Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-25

ments were to operate separately with
no connecting link but Lloyd George
and his four colleagues much con-
fusion would result because each de-
partment would not know what was
going on in the others and overlap
ping Of effort ana contradictory or
ders would result, There has been
much of this sort OF trouble. for tho
prime minister and the war cabinet
weightier issues than the balancing OF
the claims of different government in
terests
And this problem is made much
more difficult by the creation of new
departments The exact powers en-
joyed by and duties laid upon the
food controller. Lord Davenport, have
been the subject Of much dispute.
And Neville Chamberlain, director OF
national service. Sir Joseph MacClay.
controller of shipping. and other new
appointees have found themselves in
constant friendly opposition to the
old departments such "a the board of
trade. All this confusion is inevitable.
and existed even under the old cabi-
net system.
The "ScCrctarilt'.
The need for coordination is oh.
NiOus, the conflicting claims OF the
army for men, of the shipping yards
and in the munitlon factories and tho
farms and the steel end transport and
coal industries must be rec clncilcu.
hut this cannot hc done by any one
department. And Lloyd George and
his war cabinet found soon after they
took over power that the war cabinet
could not do all this home work and
also attempt to sclve the great i'm
pcrial problems, the international
MISUNDERSTANDING that nave hindtred
the success of the entcrte, the treat
mcnt Of ncutrals, the unificatio9 of
fronts and all the great secret tasks
the compleXity of which is ircon-
| ccivable, but which must be achieved
If the allies are to win The war.
Hence the Introduction, so quietly
that the majority Cf Englishmen are
scarcely aware OF It's existence, Of a
new engine of government called the
'secrctariat".
II is probable that this system was
called into being by Lloyd George al
most unconsciouslN, and that it has
gained in Importance by force Of cir
CumstanCes rather than 10y design
But it is now political force TO b.
rcckonod with.
Lloyd-Georee. or the war cabinet
but 1t IS understood that the sccrc-
| tdIltl Is lHe lelSoudl creation OF TN"
| Dremier-h1s delegated to largo
number ofApriVlte secretaries the
| function Of Investigating the WORKINGS
of the different government depart
! ments and reconciling their differ
/ cnces Thcoreti ally, those men are
/ simply personal agents Of the premier
| employed to carry out Investigations
that he has not time to make himself,
| to master data and to report to their
! chief In practice, it is said that the
! secretariat is rapidly getting vast
| power into its own hands
4 Cloud ON the Horizon.
It's operations are secret (delcted by
! the ccnsOr). IT, for instance, the food
j controller and the board of trade are
working 1t Cross-purposos. the score
tariat thru its investigations will dis
/ cover :he fact, and proceed I,
| straightcn matters ont, perhaps by
| CNerruling the heads of both depart
ments. The matter will be arranged
more or less informally. and the de
partmental heads II aSgrieved car
complain TO Lloyd George. Delete,
by cenSOr)
The system iS even vet I'm its in
fancy If, for instance the foreign of