The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-30
ALLIED DIPLOMATIC
COUNCIL IS URGED
French writer Complains of Obscurity
of Entente Pros rams and Advises
a Joint Committee

Paris. France, Sept. 29.-There are
two matters on which the French
press is finding subject for criticism
at the present time. the manner In
which the allied governments have re-
piled to the Austrian peace move and
the method adopted by the Italian
government in making known it's de-
cision regarding the Jugo-Slav peoples.
Regarding the first OF these. the
criticism is accompanied by recon
nendations for the formation Of an all
lied council to deal with diplomatic
matters as the Versailles council has
dealt with military.
NJ. Auguste Gauvin, of the journal
des Debats, is of the opinion that
whilst the sending Of II. ClemenceAu' )
speech to Vienna by way of reply tn
Austria may be a witty proceeding, il
Is rather a sign OF the incapacity of
the action of the allied diplomacy.
While the speeches delivered in the
allied caritak arrive in Vienna and
Berlin in a mutilated condition, diplo-
matte notes have to be textually re-
produced VI. Gauyin sees in the OBJ
security which surrounded the German
communication to Belgium fresh proof
of something faulty in the organiza-
ton of the diplomacy OF the allies,
and deplores the fact that the Belgian
fully its note to the pope of Decem Der
"a. 1917. which set forth its irreducible
program. TT really seems" he re-
marks, that the allied governments
do their best to keep their programs
obscure
The Rome cabinet is even more
laconic What are these indispensa BILE
conditions TO the safety of Italy OF
which the consulta speaks This is
the very point on which the enslaved
nationalities of Austria. who only ask
for an opportunity to make common
cause with the entente, are waiting
impatiently to know.
A publication in the Times of Lon
don on the declaration, which the
Italian government is stated to have
m ade to the allied governments re-
garding the JuGo-Slavs, gives NJ. eau
win further handle for criticism of the
consulta, for the announcement ap-
pearfng in the London papers is the
sale source Of information Of the cap
ital decision taken by the Rome cabinet
twelve days previously.
we are afraid" he says, the con-
sulta has not yet fully grasped the
meaning of the war and that she is
lettering in the obscure paths of con-
idential diplomacy
The idea OF an allied diplomatic
EounCll mas supporters III LSS ltiiipa
j. Echo De Paris and lie Pays. among
others.
NJ Andre Geraud, better known as
Pertinax Of l. Echo, sees Limitations to
the power Of such a body because,
while the governments can pool
armies ships and resources, they can
not wholly give up freedom of judg-
ment and remove the executive powers
from the influence Of public opinion,
sRut the council proposed would. he
thinks bring about more frequent
meetings between the allied minis
ters secure articiparts of the
American Observation-Disclosures, measure
which has hitherto not found favor
with President Wilson, the appoint
ment of small executive for the ap-
plication OF decisions taken in com
mon in defined fields such as that of
Russian affairs.
The Temps advocates the formation
of an inter-allied body for gathering
Information and preparing imminent
questions to be dealt with by the gov
ernments concerned.