The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-11-08

bounced the arrival of the American
mission 10 Paris conference at Brit
.sb port The representatives of the
United States are Edward NJ House,
who is accompanied by Admiral W. ;.
Benson, chief of operations. U. S. ~,
General Tasker II. Bliss chief of staff,
81 s. A. Oscar T. Crosby assistant sec
Rotary OF the treasury Vance c. Nc |
Cormick, chairman Of the war trade |
board; cambridge Colby. United |
states shipping board, Dr. AlOnzO A.
Taylor, representative OF the food adj
zninistrator; Thomas Nelson Perkins |
representing the priority board and /
Gordon AuchinclOss, as secretary.
THE conference" said the formal |
announcement of the state department |
* is stated. els essentially a war con- |
serence with the object of perfecting |
q more complete coordination of the !
activities of the various nations en- |
Gagged in the conflict and a more com |
Brehensive knowledge of the respec-
i've needs in orders that the joint eff I
1,orts of the co-belligerents may attain |
che highest war efficiency While |
ieiinite program has not been adopt /
"a, it may be assumed that the sub |
Fects to be discussed will embrace not |
mly those pertaining to military and |
naval operations but also the finan- |
.ial commercial economical and other |
5Shases of the present situation which |
ere TO vital importance to the success |
nl prosecution of the war.
There will undoubtedly be an eff |
sort to avoid any conflict of interests |
smong the participants; and there is
svery reason to anticipate that the |
Jesuit will be a fuller cooperation |
.Knd consequently a much higher eff |
3ciency and a more vigorous prosecu- |
non of the war.
The United States in the employ
nent of its man power and material
r-esources desires to use them to the
Greatest advantage against Germany.
81 has been no easy problem to de-
-ermine how they can be used most
effectively since the Independent pre-
Sc ntation of requirements by the al
red governments have been more or
Tess conflicting on account of each
governments appreciation of its own
wants, which are naturally given
greater importance than the wants of
ezther governments. BY the general
zarvey of the whole situation and a
tree discussion of the needs of the
approaching conference will undoubt-
idly be able to give to the demands
Of the several governments their true
perspective and proper place in the
general plan for the conduct of the
war.
Though the resources of this coun-
Try are vast and though there is every
purpose to devote them all, if need
be, to winning the war, they are not
without limit But even if they were
greater they should be used to the
highest advantage in attaining the SUI
preme object for which we are fight
ing. This can only be done by full
and frank discussion of the plans and
needs of the various belligerents. 1t
IS the earnest wish of this govern
7nent to employ its military and naval
forces and its resources and energies
where they will give the greatest re-
turns in advancing the common cause.
The exchange of views which will take
place at the conference and the con-
customs which will be reached will be
II the highest value in preventing
waste of energy and in bringing into
harmony the activities of the nations
which have been unavoidably acting
IN a measure independently.
"In looking forward to assembling
sof the conference it cannot be too
strongly emphasized that it is a war
conference, and nothing else devoted
so devising ways and means to intensi-
fy the efforts of the belligerents
against Germany by complete COOP
Grafton under a general plan and thus
bring the conflict to a speedy and sat
isfactory close"
Official announcement of the arriv-
al in England of Americas first war
mission-the Russian mission was far
from that-marks a new milestone in
American history This mission has a
most important duty to perform 1t
will participate in a conference in
Paris at which the entire aims of the
war will come under scrutiny On
the deliberations of this conference
will depend many things that yet re-
\ main in a fOrmulative stage. Above
al else, however, it will impress on
the people of the entente nations that
the United States is a real potent fac
Tor in the war
The administration requested that
speculation as to the objects of the
conference be withheld and confined
on the subject. II is however, posi-
BILE at this time to reveal facts con-
d corning the cooperation of the
United States conference that might
have caused damage if published be-
fore. When the war conference was
called it was not intended that the
United States should participate. At
shat time there seemed no real reason
why it should. II had refrained from
taking any part in the Balkan con-
ference because while the United
States was interested in the situa-
ton there it was not a party to the
war against Austro-Hungary, but
Germany or Turkey. But it later de-
veloped that German agents in all OF
the allied countries have used the fact
that the United States was not repre-
sented in most dangerous way. Ger
man agents and sympathizers in neu-
trail countries, especially in the Scan
diRayian countries, Switzerland and
Spain sent forth propaganda that the
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