The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-22
ALLIES WAR
COUNCIL OPENS
Lloyd George Says Nations De-
pend on u. S. Ships.
AMERICANS ATTEND MEET
Colonel House Represented by His
Secretsry-British Premier Con-
fident Of Victory over
the Kaiser.

London. Nov. 21-Chancellor Bonar
Law, answering query in the house
of commons. said he had information,
"quite officially" that President VIII
son had sent instructions to Colonel
House ana General Bliss to attend the
allies first war council.
The question asked Mr. Bonar Law
was whether President Wilson had re-
quested Colonel House and General
Bliss to attend the first meeting of the
supreme war council and had cabled
that the American government conSid-
cred unity Of plan and control to be es-
scntial for the allies. The chancellor
replied
president Wilson selected Colonel
House to take part not only In the in
terallied conference. but in the SUI
preme war council. with General Bliss
as his military advisor. There ought
TO be no misunderstanding. We have
that information quite officially
Premier Opens Conference.
Premier Lloyd-George opened the
allied war conference here with n
speech which the conferees described
as being an important statement, but
which. like the rest of the proceedings,
IS being kept secret in its essentials,
although some passages have been
given out One conferee said spirit
of greatest earncstness and unity per
meated the meeting and that the most
important practical results were
achieved.
The American representatives. were:
Gen. Tnsier II. Bliss, chief of staff;
Admiral William S. Benson, chief of
naval operations; Thomas Nelson Per
kinS. member of the priority board;
Or. Alonzo Taylor, representing the
food controller; cambridge Colby of
the United States shipping board Os-
car r. Crosby, assistant secretary of
the treasury; Vance Mccormick, chair
man Of the war trade board
Col f.. NJ. House, head Of the Ameri-
can mission. did not attend the meet
Ing, hut was represented by his secre-
tary, Gordon Auchincloss.
Depend on U. S. Shipping.
In the course Of his speech, Mr..
Lloyd-George said:
assuming that the submarine stu
alton does not get worse the easing Of
the position of the allies depends en-
tlrely upon the dates on which the
American program of launching 5000
600 tons of shipping, promised for 1918,
comes into practical effect
The premier said he wished to reCog-
nlzo the eager rarncStnpSs with which
the people of the United States are
throwing themselves in the great task.
He expressed absolute confidence that
the great dcmocracies now marching
shoulder 10 shoulder would utterly
overthrow the menace which threat
enod the liberty of the world.
He thanked the mission for "the
Invaluable services which the United
States navy has already rendered, not
only I'm protecting commerce, hut in
dealing with the submarine for vital
assistance In financing the war and for
effective help in many other ways
with reference to the question of
supplies, Mr. Lloyd George assured the
mission that The most drastic food re-
strictionS were about to be imposed
upon the people of the British Isles
The British representatives were:
/ Premier Lloyd George. Foreign Min
| lister BaIfour. ,iScount Miner George
! Nicoil Barnes and Earl Cur2on of Kcd
lesion constituting the war cabinet;
\ Lord Reading ana Lord Northclrfc;
| tIIc ear, of Derby, Gen Sir William II.
Robertson and Lieut.. Gen. Jan c.
SHUTS, representing the army Sir Eric
! Gcddcs ana Admiral Sir John Il. Jpl-
lIcoc, representing the navy Maj. John
l.. Baird, Baron Rhondda, Lord Rob
ert Cecil, Walter Hume Long and Or.
Christopher Addison representing re-
/ spectiyrIy aviation food, blockade, pc
/ trolcum and munitions.
The conference lasted an hour and n
half.