Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-09
AMERICAN ARMY
To Be RUSHED
TO WEST FRONT
Allied Nations to Provide NeceS-
sary Ships.
DECIDED AT PARIS MEET
State Department Announces Recon-
mendations Made at Allies Coun-
ciI-FuII Equipment Will Be
Available to Forces.

Washington. Jan. 3.-American
troops are to be rushed to Europe in
as large and constant a stream as
is humanity possible; the allied nations
will so arrange their shipping as TO
provide the necessary transport; the
merchant shipbuilding program must
be rushed; there is to be closer CO.
operation of all the co-belligerents TO
present a single and united front to
German autOcracy; the part of the
United States has been clearly defined
and arrangements made to carry 1t
out.
U. S. Delegates Advise.
These are the principal results, as
they affect America, of the recent in
ter-allied war council in Paris an
nounced on Wednesday for the first
time by the state department.
The recommendations, made by the
American delegates, of whom Col E.
M. House, president Wilson's personal
representative, was the head, are the
result Of the great council of heads
of all the cO-belligerents.
A definite plan was formed for more
active utilization of American naval
forces, and an agreement was made
with the British admiralty TO effect
certain plans for anti-submarine war
fare.
Will Pool Resources.
The contribution of the United
States to a pooling of war resources
was agreed upon. The arrangement
guarantees full equipment of every
kind TO be available to all Ameri-
can forces sent to Europe during 1918.
Arrangements were made to have
the United States participate in mill
tary elaboration of a supreme war
council "as Il step toward efficient and
centralized unity of control of military
operations"
Plans also were worked out where
by, in order to permit the United
States to visualize the problem of food
control at home, Great Britain. France
and Italy agreed to, establish legalized
and compulsory control of foodstuffs
In their countries.
onIpS TOT -. y. FOOpS.
The extent of the military effort to
be aimed at by the United States was
clearly determined and an allied adj
visory board was created to advise
each nation on allOtments of ships so
as to permit the American military
effort to be realized.
Through the new fnter-allied organi-
zatiOn for coordination of shipping re-
sources arrangements have been made
10 devote the greatest amount of
tonnage possible for the transporta-
ton of American troops"
The report as made public by Secre-
Tary Lansing says:
"a review of the report filed With
the department of state by Colonel
House the head of the special war
mission which visited Great Britain
and France in November, shows that it
succeeded in it's purpose of reaching
q definite working plan for the prose
cutiOn of the war through cooperation
of the government, represented at the
conferences held in Paris, in the va
riOus fields of activity and through
marshalling the resources of the ma
tons at war with the central powers
and co-ordinating their uses under COM
mon authority, avoiding the waste and
uncertainties that arise from indie
pendent action.
Result Most Gratifying.
1.-THE results of the conferences were
>most gratifying to this government,
first, because they indicate that the
conferees were inspired by the desire
to be mutually helpful, and second,
because the agreements, which were
reached, when in full operation will
greatly increase the effectiveness of
the efforts now being put forth by the
United States and the allies In the con-
fiict against Germany and Austria
Hungary"