Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-02
ALLESP PREP
TOFOLE ElvE
War Councils Plans BSr
fected to Stop Promise 4
German Offensive s
CONFIDENT OF oUTC0n( \
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\ sing:e-purposed war machine wi}I>
hurl back the long threatened Gerlnon- x
drive on the western front when u
comes. 1t will meet the promised oss- x
slaught with supreme confidence. aud A
If the plans now in process OF for,na~
ton are carried through TO the siccess- |
ful conclusion looked for. the offensive.t ~
win pass once and for all from the Ger ~
man military forces. x n.
High officers at the war college. fully ,.A,
conversant with all that IL now going Il
on in France. made this prediction fo-' u
day. II was 10 complete such a plan ~
that General Bliss. chief of the army ~
staff, went to France "a month ago. IT.
was to assist In developing these plan4It5
that General Pershing met with ffhe<df
Allied War Council at Versailles during ,o,
the last few days. And In order that NJ;
there shall he no question that this par - ~
tic!pa ton OF the United States has thei.'>,
complete and ardent approval Of Presi- N
dent Wilson, a militant member Of hls3H
cabinet will become member OF thissrf
War Council at an early date. f>f
Colonel House still remains ciothe{,l'e
with military and Acknowledgements aSe5ft
chief of the original mission. put the
cabinet member wao IL TO represent 'iN
the President in France Will nave sti-Aif,
preme authority to speak for the United ~
States army and navy in the offensive Nn
forced frst I'm mectiny The Csr,,an ,.,,-ssi
slaupht-if tho Latter ever comes--a, IA f.tfi
second in nlannlnr and carrvin, ortis,sl,
the offensive movements which are 10 ~,
mark the fighting of-is1S, and whichlp9
t.ni,aJ cta.. prt,,sh I,ra,,a,, r,,s's M
ara po,.ia, forca. '.'-T i.fSl
e ~
ENEAIYS PLANS KNOWN ssEy
The War Council sessions now ~ AZ
,,,o,,r,,. a.. x-arsaiiia. ,ir.,a.. ~. s..s~,
Tho ero,,ndwori, nr ,h. no,..,t - 49, IA
give and offensive nlans wh,c,, ~. ca,.y3fls'
ndenrIallv exnected IN cr,,sh an go ls.sft
man orrensive along ,ha ,.ss,o .'e 80. ,4ri|
When 1t met last week It had before .t'iiS's
an an enorriious naass OF ihliitsry data deal-l,,
"a -, wi ''e w "'an anu Austrian plans.
80, "''."' 81 my "iu'ers hfre say, Juss
@ VIC. ict,'iens the permans haNe)J.
@ ~, I'o'i, .ne east ana what they
NJ ,,.,'l'.,, ~. :. "neaoS mas passed upon
situa,in,, r'.s,,,,,,', W nu n,s"e 70 meet the
l.u"t.'u resulting from the strengthen-'s
nm1 a,,,,,'I. t"G e.n,an '.'s 'i,he with Germany
sayt Ana :, "o"s"t rom the
tinnte ..,araI .,,,,,,,.s' w. oues's ~
make i,,a,..s,,n,, ~, N",en wiz
sibIe IN H., ,hnn, hsn.. wen u Is pos ~
'N"e nno""' sta3
+, 'sTtain suggestions, purely American, 81
,n ,ha -. ~ ""Ne "eeh uauesf1h'
'ne war council by Generals BlissNAs
anu fershing. These deal entirely wfthy,,s
,nNIt"ry problems and are reported to.sfo'
s'ea.9 piessed both the French ~
In ,'u nr..,sn military experts who are ~
- -. '''e"uance' Ihe' council Is to sit
as..,,, ~" ~" um AT frequent intervals torfsA
=. VIZ Hii'i'"i! experts IN every way. sol
, , D." repo.teu mere In Washing ttfi
S,a, nn III 10 ',nie that Secretary Of 6~'
state Robert Lansing would be sent Is MI
,,rnau i,i ui'eo states, but as thet