ALLIED NAVY CONFERENCE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4458, 27 January 1917, Page 5

ALLIED NAVY CONFERENCE.

COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn-? (Received Jan. 26. 5.5 p.m.) PARIS. Jan. 26.

Admiral Le Caze attended an Allied Naval Conference in London, important discussions as to the most effective operations? and unity of action resulted in a complete understanding.

IMPORTANT MATTERS DISCUSSED. STRATEGY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Reuter's Telegrams.) (Received Jan. 26. 9.10 p.m.) LONDON. Jan. 26. The Admiralty reports:—During the last few days there has been an important naval conference at the Admiralty between the British. French and Italian Admiralties. The conference discussed naval policy in the Mediterranean. The British delegates were Sir Edward Carson, Admiral Jellicoe, Commodore Halsey, and Mr. Oliver. France’s delegates were Admirals Le Caze. Debon, laton, and Do Lostendi, and Italy's Admirals C’orsi, Marzolo. and Captain Divillarev. Moreover Signor Dallolio (Italian Minister for Munitions). M. De Joly (French Director of Shipping), and Signor Ancona (Italian Under-Secretary for Transport) attended. also naval civilian experts. Mr. Lloyd-Georgc indicated proposals which, in the British Government’s opinion, would tend to closer co-ordination and more effective unitv of action of the Allied forces in the Mediterranean. The results of the conference were entirely satisfactory, and the decisions were important, affecting, besides naval operations, the use of shipping, control of trade routes. and other cognate problems.