LORD NORTHCLIFFE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 145998, 3 December 1917, Page 2

LOR D NORTHCLIFFE.

INTERVIEWED FOR PAPER- IN NEW YORE.

NEW YORK. Nov 20. Ford Northcliffo. interviewed by Mr. Grastv, the New York Times special correspondent in London, said: n o have it. live wire at helm, but, unfortunately, many of those associated with him are shirt fronts and rubber stamps The presence of the do-nothings arid obstructionists in the Cabinet impelled me to refuse a portfolio. Air. Lloyd George, Lord Milner, and General Smuts are real workers, and Mr. Churchill is wiping out Jus Gallipoli record by his activity in regard' to tba production of shell?. I am jn favour of the establishment of a War Council, at which tho real heads of tho armies should he present. General Haig, General Retain, General Pershing/ and General Dia» should meet weekly. Mr/ M‘Adoo (Secretary of tho Treasury 1 ). ,M. Tardiou (loader of the French Mission to U.S.A.), and I spent months working out a plan for Allied co-operation. When I return to America I will devote special attention to aircraft, for % believe that the war will be won by bombing aeroplanes blasting their way into Germany. Tho London ,correspondent of the United Press flso interviewed Lord Northcliffe, who stated that ho trusted that President Wilson’s action would cause Mr- Lloyd George to rid the Cabinet of some "wood. *