UNITY IN WAR AND DIPLOMACY.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 April 1916, Page 2

UNITY IN WAR AND DIPLOMACY.

I'HJi; CKVIRE 01'' ALLIED i COiN'moiL? Paris, January 20. There are at the present moment no important questions of fact or of action feu be diiscuised by the Allied Oouueil, ibut at the London meeting a nunibon of matters ol' minoi' importance had to Ibe considered. The value of this meeting between Allied "statesmen irt in the effort made to improve tlie machinery ol' coordination, to extend its activity in the diplomatic field, and to give a permanent official form to the general understanding undier which Allied Ministers have hitherto exchanged their views. Whatever divergencies of view may have existed, when Balkan affairs were last under joint discussion, it can be emphatically stated that on till points the French and British Governments are in cordial agreement, and that there remain practically no outstanding questions for settlement between them. There is. moreover, in the discussion of the principle oT coordination no question of national amour propre in the mind either. ol Great Britain of France. Much can and will be done to place hoth military and diplomatic ieotttfrol under a. common direction. The Temps to-night says:— The Entente Powers are unanimous in recognizing that the "bulk of the enemy forces being concentrated on the Western front, it is upon this front that general decisions will he enforced. : Consequently, Paris cqiLatitu'tes the centre of coalition whence, in practice, joint direction should come. That direction, moreover, can only he regarded in the light of results affecting the whole theatre of war and can he exercised without any of the" Allies ! surrenxloring their independence ill tile carrying out of plans jointly agreed upon. _ ' The London conference was intended to create general common control, both diplomatic and Military, and any step in that direction will meet with tho • approval of the French.