Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-24
Northciffe Favors One War Board

Lord Northcliffe. who refused pla,s
In the Lloyd George cabinet OF England
anu whose syndicate Of great news
papers and magazines makes him the
most powerful citizen Of the British
isles. says that he favors President
| Wilson's idea of an allied war board to
manage the war. He proposes that
the commanders Of the four armies.
Halg, Pershing, Petain and Diaz meet
at least once a week with full power 10
run the war business Of the four ma
tons. He remarked to an interviewer
that the present plan of an indepen-
| dent war for each nation would ruin
the steel trust or any big business.
| The English nation Is rapidly lining
| up behind the idea of allied coordina-
ton In the conduct Of the war, altho
| there was opposition in the English
! parliament when IT was tirst purposed
The English people in this as in every
other demand have met the situation
with courage. Their government has
seized every industry in the country,
! the railways, the mines and the ship
Yards. No private building Is allowed.
There are no private automobiles ex-
cept those that burn coal gas and carry
huge unslShtly gas tanks about. Food Is
cheaper than in the United States be-
cause the government pays out 5000
| 100000 year from taxes toward its
cost. No men are permitted to do work
that women can do and the women are
at work in the munition factories max
ing guns bombs and shells. They
| operate street cars and handle freight
| at the terminals. England. too, Is n
| rancing its allies even more than Is our
own government and not dollar or our
money borrowed from our government
| by ENGLAND ever leaves our shores. 1t
| is all spent in the United States for
| munitions.
Lord Northc!iffe Is coming back to
| this country soon to urge the United
| States to redouble it's efforts at the
| building Of aircraft and ships for the
transportation Of supplies to the armies
] in France. He thinks that the war VIII
eventually be won In the air and by
means OF an overwhelming preponder-
ance Of munitions.
Scandinavian Kings to Confer.
The three kings Of Norway, Sweden
and Denmark are to meet at Cnristiana,
Norway on Nov. % to voice the de-
mands of their respective peoples upon
the entente allies for food. Their peo-
pie are also close to starvation and the
situation has become so critical that
there is danger of tho Scandinavians
being forced to enter the war on the
side OF the central powers because OF
their dependence upon Germany for
food. Especially will this be true II
the cola pse of me Russian government
gives Germany access to the food sup
plies OF north Russia and control or
the Baltic sea.
The importance Of the meeting OF the
three kings in Christiania may be
gagged from the fact that 1t is the first
time the King OF Sweden has Sc, foot
on Norwegian soil since the two coun-
tries were separated. There has been
bitterness between them ever since that
event The war and the similar plight
in which the two countries find them
selves. however has drawn them TO
gether.
II Is frankly admitted that much OF
the fate of Scandinavia depends on the
ultimate solution of the Russian crisis.
II Germany can bite no deeper into
Russia than she has at present, and II
General Kaledines and hts Cossacks
maintain their grip on the food ana
fuel sources of southeastern Russia,
any promises Of sustenance which
Germany holds out to Scandinavia Will
ne recognized as but empty words. But
1t Is recognized that I'M further con-
quests in Russia, either by arms or by
intrigue Germany will secure the means
to brhe and bully the northern neu-
trails to her side Of the battle line.