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conference Is to create in effect q great
general staff TO coordinate and direct
the energies Of the hcllierrcnts.
Mr.. Lansing discloscs something OF
the complex problems with which the
government has had to deal In serving
as the treasurer and Stnrehouse for all
the allies.
Already money and supplies have boon
poured out at the call OF the various
powers with lavish h-uo.
Each visiting mission. however. has
dealt largely or only with its own needs.
Thus. while dealing with the nrccs-
sity Of providing for it's own military
needs and clccting the course of it's own
military efforts. the United States has
been made by circumstances the arhitcr
Of many phases OF the war. 1t has been
forced TO make decisions which may
have had already a far-rcachinG effect
upon the progress of the war.
The great war conference will relieve
the government of this burden. There
Is no hint of stintinE the help. but NJ
the council table there VIII be received
and weighed side by side. the needs OF
all the powers to nc add.
Eminently Fitted.
The men who compose tho American
mission arc regarded by the government
as eminently fitted for their part in the
task. as each has been personally aSs"-
ciated with the development Of some
phase of the vast mobilization Of the
nations resources that has been gonE
on since the United States entered the
war Admiral BENSON has personally
supervised and directed the expansion or
the navy.
General Bliss has seen tho American
army grow under his own hand. As as
,f eto hN foil
task of building the great machine ont
Of raw materials and raw recruits when
General Scott. then chief. was sent To
Russia after the Russian revolution.
In Oscar r Crosby. the mission has
q member familiar with every intrl"aCN
Of American finance and American Imam
cial resources. He is armed with far;S
and figures that will show just what tn"
country can do in financing the war and
how it can be done
Vance C. Mccormick carries informa-
ton as to foreign shipments ana the
plans for distributing war tasks Over
American industries so that III" stag
ecrinS load can be carried without Il
faltcr Mr.. Colby has the facts aS L"
ships, transports and cargo boats. built.
building or planning. Or. Taylor can
tell all Food Administrator Hoover has
been able to learn as to tho store or to"u
on hand ur the quantity that can NJ
produced in any given timc. while Mr..
Perkins can show what has hccn d"n"
toward providing an order Of precedent"
for outward bound carGocs.
Colonel House speaks officially for
tho government and may be regarded ms
the personal representative Of the pr"Si-
dent as commander III chief Of the army
and navy. This is III third time III"
colonel has been called upon to cross
the ocean since Europe became developed
in war.
While the personnel Of tho missions
to be sent by the other Backgrounds ~
not known as yet. ii is clearly Indicated
that they will be of equal important"
and will include the military chiefs nj
each, power az we'll az tho chiefs or the
various civilian agencies created for the
prosecution of the war.
Most of the results or the conference
probably will be disclosed only in events
on the battle fronts. These may not In
apparent soon, for it takes time TO put
in motion so vast a mechanism az IS
contemplated.