ALLIES' GREAT END.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 February 1918, Page 2

ALLIES' GREAT END.

FACTORS TOR VICTORY. DELIBERATIONS OF VERSAILLES CONFERENCE. Router's Telegrams. London, Feb. 4. Renters correspondent at Paris lias gathered from an exceptionally well informed source some of the details throwing light ou various aspects of the Supreme War Council. Although the council wet to discuss the question of closer military co-ordina-tion, the result of the deliberations showed that such a body might and ought to discuss all matters relating to the war; for example, the question of munitions supply, the naval policy, and the shipping and food problems. It must not be forgotten that the council is primarily a political and not a military body. The only actual members of the council are the Premiers of France, Italy, England, and a member of the United States Government.. The council 'has at Versailles a permanent stall', which maintains the continuity of the liason and work: and it is thus able to maintain direct personal contact between (he head# of the Governments. This is really the l.asis of the idea behind the conception of the supreme War Council. There is a body of permanent, military representatives, each with t'lieir staff subordinate dlicers. These military rereprwentative* arrange and collate Information supplied by the various yefieral staff's, and the other military departments, and suggest the -broad lines 011 which this information may be utilised by the War CouncilBesides military representatives each country has political and naval representatives at Versailles. Briefly, the object of the War Council was to create unity. The policy of Inking into account economic and political .problems, besifles purely military and naval factors. was for Ihe one end, namely, the j gaining of a victory. General sal isfaction is expressed at t'he result of tl(e Versailles Conference. M. Clenienceau, Premier of France and Minister for War, who presided throughout the sittinjr, in the oonr«?> of an interview, said:—"For four days we worked and argued. Tho Inst ilnv was decisive. F.ven the most delicate points were Rettled " Petit Parisien says that Lord "Milner,. one of the British representatives on the War Council, will remain in Paris, for the- purpose of eonferrinc with M. Clemenceau. the .French Premier, concerning food supplies.