Mt. Lloyd George in reply disclaimed any intention to blame
the soldiers, and made little or no attempt to justify his reading. of the history of the war in Serbia or elsewhere. Lord Kitchener had suggested an Allied- War Council in 1915, and the Allied com- manders made a similar suggestion lastJuly, to facilitate the move- ment of troops from one theatre of war to another. Mr. Lloyd. George rejected the idea of an Allied Generalissimo to command, all the armies, and also the proposal for a War Council with executive- powers. The Advisory Council sitting permanently at Versailles, would survey the whole field and secure- real Do-ordination. It would receive all its information from the General Staffs, and would, include naval representatives. The final- decision on all points would rest with the-Government,
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