Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-20
Unified Military Action by Entente
N WARFARE AGAINST THE
 CENTRAL POWERS 5
VIRTUALLY AGREED TO
Result of President Wilson's Express. ed Belief That Warfare Should Be Based on a Plan of Strategy That Covered All Fronts.

Washington, Feb. 19.-Frank adrnis- sion Joy Premier Lloyd George today that the convincing demand for uni- fled military effort under a single di- recting body had come from the Unit ed States, confirmed the impression that has prevailed here since the. pro- posal to send the mission headed by Colonel House to Europe first became known. It was known unoficially at that. time that President Wilson had become convinced that the allied cause stood in grave danger unless a central body could be erected with authority | to initiate warfare based on 8 we'll
 digested plan of strategy that covered all fronts s To Wage Vigorous Warfare.
 The president was determined that the United States should not waste its strength in the war, but should,
 with the beiligerents, wage an eff ficient battle of the most vigorous
 character. His military and naval ad-
 visers had strongly urged upon him the advisability of seeking to unite all the forces opposed to Germany in- to single unit of military power, istriking every blow for it's relations to la grand scheme of campaign and, iwasting no strength in minor engage
 ments or disrelated offensives on the several fronts.
 Italian Disaster Cited.
 The Italian disaster has been cited
 as a striking example of what the lack I of complete cooperation among the Iallies might bring about When the lAustro- German drive into Italy began, the Italian armies were threatening 1. the very heart of the whole German military fabric. The mighty German Idefenses on the west front were
 threatened from the rear for Austria , was crumbling under the punishment administered by the forces of General , Cadorna There are officers here who
 believe that the war would have been
 virtually over now had Cadorna,s , great effort been made with the full support of the British and French be- [ hind it. Failing that, it was swept back and the enemy given the best
 military position he had occupied since : the defeat of his drive at Paris in 1914.
 Army Officers, Profess igneranee. , I Army oficers here profess complete i. Ignorance of the plan of campaign b mapped out by the Versailles supreme twar council and upon which MT. Lloyd n George unheSitatingly staked the sur
 vival of his government. In boldly
 challenging parliament, it was pointed f out, the premier knew beyond ques- tion that the defeat of his ministry e and the consequent withdrawal of
 Great Britain from adherence of the
 Hull purpose of the Versailles council . meant that no highly organized allied = offensive could be looked forward to : lthis year. :.
 The premier's statement did no,
 lthrow any light on the plan of action f agreed upon at Versailles. The . lpromptness of his challenge to hS' o Icritics, however, and the unreserve6 5. mature of that challenge was inter
 Ipreted here as hint at great events y soon to come. ' e Proceedings Highly Significant. U Taken in connection with President - Wilson's recent statement that 191s
 would be the decisive year and thu
 repeated warnings from the westerf ' front that a great German offensiv, s1 is imminent there, today's proceeding II in London are regarded as- highly sig nificant. -s-
 It has been asserted officially ant iunof1icially that the allies still have st preponderance of men and guns oi l. the western front and the belief her n is that the allied council would not b. IS content to wait the blow of the enc
 my,
 er the rejection of General Sir William or Robertson's proposal to place sl W bordinate officer as Great Britain le representative on the supreme counci
 probably throws light upon the pur
 pose of the Washington governmen a in continuing General Tasker H: Bliss Id it's representative at Versailles, a T. chief of staff, though his functions i Id that capacity are in process of trans
 fer to Major General Peyton c. Marcf