New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 15, 1917, Page 5

<+ £ SATURDAY, DECINMBIR 13 —RED CROSS RALLY— SPEAKER: COL. JOHNSTON PRESTON With the British Army Since the War Began 00 Voices-LIBERTY CHORUS--300 Voices No Admission Charged--No Collection--No Subscriptions A GREAT CITIZENS MASS MEETING EVERYONE WELCOME NTER CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH ———— ALED NAVAL | COUNGIL FORMED| United States Will: Act With > Prance, England and Italy ‘Washington, Dec. ‘tion of an Allied Na: announced last night: by Secretary | Daniels. The purpose of the new council, which is a direct outgrowth of the Alited Naval conference held in Paris on Nov. 29 and 30, is to “in- sure the closest tou¢h and complete co-aperstion between ‘the allied fleets.” France, England, the United States, Italy, and Japan will be represented, | England, France and Italy by their ministers of marine and their chiefs of naval staffs, and the United States and Japan by flag officers to be nom- inated by their mrespective govern- ments. As Engiland, France, and Italy | will each have two members of the council it is aspumed that the United States and Japan will be similarly repreasented. Secretary Danfels made his an- nouncement after he had received the following cablegram from Admiral Willlam S. Benson: “The c¢onfdrence held at the min- istry of marine at Paris on Thursday’ and Friday, Nov. 29 and 30, presided over by M.j Leygues, minister of marine, the following delegates being present: “For Fyance, M. Jules Cels, Sous Secretairg d'Etat de la Marine; Vice | Admira} De Bon, Chief of the general staft. | “Fory England, Bir Eric Geddes, first Yord of the admiralty; Admiral Sfr Yohn Jellicoe, first sea lord. “for the United States, Admiral /K’mson. director of ‘the Bureau of Operatio! —The forma- council was / ns; Vice Admiral Sims, com- / manding the American naval ‘forces tn Eunropean waters. “For Italy, Vice Admiral Visconti. “¥or Japan, koshi. The task of the council will be to ; watch over the genmeral conduct of the naval war and to insure co-ordin- | Cusan! Rear Admiral Funa- ation of effort at sea as well as the development of all scientific opera- fons connected with the conduct of the war. ‘“The council will make all the ne- sessary recommendations to enable the govermment to make decisions. It will keep itself informed as to the sxecution of plans decided upon. The members of the council will report to thelr respective’ governments as may e Neoeusary. “TTe. individual rosporsibility of ihe chiefs of staffs and of the com- nander in chief at sea toward their governments as regards operations, as well as the strategical and tactical disposition of the forces placed under the command, remains unchanged. It has been decided that the should consist of the ministers. of marine of the nations represented and of the chiefs of the naval staffs. “As the meeting of the Councll will of, necessity be held in Europe, the chiefs of the General Naval Staffs of the United States and Japan will be represented by flag officers nomin- ated by their respective governments, The Allied Naval Council will be pro- vided with a permanent secretary, whose business it will be to collect and collate all necessary information, ete. “The Council will meet as often as may be thought necessary under the presidency of the minister of marine of the country, in which the meeting is held. council | The various Admiralties will | mation which is necessary for the work to be carried on.” The erection of the new Alled Council is consldered the most im- and intensify the activities of tho combined fleets of the five Entente nations named with a view to the de- feat of the German forces on the high : seas and winning the war. Admiral Benson’s cablegram shows that the men whose decision resuited in the creation of the new naval coun- cil will act in an advisory capacity to the five governments concerned. It! will meet in Europe and its decisions will .be communicated to the five governments as recommendations. The individual responsibilitv. of Americar, British, French, Italian and Japanese commanders at sea will not be altered. Each will be responsi- ble to his own goyérmment, but Ihe plan is for the eouncil to make furnish the Council with the Infor-!recommendations which, when adopt- FIRST VESSEL LAUNCHED BY tons, the first vessel launched under auspices of the federal shipping boar:, FEDERAL SHIPPING BOARD GLIDES INTO THE WATER AT SEATTLE, WASH. - TONIGHT--8 P. M. ¢ ed, will be communicated to the com- manders for execution. The interpretation placed oa Ad- | mual Benson’s digpatch leads to the portant step yet taken to co-ordinate | belief that the United States will be «sked to name two members of the Aliied Naval Council. Admiral Ben- son wil] probably not be named, as it is not desired to lose his services as Chief of Naval Operations, in com- plete control over the operations of the American Navy. Admiral Sims, who is on the ground in Europe, and has been there since the United States entered the war, is considered almost certain to be named as the principal American rep- resentative. The chances are that either Admiral Fletcher, former Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Fleet, or Adrairal Mayo, both of whom have recently been to Europe on special naval mis- sions and are intimately familiar with | the inner details of the naval side of Inset is Mrs. Ernest Lister, wife of the governor of Washington, who The Seattle steel steamer of 8,899L at Seattle, Wash., where it was built. % christened the big ship, e i Il 1 i i any foreign language, the war, wil be named as the second American member of the Council. HEAVY SENTENGES FOR VIOLATORS Sent Away to Prison for Selling Liquor to Soldiers . Hartford—Mrs. Nora Potter a.nd‘ Joseph Hoffs, of 15 and 17 Atlantic street, Néw London, were found guilty by jury of conspiracy against the gov- ernment, following a deliberation of thirty-two minutes, in the United States district court yesterday after- noan, following a trial before Judge Edwin S. Thomas and twelve jurors, in which specific charges were made of a partnership that was entered into between the two to sell liquor to men in the unorm of the United States Army or Navy. The woman was sentenced) to one year and one day in the government penitentiary in Missouri, and Hoffs was sentenced to | the federal prison in Atlanta, Ga., for one year and six months. Propaganda in Schools? Bristol—In order to prevent the spread of pro-German propaganda and other unpatriotic principles in the public schools of which complaint has been made that in certain cases this has been practiced, the superintendent of schools will take the bull by the horns, and those who advocate ideas tending to embarrass the government by interfering with war measures of any kind will soon be looking for other positions. And just at this time parents are objecting to the | teaching of German in the graded schools, and if it is desired to learn | the preference l is'for French. JERUSALEM TAKENBY THE AL The Most Famous City in the World Again in Hands of Christians. A Timely Ilustraed Lecture on Jerusalem. Many . Fine and Interesting Pictures. SOUTH CHURCH---SUNDAY 4:30 P. Mi Story of the City—Its Buildings—The Varied Life—Ancient %‘qu;dem Times—The Holy Places—Turkish Rule and Ruin—Promise of the New Obliging. Waterbury—James McGowan, who Jimmie. 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