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His own ju-‘gement 0i Sir Henry Wilson was, that o! all the British oiilccis he was bent suited e . to serve as military represmtative Ion the council, both became oi his ability and because oi his cordial PAPERS OF COLONEL HOUSE’ Tlll AMIIICAN PLAN General Bliss seems to have agreed with Mr. Lloyd George that the Rapallo plan was sound in 5i m as it leit Ienarai ouoervhivn o! the conduct oi tho war to the P0" litieal leaders and was ‘in accord with the military Principal that we!‘ is but a continuation oi politic-ll policy in a new iorm’. But like Gen- eral Pershing he was wnvinced that in 5 given theater oi operations. sum u m; Western Front, unity oi mili- tary control was essential to New“ and, in deiauit oi a generalisinifl. m‘; lg, could be achieved only through GUARDIAN. zEV O Tji-z-z. D if .u‘ .. . A. tho Chiefs oi Staff could the war be lb l '. . . . ‘ ‘personal relations with the French. '1 m, exec“- . . f non. a purely military counci w ¢ , , and lasting sails ac HouiQ-g letter to the President does me power‘ The plangwhlch he dun- " " l ‘ jfhis Alarm Clock is one o! , not do Justice to the p011" °l "l" °‘ od with House and which they pre- 5 ‘- many presents proeurable in ex- ‘,4 511' Henry W11B°“-'“‘h°'° ‘mm’ m‘ dented to the French thus eliminat- - A change for “Poker Hands"_ ‘l 59°"? th“ mm h“ “d M.‘- Lmyd ed, the political members oi the Bu- H . , l Gem-go's plans were not based upon u d w the ' , Dealers everywhere have s. desire to oust sir William Robert- gfiilrryzegztr: 23mm: “m” \ Qn/vw in s’ , e ; Rqggbud in 10c and 15c packages. 4 son, but upon the conviction that only mm merely adflswy powem l L, J l; ._-,U;;\,6 4 -~ through an organisation superior to ‘ .- s won. How {as this view should be re- garded as correct is a matter “W11 which opinions difler and will W0- bsbly continue to diiier.) The Ffreneh want a ‘flier-aliasi- mo’ but they want him to be a Frenchman. This too, woild meet iwi-eil so much opposition-l in ithet it is not to be thought or. Any Government that proposed it would be overthrown. ' i; n an this voilntry/ inst Natives of Irviriiish Bast Africa are 1&1 weigh; 0f.l,3'l3.50l,-ibi_l§:illg American and Canadian auto- . " ' ' * “ nlcbzles. I have had long conference with Bliss and Pershing on the subject. and I think they see the- denser l! Idolamtfyhciosildliltwm" thing else which will givevuaiity c! control by uniting all involved rath- Memoranduni of Unity oi Control Paris, November 25, 1917 .'l. Unity oi control in‘ the eon- duot oi military operations in a rive“ theatre is essential to success. ‘ii. To ensure real eflioienci’. ""5 unity oi control must be eiilgcied through a limb’ miiitm’ °°“P°u' lg being assumed that one or mom or the principal Ailiad nations may b, unwilling to place their military iorces under a single Commander- in-Ghioi. u. it is believed that the supreme War oounoiishould be composed 0i the Oommander-in-Ohiei oi the prinoipal rational ioroea in the field on the front over which the unit? {refit ~ a) U lc>1s,fi_ '5 ‘\\ (,0 THE DURAN!‘ "40" SPECIAL FOUR DOOR SEDAN ier than creating dimension. I I have just had a canierence alone y d comm‘ l, neowm-y, fpgQfl-lel- with iwit/h Clemenceau. Later without my! the 055;, o; 5mg of the” same ‘ saying a word upon the subkfit» l" melqnsl (ol-oes or oflioers designated practically repeated the opinion that; by ma, chieis 0i Star! and repre- I have expressed to you above con- an,“ mo“ cerning the Supreme War Council.’ l4” To "m," m, pfgmpt execu- He is earnestly in isvor oi unity 0f um o! m, will oi this Supreme plan action. but he thinks as I do w“ ooumu the“, mum; be one man that the plan oi Lloyd George is not w '6!“ m“ Wm who sgwe This woliiable, and ior reasons somewhat mm mu“ be President, o! the Bli- similar tothpise 1 have given.’ 9mm, w“ council, chosen by the . n; has nothing in mind and ‘safe M“ who" and having power i met d}? net ‘$5,913? ' l?“ to Execute their will.’ it rnidirt be looked upon with E lsgigloiochxoewanrsucootalrcthu _ ilnielhllyc one he promises that we l h“ Mn put into eflect and ii Gen- HE DURANT "40" boasts of nothing more than tlie features that accounted for its phenomenal sales absolutely, to the fundamental principles of value that com n; all D rant 0d A . , Rrd Seal Caniinmla! Molar u ‘ p: acts to careful buyers - ' Bendix Four-Wheel Brake: Morn Silent Timing Chain Complete, detailed information and an opportunity to d“ Full Fern Feed brbriruiian ' and judge fie Durant for yourself await you at your dealeft we may oi whether. ii this plln , Poisrnger Car. ' | ‘W ' i - Four: and Sixei BUILT BY .000 count upon ljiim to i130} to a oral Foch had been chosen as ex _ . yggisllfeiny rédsonafiie suggestion that g ecuu" 0mm” ‘he mimu; disasters from $675 ‘to 54095 D NlvégToRs of CANADA LIWTED J“ ‘ 1W0 make. . .. o! 