Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-14
CURThILIN ARMY
DICTATORSHIP Bic
STRIDE To PEACE
Control of Economic
Matters Relieves Foch of
Vast Responsibility -WilSon
Plan is Approved,
(By Herbert Bayard Swopc)
opyright, 1919. by the Press Pub
fishing Co.

tThe New YORK World.)
Especial Wireless Dispatch 70 the
World and Albuquerque JournalD
Paris, Feb. / 3 Not since the ar
mistice was signed has such a long
step from war toward peace been
taken as was recorded when the inter-
allied supreme war council lifted all
questions other than those Of a mill
tary nature from the ill,cl high COM
mand and placed them in the hands
of a special civilian commission
created by resolution, drafted and Of
fered by President Wilson.
The succession of the military by
political agents was definitely fore
east by the World and Journal cor
respondent more than q week ago in
dispatches, the change being unavoid-
able because of the highly complicated
questions with which soldiers are less
competent to deal than are experts on
such subjects as finance, food, block
ade control, shipping and raw ma
| terials, all of which enter basically
| into the future relations of the allies
with Germany, and all of which will
play a part in the computation of rep
arations.
American Members Named.
The new body which takes over
/
ed the supreme economic council
Americas representatives will be Ber-
nard NJ. Baruch, Vance Mccormick,
Ambassador Davis, Thomas w. La
mont and Albert Strauss. with the
! possibility of Herbert Hoover being
substituted for Ambassador Davis
! Two of these are to be members of
I the permanent armistice commission
at Trevas ID make certain reforms.
| The military members have shown
their inclination to give the necessary
support to the economic measures
that the civilians advocated. The
French at first were unsympathetc
to the proposals, seeking to retain
complete control in Marshal Foch's
hands, but President Wilson's argu-
ments prevailed through the hearty
support of the British delegates,
which was promised the day before
| by Lord Reading in the name of Pre-
mier Lloyd George.
Blockade Question Up.
The first efforts of the new body
will be devoted to gaining informal
ton on matters affecting the neutral
blockades and reshipments into Ger
many. The tendency will be to per-
NIT sreer flow of needed supplies
Iinto Germany.
Another meeting of the league of
nations committee yesterday morn
ing brought the work of that body
nearer to completion. The work on
the final draft starts to morrow, and
il vii! / e ready for submission t, the
plenary session of the conference next
week. A well defined sentiment eX-
lists here favoring the election of
President Wilson as the frs presi-
dent of the supreme council of the
league, but he IS not encouraging such
support, as he wishes first to see
what attitude the United States will
assume. although there IS no reason
to doubt that approval will be given
to the project which is taking such
shape as to leave no ground for OBJ
lection.
sticking point may arise il. the
matter of manufactures, which may re-
quire special legislation by which
America could accept such RESPONSE
bilities.
The Italian mission in Paris is puz-
zled by the report that they have
reached an understanding with Jugo-
Slavia. No agreement has been found
and Italy still insists that she is en-
titled to the possession if Fiume and
demands that the question be left to
a plebescite.