Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-08
TULSA DAILY WORLD, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 8. 1a1s

necessary measure so that America
can complete In France the training
pegun here, Regarding aviation.
American developments had been "bc.
yohd all expectation he dcc,lSed
lie outlined how America had helpcd
me entente also financially and with
| shlpplng food and fuel--aid which no
described an immense and con-
! elusive"
Wherever on special points" he
| added, alluding 10 his association with
officials at Washington, Il believe
mistakes have been made, | say II
frankly the heads OF the cabinet or
The heads OF your departments know
1t from their own experience.
Urges More Effort.
Il have the optimism OF the sAtis-
lied. MIR. Tardieu said. discussing ule
situation generally, 'nnd as long as
shall be here as the representative OF
my country / viii ask FROM YOU cNory
day still creator effort After i3
months of war our needs are huge IN
deed, and In order to supply them
enormous sacrifices are required OF
you
The speaker recalled that America,
In order to equip its army with guns
and airplnnes, called upon the allies
time lnaugurating program OF Amer
! lean manufacturing.
Some people IN Europe, aS well a.
here" he said have been wonder
ing why you should not In that re
spcct, have done everything hy your
selves, This criticism shows That
those people ignore. firstly what time
means In war. and, secondly, how IN
iinitely complicated Is the Industrial
war organization which from tho
very start Is required by the oNtcu-
siVe production OF ordnance aud ovia
ton
II have drawn roughly the rcaultsI
OF the military effort of the United
states for period ot less than ten
months | do not believe that Rny7m-
partial man would sny that this fiort
In now completed. but | declare tnatI
any impartial man must admit u.s.
wonderful extension aud splendid
achievements "
Money was the first ntd needed by
the alies. MIR. Turdieu went on, say
ing:
ENcciIcnt In Every Way,
"Rut II was not sufficient Indeed,
for lack OF general organization of
production, the United States and the
allies would have competed with each
other I'm every factory and sterility
would have resulted from this an
archy But. In this respect, may
state--and none can be better In
formed than the representative OF
one OF the allied countries that the
centralized organization realized for
the ailies by the war industries board
and the war purchasing commission,
is excellent in every way.
During the month OF December
last the high commission called the
IL ...... 4 .saI 10.
crisis affecting very seriously our sup
ply In gasoline and oil for the first
two months OF 1918. To-day the meas
ures taken by the board allow me to
state that this imminent peril Is alb
solutely cOnjured for those two
months.
Last January II, when arriving in
New York. I found u ships unable
10 sal flor France on account of lack
OF coal. on January rs the restric-
tion orders for coal were issued by
the fuel administration, and when I
left New York ON the 22nd all our
ships had coal
Measures to Improve.
More recently | have found my
self obliged. together wfch my col
leagues. TO draw the attention OF Mr.
McAdoo and MIR. Hoover 10 the in
hutilcleNt arrival OF NeTfhlH III lHV
American ports I am convinced that
the measures which were Immediately
studied and decided upon unanimous
iy, will bring for the next month
decisive Improvement Their execu-
tion has already begun
Mr. Tardieu reviewed what France
Is doing today.
"Offiocrs and soldiers mobilized on
January I. 1913, not including the ma
tive troops from the colonies and the
workmen in the factories" ne said,
amount to 4.7250 600 men. of whom
nearly 1000. 900 are In the army zone.
The extent of the western front
Is 755 kilomcters. Belgians hold 20;
English 65; French 565. We hold. |
therefore, quarters OF 1t. We
have In front OF us 80 German divi- |
sions. that means two-thirds Of the
German first line troops and more
than half the German reserve divl-
sions The Germans do not entruHi
TO any one of their divisions a front
larger than six kilometers; ours often