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It is sale, reliable, sure eradicate i 1 i i I day on which at Rapalio Messrs. ‘liloyd lfainieve and Orlando created the gimbals War council. No one iiilly it. not even its creators. men. and moot other: who thought atallaibout it,be- lievod that it would be sort or Aullc Oounail. niacin; and dirdctinz mili- tary piulslin short, another soep to disaster. Moreover, the French be- lieved that it was a British scheme tires hedged?‘ loccil‘ Firestone Dealers . v t -. equip? ‘glass oar with f5 - Firestone tires. -"/ \'\ .:2_i~,.-.,-.~ ‘ Specify Firesfones for your M," 435e,“. - newmle or”)? you. need new not Monday Nani E P. M. Eastern Time 42 Slallunh-NBC Normal FIRESTONE.TIRZ k RUBBER CO. OF CANADA, LIMITED HAMILTON - Builds the Only ONTARIO l " ‘rum out DOLLAR W53“ a . 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Painleves gov- ernment ieii: Uoyd George said that ' his govemlnent was saved only by the . at the 1m moment oi the cljaimotPrelidentWil- aon to the Aflhelnent. or Rosalie. 1 was by the xenon! mili- tary __ .Inmyreporttothe t 0n December l7, i917, I ‘_y uiwod that he maiio his ochiciqn to the Supreme War Oouii- oii ooatisluent on the appointment oi an Allied Commander in ohiei- ' I ballavini that with such an Allied oorninuihr the Supreme Wal- Goun- aii would practically cease to operate. . I did not then realise land I don't think that any one else did) that the l. W. (i. would not intereiere in mat- Mrs oi military control ‘out would only harmonise Allied . internment policies. which military commanders inthaiieldoouidnotdchrloneoiiis realised what the real iimetions oi the I. W. O. were to be until the iirat important meeting in January. Until that time (at any rate, at the time oi tho attached memorandum) 1 was miorooilncowoyhywhlchiioou- sibiiitiea ior harm could bemliniinia- aoflrhisappearsiilhiafloitheat- taohed memorandum. My [moral idea in it was that unless the Allies oouid lime on a sinfla commander ineheittileoniythingwastocom- pose ills Oouncii oi the National coni- , inaaders; let their urea on every oli- .maaawaicamnrills.lt"_'g__ Charlottetown and Montague were to be eificted to give mutuhll assistance. and then let one oi them l have power to execute their wflLi This was a way oi "beating the devil ' around the stump?’ for, ' evidently this man would, ior all practical pur- macro: the particular campaign, be a commander in chiei.‘ The Americans understood, oi course that their proposal would encounter ltffifll OPDNItion. The British mili- tary leaders would naturally object to the executive powers oi the Presl- dont oi th Supreme‘ War Council, who would become practically Gom- mander-iri-Ohiei oi the Allied arm- ies. ‘Ills proposals also called ior the inclusion in the Oouneil oi the Ohieis oi Stair. to which Mr. Lloyd George was irrevocably opposed. None the lees it seemed worth while to put the scheme iorward. especially since the For AcliiLg Corns 14131.. 3;‘. of 5U lqiint‘ ii " oi A oliow this all . baerbiae, Jun, contribution oi tile United States to Allied man-power was likely to be more important than any One had imagined. Both the British and French made it plain that without such contribution the military dan- ger in the approaching spring would be serious. In London. General Bliss had discussed the matter with Sir William Robertson, and thus report- ed his conversation to Colonel House: ‘I showed him,‘ said Bliss, ‘that by the month oi May next, including troops now in France. we could, with facilities now at our disposal trans- port not more than 625.000 men, in- eluding non-combatant iorces; that without additional tonnage we could not supply even that umber oi men -—- He “pressed grave apprehen- sion at this statement. ‘He told me that he doubted whether ‘Italy could be held in the war- during the coming winter; and that should she remain in it would require the pAGIGHOB oi considerable troops irom the English and French ‘forces on the Western llront........ He said that the French man-pownr was going down.... Ho added time the Russian " _‘ was suchthat the probability had to be iaoed a: any moment ior the withdrawal oi perhaps thirty or i033’ German divi- sions irom that front and transierv ring them tn tha Western Front. The neneral impression leit on my mind by this statement oi the can waaithai a military crisis is to be apprehended ii we cannot, hi" in ’ trance nest year by the end o! spring a very much was: ioros than now oouid not at legit double i she hoped to make by "i, , May, 1918, the Allied cause‘ _. .... . ‘,1 mics on June i4, 135a. ~~nloou that the issue oi the war would be deter- mined in 1918 and that i! America Qnlyihe hishefl qualiiyof I leaf tobacco, combined ' with the best ingredients p are used in the manufactu- re OF our chewing tobdccg, Result \\-. I zzzfissr cnsvv’ l-llCKEYe g Nlfllflllfll ‘ ;. - .\ , i» \ LINN possible.‘ (Id. Note: "m; m. men.’ IMa oenqrai,