The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-17
COL. HOUSE BACK;
il NO PEACE TALK
Head of u. S. Mission Says
Three Conferences Ar
ranged War Unity
u. S. FIGHTING
PLAN APPROVED
One Battle Front Now from
Belgian Coast Through to
Italy, He Explains

New York, Dec What the American
mission was sent to accomplish in tn
inter.allied war conference in Paris "ha'
been successfully and satisfactorily
done" was the message brought TO th'
American people by Col. +. Nj. House
head of the mission, who returned TO tine
United States Saturday with four OF ms
colleagues.
The return of the party was Voio %
ostentation. After advising the press oil
the missions arrival, Col. House motorea
TO his home, where he later received
newspa permen and announced that the
missions reports already had been dis-
patched by special messenger to the state
department at Washington.
THESE reports. which included that
Of Col House. will be supplemented by
the eolonel's personal report to President
U;lson He said he would go to Wash
ington to-day, ,s,,o
En- England and France the influence
of the United States is paramount sara
Col House. I'm both countries the NOR
ale is splendid--the best | have observed
on any of my three trips abroad since
the beginning of the war
You mean the morale OF the h9htihg
forces" Col. House was asked
NO. / mean the morale OF the men IN
uniform and the people as Whoie, ne
replied 'Their determination to WIN
without thought of the cost Is admlra-
bic"
Through the elimination OF speech
making and entertainment, both OF
public and private nature Col. House
said. the inter allied war conference ac-
complished its full purpose at three SIT
things. At their termination, he SAID, the
supreme war council. an outgrowth OF
these deliberations, completed ITS work
in four weeks time--two weeks DelnS
spent in London and two weeks IN Parls'
The prime ministers of Great Britain,
France and Italy, and Col. House. togeth
er with their military aids, were the only
ones participating in the supreme war
council. The others who had taken part
in the first conference were assigned 10
membership on various committees and
thus everyone had specific task to &C
complish These committees dealt with
food. embargo finance and other sub
jects.
'The council brought things to focus
--up to that time there was no co-ordl-
nation and things were not going on very
we'll" said the colonel. Everyone worked
we'll, hard and cordially
In reply to questions as TO what the
council decided to do with reference to
various military matters, Col. House said !
the deliberations were concerned pri- |
marjly with the economic situation. He
declared what had been decided upon |
with reference to this situation would
not mean the introduction OF any meas
1lres radically different from those now
operative in the United States.
Col House said he did not discuss war
aims while abroad In his estimation,
he declared one persons opinion was as
GOOD as another's as to what Russia
might be expected to do. Gathering of
data in preparation for the eventual
peace conference was purely incidental
and entirely aside from the main pur
pose of the mission.
Asked regarding the progress of Gen.
Pershng's work, Col. House said;
His task is really more difficult than
the people know, but he is doing admir-
ably. Our men--our fighting men and
those who have been sent abroad on 9th
er missions since our entry into the war
have made highly favorable impress
American representation at any fur
Their councils of an inter-allied nature
was entirely a matter for President Will
sons decision, Col. House stated, and
he knew nothing of the presidents inten
tions respecting the return of himself
or other delegates to such conferences.