.suug ~ tho
Supreme War COunali N,fo no, spsc.
mol
kmbsasador MakiaEon. whom Eer-
'nsky appointed envoy 20 Paris and
Whp sat With the inter-ANied council
~ l'uasia's unoriclli representative.
although diSavowed by Tho lIIshe-
VIII, urged the Allied dnteamcn ~
make such "A rc.statoment ~ war
aims. col House has Impressed on
all leaders President wilson's view
that a Joint. frank and fun statement
~ exactly what the Allies are night
ing for would bo ~ military measure"
OF supreme importance. House joined
such ro-f,ntomcnt British repre-
scntatives. Il was understood. we're
passively ncquiescont
But the council meetings were held
TO be first Of all war business" gath
cringS aud tho urgent necessity Of
the day adjudgoI tp joe that Of
closcr and immediate actual war di-
rection. Presumably II was for this
reason that tho war aims discussion
was postponed.
Z Tho final meeting Of Allied statos-
men and war experts still hero took
place at the French Foreign office
this afternoon. Col. House presided
and made very brief speech
Nearly all the American delegates
have gone or are going to-day to the.
front.
The first fruit Of the business like
/ policy" developed to-day The Su-
preme War Council decided upon an
immediate Standardization Of war In
the air. The varied types OF aero
planes In use by the Allies are 20 be
reduced 20 certain specified. ap-
proved and tested series Of models.
! These arc tl bo standardized, Ger
many has Just the same sort of
plan IN her air service.
One Of these new types will be an
! American lnodel--provided the tests
under war conditions soon to be made
prove the fitness OF the American
machines.
Standardization OF the Allies forces
m the air Is expected enormously. 60
Increase the output Of acceptance
rot only In America, but In other
allied countries. Rs well aa facilitate
repairs and the e-supplying Of parts
Thus. II a plant becomes II fabri-
Gator VI acroplanes and parts, 1t could
Instantly MI rush orders from any
where on any front
II was Col House. according 10
members OF the two councils, who do
.viEcd the plan Of busincsslikc despatch
of problems before the Pan Allies.
llouse discovered in advance OF the
meetings that there were numerous
major and minor participants who
were primed and ready with speeches
House believed a fast working. GlVck-
iy-decidIng board should appear In
the War Council and the Inter-Alllcd
meeting lie wanted TO model its ses-
sions along the lines OF II nolrl ot
p '.rectors' meeting OF an \mcIIcnn
business corporation. He consulted
Premier Clemenceau, pointed ont that
after all one single speech really
meant Just as much as "A lot Of nd-
dresses which could reasonably be
: expected 10 last several days.
Clemenceau caught tho idea, He
prepared a typewriter statement OF
one single paragraph. concluding with
, the terse phrase: Let's work." The
= councils did
! In three days political and military
leaders arranged a new business" or
y ganiZa,lon, To-day most OF them had
departed for home, There wasn't "a
speech OF a banquet during the time
: the leaders were meeting. 1t was busi-
!. ucss from the word go,
/ The Italian and Russian situations. Il
e was certain, played an important par,
m the discussions.
Col, House announced he would re-
!, man In Paris Tor few days.