Evening star., 1918-02-04
SUPREME COUNCIL
REJECTS HUN AIMS
War Conference of Allies in
France Results in Decision
to Continue Conflict.
MUST WIN JUST PEACE

| LONDON. February 4.-The supreme
war council, which met at Versailles,
| finds no approximation in the German
chancellor's and the Austro- Hungarian
| foreign minister's speeches to the terms
4 of the entente allies and has decided to
continue the vigorous prosecution Of
the war until peace can be obtained
| based on the principles of freedom.
| justice and respect for international
| law"
| This official announcement was made
here last night. A summary of the Of
| ficial report says:
The council was unable to find in
Won Hertling's and Czernin's recent ut
| terances any real approximation to the
moderate conditions laid down by the
allies governments. Under the circum-
stances the council decided that the
only task before it to meet was the
vigorous and. effective prosecution of
| the war until the pressure of that eff
! fort produced a change of temper in the
enemy governments. justifying the
hope of the conclusion of peace based
on the principles of freedom, justice
and respect for international law.
The council arrived at complete
unaninity of policy on measures for the
prosecution of the war.
Text of Official Statement.
The text of the official statement on
the Versailles conference follows:
Meetings of the third session Of the
supreme war council. held at Yer
sailles January 80 and 81. February 1
and ..
In addition to the members OF the
supreme war council itself. namely,
NJ. Clemenceau and Pichon for France,
Mr.. Lloyd George and Lord Miner for
Great Britain. Prof. Orlando and Baron
Sonnino for Italy and the military rep
iresentatives of the supreme war coun-
ell. Gems. Weisand, Wilson, Cadorna
and Bliss, there were also present for
the greater part of the purely military
discussion the French and British chiefs
of general staff. Gems, Foch and Rob-
ertson. the Italian minister war, Gen.
Afieri. and the COMMUNICATIVE chief on
the western front. Petain, Haig and
Pershing.
Mr. A H. Frazier, frs. secretary of
the United States embassy at Paris,
was present during the political dis
cussions.
Embrace Military Policy.
''The decisions taken by the supreme
war council in pursuance of this con-
tingent embrace not only a general
military policy to be carried out by the
the war, but moro particularly closer
and more effective coordination under
the council Of all the efforts Of the
powers engaged in the struggle against
the central empires
THE functions Of the council itself
were enlarged, and the principles Of
unity of policy and action initiated at
Papallo in November last received still
further concrete and practical devel-
opment. On all these questions a COM
plete agreement was arrived at after
the fullest discussion with regard to
both the policy to be pursued and to
the measures for its execution.
Under the circumstances the su-
preme war council decided that the
only immediate task before 1t lay In
the prosecution of the war with the
utmost vigor and the closest and most
effective cooperation Of the military ef-
fort of the allies until such time as
the pressure of that effort shall have
brought about in the enemy govern
ments and peoples a change OF temper
which would justify their conclusion
of peace on terms which would not in
volve the abandonment. in the face Of
an aggressive and unrepentant militar-
ism, Of all the principles of freedom,
justice and respect for the law Of ma
tions. which the allies are resolved to
vindicate.