The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-17
Coordination of Worlds Ship
ping to Follow Centralized
Military Control
HOUSE IS PREPARED
TO USE LARGE POWERS
VIII Present Comprehensive
Plan for Making Use Of
Every Vessel AAoat Tor Ben
eft OF Entente

Washington. November 1.-THE de-
mand OK tue United States for unity of
action among the stiles as the result
Of the Paris conference Will be more
than general in its terms. II was
learned here tonight from authoritative
sources.
Colonel House and the members of
his mission nave gone loaded for
bear They have In their possession
facts and figures which will go to
prove how the allied cause has SUI
fered through lack of cooperation in
every phase OF the war. They will
represent the need of.
/. Military and naval cooperation.
.. Pooling of financial. economic and
munitions resources.
.. The Joint direction for the COM
mon good of the course and cargo OF
every ship that sails the seas.
The hrst step Is already in fair
way towards accomplishment. through
the formation of the Foch- Wilson-Ca
dorna committee and the close CO.
operation of thu allied navies-
The second step mas long bean
more or less accomplished fact through
the financial commission which has
been sitting In Paris and passing upon
the needs OF the various allies and the
ability of the United states and other
countries to hlL
II Ia from the third step. the co-or-
dination of the worlds shipping, that
the most revolutionary rssutss~ are sx-
pected
The prospects CT the Paris conference
were. II is beiiev ed In high circles here,
the subject Of much of the discussion
at t@aay's protractsd meeting of the
cabinet None the secretaries nor
the president would discuss what tack
- So f.fv, ~H
after leaving the meeting. clearly in
dicated the determined frame OF mind
In which the administration fnds Itself
on the eve Of the day In which the full
weight OF the United States viii be
throw, into the battle line.
1T has been recognized all along
that the great lack of the allies has
The brutal frankness OF Lloyd
~-,-ge was no surprise TO those wh6
have been following events. HIS state
nosnt evidently has cleared the atnos-
pAsrs1 Now that England and France
have realised what he meant they
have settled down to affairs sin
eereiy trust that VI. Clemmenceau will
be successful In forming the French
cabinet He liz great. strong m an
The necessity for unity Of action lie
more than military. One Of the cry
ing needs 10 for unity of action in the
control OF shtpr ing l am sure that II
will be brought about"
From other sources 1t 10 learned that
the House mission Is to take every
means within its large powers to bring
about unified control OF shipping. Balm
bridge Colby has taken mass of
figures. They tell more than what the
United states is doing to build new
ships. They show the use tina; Is be-
Ing made OF every snip afioat and the
bearing OF it's use on the winning OF
the war for the allies.
Not only that. bvt the mission viii
present comprehensive and we'll
worked plan whereby All the ships
sf4oat can be controlled for the heneflt
Of the allied cause. 1t is learned that
negotiations with the neutrals have
progressed far enough 10 warrant the
discussion In council Of this plan.
II is indicated that the United States
will submit willingly to the greater
military and naval experience of Eng
land. France and Italy in the ferma-
ton of the military and naval control.
But in the control Of the economic
phases Of the war and In the control
OF shipping the United States will say
this 10 where we come In"
1t 10 to this aspect of the case that
It Is believed here lord Northciiffe re-
fsrred in his letter to Lioyd-George. in
which ne warned the entente Oh inc III .
portant role the United tSatss is about
to play.
Every confidence is expressed here
that the desired results will now be
Forthcoming from the Paris confer
ence. The cabinet officer quoted above
expresses 1t as his belief that In the
passing Of the French crisis and tn
better spirit IN which England Is ac-
cepting Lloyc-Georgs's declarations
there lies the assurance Of complete
/ agreement at Paris