Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-16
j. s. WILL DEMAND
UNITY OF ACTION
Would Surrender All Individual
Authority to Common End
Of Beating Germany.
MUST FIND BEST WAR BRAINS
Comprehensive Plan Will Be
Urged on Allies at Coming
Conference in Paris.
MUST FIND BEST WAR BRAINS

WASHINGTON November 1.-THE
United states will stand Siitfiy for unity
Of action OF tho allies through plan
TO be evolved at the coming Paris con
ference. il was learned in ofiicia! cir
cles to-day. The attitude reflected by
adm nistration officials to-day. when
compared with the attitude struck in
Paris and London, leads to the belief
that the United States may appear as
the urgent champion OF far more
comprehensive plan for unity than yet
has been suggested.
1t is an open secret here that admin
iStration officials were surprised at the
plan aimed at by the conference as re-
vcaled by Lloyd George in the House
or Commons yesterday They are sur
rrised that it did not include a more
definite and a more wieldy plan for the
control OF tho war in all of its phases
II had been hoped here. and ii is s;Ill
hoped. that such a plan will be tho
ultimate outcome OF the Paris meet
ing. 1t is recognized here that domes-
tic politics in England as we'll as in
France may prevent the adninistra-
tons Of those countries from standing
at the present time for the surrender
of their individual powers TO the COM
Hi'ii cHu VI btdllnS Germany. The
United States will be handicapped bv
no such consideration at home. it is
pointed out here.
DEFER TO SUPERIOR
EXPERIENCE Or ALLIES
The attitude of our military and
naval leaders here since We entered
Nthe war has been to defer to the su
perior experience Of the British and
french authorities. 1t will be entirely
in line with that policy TO insist at the
coming conference that the best war
brains of all the countries at war
against Germany now be united in a
single organism dominating all allied
effort.
This attitude was reflected forcibly
at the state Department to-day when
questions as 10 Colonel Houses powers
III lhe conference were replied to with
liz reiteration OF Secretary Lansinc.s
'taten,eh; that the conference is
war conference"
II was intimatcd that Colonel IJou.a
and the other American representa-.
1 IVES VIII DC expected to urge with all
'heir power every possible step that
VIII iead 10 the more successful prose-
cution OF the struggle.
- =" tohSiueTeu mere that tho most
vital step in this direction is the s,b
mission of individual ambitions of all
the allies TO the common good The
United States. il is pointed out. already
has set the example in this respect in
the way the economic conduct of tho
war has been handled here The en-
barge against supplies to the ncutrals
has cost and is daily costing the United
States millions OF dollars In the loss of
trade and in the falling of the rates
Of exchange in favor OF the neutral
countries.
NO GREAT LEADER
APPEARS ON HORIZON
1t is frankly admitted that there is
either in the political or the military
field. to whom the hope OF the entente
can be intrustcd. Lacking such
figure, il is again predicted h~e that
the United States will demand the
creation Of an all-powcrful intcrailicd
board.
While it is recognized that neither
England nor France will go into con-
ference ready to propose such plan.
il is confidently believed that once the
delegates are seated about the table,
there will come from the United states
confidential information of a nature so
startling and so convincing that none
of the allies will be able to stand out
/ ,I,, Jnmund action.