The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-02
That Incident to Training and
Equipment, Says House.
American Envoy Submits State
ment of European Results.
MUST SPEED FOOD SHIPS
He Recommends Military, Ma
val and Economic Unity.
Plans Laid To Make Allies into
Terrific Fighting Machine.

wasbipeton Ian. 2-American
fighting forces must be dispatched To
Europe with the least possible delay.
inc .ent to training and equipment
C1Io lie Houses mission to the allleo
countries has recommended to Secre-
tary of state Lansing.
Speed and systematic coordination
i shipbuiIding are likewise primary
requisites while unity of effort-mlh-
tary naval and economic-between
the United States and the allies Is
essential, according to the other TWO
prime recommendations.
The full text of these recommends
tions follows:
Ffrst-That the United States exert
all their influence to secure entire
unity of effora, military, naval and
economic. between themselves and the
countries associated with them in the
war.
Sccond-Inasmuch as the successful
termination of the war by the United
States and the allies can be greatly
hastened by the extension of the Uni
ted States shipping program, that the
government and the people of the
C-.ited States bend every effort to-
ward accomplishing this result by
systematic coordination of resources
of men and material
Third-That the fighting forces OF
the United States be dispatched to
Europe with the least possible delay
incident to training and equipment
Unity Among Allies.
These recommendations mean that
all the allies will hereafter work to-
gether in unity, that the period of
training and equipment of American
forces will doubtless be shortened II
this can be accomplished with the
shipping and other resources at hand.
The recommendation for co-ord.na-
tion in the shipping program empha-
sizes more strongly than ever the ur-
gent appeal of the allies for more
ships more speed in building them
and less pickering and attention to de-
tails
Summary of Colonel Houses report
to Lansing shows that the special
war mission Succeeded in it's purpose
of reaching a definite working plan
Nfor the prosecution of the war;
in making public the summary, the
state department expressed it's graft
fication at the result because of the
mutual helpful spirit manifested and
berause the plans outlined will great
lY increase the effectiveness of the eff
forts now being put forth by the
United States and the allies in the
conflict against Germany. Austria and
Hungary"
Here is the missions statement of
the results accomplished
DIPLOMATIC
"tD Full and frank discussion between
Colonel House. as the special representa-
tive of the government of the United States
and the heads of the British French and
Italian governments with regard to the
war policy of the United States and he1
associates in the war.
"(2) Participation by the members OF
the mission in meeting of the British wal
cabinet at which conference n general and
useful discussion was had concerning the
needs of the allies and the extern of the
assistance to be expected from the United
States.
"(}) Participation by the United States
in an inter allied war conference held in
Paris on November %. At this conference
all preliminary speeches were dispensed
with and within half an hour after the con.
ference had been called to order by NJ
Clemenceau, it had split into committees
for work.
90 Participation by the United States
in meeting of he supreme war counci
held at Versailles, December 1 Represen.
tatives of England, France, Italy and the
toward securing unity Of control of tht
the first of its kind, assures for the futur,
unity of support on the part of the United
States AMI the allies
''(3) First steps taken in the establish
ment of a more perfect Iiaison between tn,
commanding generals of the United State,
and the allies.