The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-02-25
n. GEORGES cEEnxNcx4 a.
TIE Csaaeetscss sehssa Tsaehsv whs New
Leads the FreacA Radicals.

| cicCtOIS btyie WhS lOuuklhB III tuo 8tcoH
| room Of the opera the other night-a pleasure
In which as busy journalist and busy Dep
uty he can rarely indulge. The conversation
| fell on the subject OF the expulsion OF tho
princes. For my part" said Clifton Cl6men-
ceau. Il shall vote for their expulsion. for II
tho empire. for instance were reestablished
should BIO in Mazas prison. and. between our
selves. confess prefer to be here" Citizen
Cl6menceau spoke from experience. Whom the
future leader Of the Extreme Left came to Pa
ris to complete his medical studies. In 1861 one
Of the first things he did was to become an ar
dent politician. and to write in the Jenne France
and other journals OF the Latin Quarter in
which the younger generation braved the Sc
Worthy OF tho censorship OF tho empire. But In
1862 he went u step too far. by convoklng his
fellow students to u manifestation on the Place
de III Bastie in commemoration OF the Gath OF
February the day OF tho outbreak OF the revo-
luton OF 1913. This escapade obtained for Its
author two months Imprisonment in Mazas.
NJ. Georges Cl6menceau, Deputy OF the Eigh-
tocnth reimbursement OF Paris. has during the
past fcw years acquired u position in the
Chamber and in the country which may one
OF these days become predominant There is
talk OF tho dissolution OF the present Legis-
lativc Assembly. Ministry after Ministry rises
and falls. NJ. Jules Ferry will probably be the
next man to take In hand the government OF
the country. And then. who? However that
may DO. whether rs future Minister or as leader
OF the radical opposition. NJ Georges Cl6men-
ceau's personality Is worthy of attention and
study. Who is he? Where does he come from
What is his platform? A few facts on these
points may assist the reader in controlling and
completing the ofton extraordinary statements
OF hasty telegraphc correspondents.
The Ci6mencenus are an old Vendenn family.
the chiefs OF which have practised medicine
for six successive generations. Tho grand
father OF NJ. Georges Citmenceau was an active
partisan in the revolution Of 1889. Tho
father OF the Deputy kept up the republican
traditions of the family. but after the coup
d6tat he abandoned politics altogether and de-
voted himself to bringing up his numerous
family. and to attending to his medical practice
| at Nantes. Nevertheless. after tho Orsini affair
DR.. Cl6menccnu. Sr.. was arrested In virtue of
the new law giving the Emperor power to i'm
prison in France. Danish to Algeria. o1ile
altogether. any person hn pleased. without trial
or explanation. DIR. Ctmenccau was conveyed
between two gendarmos to Mursei!les on his
way to Algeria when telegram came revolving
the order: Tho Project OF Nantes had init
mated to the Emperor that the arrest OF the
worthy Doctor WAS producing very bad effect
at Nantes. and so ono morning Dr. Cldmenceau
was restored to his family n unceremoniously
as he had been taken away.
NJ. Georges Cl6menccau. born at Mouilcron-
en-Pared in la Vendes 2sth September. 1s41.
began his medical studies at Nantes. living all
the time in this family Of veteran Republicans
At the medical school OF Paris he became the
fayorite pupil Of The celebrated nnatomist Dr.
Robin. Apart from his scientific discoveries
and writings. Dr. Robin has acquired n celebrity
IA u public man. He Is now n republican SEN
of s sc on the prs ret s that he ly
not believe in God, and in 1876 he was furousy
combated by the Conservatives as n material
list and an enemy OF religion. NJ. Cl"menc eau
was admitted to he degree Of Doctor Of lIel-
cine in 1855 on tho strength Of II remarkable
II thesis in which ho expoundcd and fornlulat-
cd ia a body Of doctrine. tho theories which Or.
fus" volumes. NJ. Citmencenus thesis remains
UP to this day tn. best exposition OF tho theories
IL question. by origin and by education. VI.
licmcrccau was, we see. republican and n
The main characteristic OF NJ. Cldmcnceaus
logical and critical faeuties;. lilo is natural
y always in the opp2sition. Years ngo mem
oughiy predicted, that the critical Georges
would never b. able to play any but q negative
empire NJ. Cldmenceau was fatally in tho oppo-
sition. But what was to be done under such
OF itself. Meanwhile, with his souvenirs ri Ma
gas prison still fresh. NJ. ClGnencenu resolved
not rich: still means were found to enable the
young man to go to tho United States. where
me on AL ' thu vi th ns
people. and, above all the political institutions
While in America he ti"nsIa5ri John Stuart
learned to speak and write English thoroughly.
Even now. although it is fourteen years. since
csau from an American to hear h IN talk As
ior his Writing f hern is scrap from letter
there an agency for such things in our be-
vWjEh nt In2an1am1, err cnnia'? DO not know.
YOUR time tears and DOcket linen In lu IN entinl,
oyer my Lord do Broglie's sorrowf4l defeat.
linen Is not American. what is?
lessons in school at tirocnwiei Conn Conn where
American lady VIII" is now Nine. Cltmencea
In 1863 IL? returned to France with his wife.
doctor at Siontmnrrs. Of which ds strict he W Was
Mayor ut tho moment Of the outbreak OF the
that may justly be- called remarkable. VI. ClG-
mrncenu deycloped Immediately into nm admin
Paris Montmnrtrs WAS crowded with iii r SS
from the outlying suburbs tho population was
to the c
But NJ, Cl"mencenu was equal to the occnsion
AL II, h. asked was that no guardians Of the
sent On 'S eoaa.ion Sq he a be-
And throughout the Siege NJ .n c9%s sSe
was Mayor doctor. chief OF the commissarint
aaS Of s ss ns"e
the National Assembly. Feb. 3. 1871. twenty;
OF which was Louis Blanc NJ. CIemencea,
voted against the prelimin9ries OF peace. Here
erals, Lecomtc and Thomas. twill he renienl-
6ered that after the termination OF the siege OF
Paris park of artillery OF III guns remained
on the heights Of Montmurtre. pointed against
the city, Tho Assembly of Bordeaux. suspi-
cious OF the disposition of the people OF Paris
had fixed the capital of France at Versailles
To increase tha irritation OF the Parisians
newspapers. Meanwhile a so-called Central
Committee had begun to placard the
city in opposition to the committee OF
the Mayors. N. C!dmenceau had In vain in
sisted in the National Assembly on tho i'm
pOrtnnca OF giving Paris a Municipal Council,
NJ Thier. persisted ia his policy OF
cenu took tho delicate and difficult role OF con-
ciliator; but NJ. Theirs Simply broke his word
md to seize the guns Of their Mount ASentino s
Hence nee the boginning OF the Commune which
OF the insurgents. The insurrecton broke out
on March 49, On the 22d. NJ. Cldinenceau and