SPEECH BY LORD ROBERT CECIL.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14859, 5 September 1918, Page 6

SPEECH BY LORD ROBERT CECIL.

PLEA FOR UNITY

AN ECONOMIC ALIJANCE

CR-miter-'s Telegrams.)

London, Sept. 3

Presiding at a dinner in London on the occasion of tlio conclusion of the '.Allied Maritime Transport Council, Lord Robert Cecil strongly -.appealed for common Allied control of all Allied resources, ' ■which he declared would make the economic power of the* Allies Overwhelming. A great deal had already been dono. For example, the "ivheat executive had not only removed the danger of starvation and guaranteed fair distribution among the 'Allies, but had immensely economised shipping by securing thirl, each of the Allies got supplies of u--m iVorr. tho nearest Allied- sy;vo<\ For example, Italy '<vot .sirr.iijes f.-.-.n: Jpd';-;, \rhile Britain got hei\s irom Aiiier^-^

Alter rei'oiTlnr; to i! .mitten dealing vrit:-, is'wd, Jimmtions, J&nd raw materials, LorJ Uobert Cecil emphasised tlip n:a^nififi:it results of united -command on the battlefield. It might not 1;o possible to have an cocmomic gojioralissiiiio, but the Strength of the Allies would bo pro-digiou-sly' increased if only itho Allies could bo brought top;elhor in some similar fusion of tho v ; iio!e of their economic reKoiii;ces. Lord Soberfc Cecil concluded by s?nj;p;ostiiiw that this great econonrio alliance might be turned to uses in peace- jiftr-r the war. The French, Italian, and American delegates supported Lord Robert Cecil's appeals. ■

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