Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-27

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course of It he NJ cLBMENcEAu
has been "in the public eve" mor.
sistently than any other Freuchnsr (.
many people he has been cinder n -.
eye To others q golden apple. That nFos..s
mes French, NJ. clemenceau tnows *.
United States, or thinks hs does. Hs q.
here in the days when the countrv ~.
recovering from the Civil War and 4.
was here because he wanted littIs ~
OF his own In France. That wan !.
1855. You can see the young radical a,
24), with flaming eyes and throb IN NJ
voice, tearing about the streets Of PA.
crying ''Vive la Republiquer' The uoc,
of the city saw him, az airy rate, and thsv
decided that Georges Clemenceau wouls
be better Off in New York. where he couls
shout his head off-they sincerely wisbes
he would. He came to New York, practices
medicine, but not emo; gh to become pro.
ficient, wrote for the French paperp and
taught school. 1t is strange that he and
Wilson, whom he disllkes, should both
bs called "schoolmasters" by their oppo.
nents.
An American Wife
NJ. Clemenceau exper, snced the only
great passion of his life, according to n.
port, in New York. He fell In love with
Mary Plummer, who was a pupf Al
Miss Aiken's school for girls, In STAN.
ford, Connecticut, and married her when
she graduated. They bad several chIl
dren, but they were unhappy together.
and M. Clemenceau was already develop
Ing those dispositions of unscrupulou,
cruelty, determination and insolent care
lessness which later made him famous.
An estrangement and divorce followed.
In New York NJ. Clemenceau ono,
cried out, IT will one day be President cf
the French Republic!" and II is said Il
Paris that he is still trying to make good
his promise. President or not. M Cs.
menceau has been the dictator of F'rench
politics for so many years that he hai
forgotten all the things he has done d
that time. Kind friends have COLLECTED
the data, and report that Clemenceau
ruined sixteen separate Ministries and
forced the resignation of one President
Grevy.
In two affairs M. Clemenceau showed
the man he was. He had returned to
Paris when the Franco Prussian War
broke out. and almost Immediately after
the Commune he became national ng- :
ure. His finger was in every pie, and oree 2
he was accused of pulling out too big 4
plum for himself. Deroulede denounced 7
Clemenceau In the Chamber OF Deputies
as a traitor for his part In the Panama
Canal scandal. Clemenceau and Derouleds
engaged in duel. Deroulede was badly
frightened and Clemenceau spared his llle
He himself was cleared Of the charges
but was forced to retire. He came back
He always comes back.
The Affaire Dreyfus
The second great work OF Clemepceau
was In connection with the preyfus az
fair. On this side it is hard to imagins
what that celebrated case meant
France, and the position which ciemen-
ceau took seems only an easy and nat
uraI one. But Clemenceau and eyefyc
man who worked with him risked tnen
futures on the case, struggled agaihs'
odds and were victorious opv Z
the most heroic efforts. Os
menceau gave his work In "L'Auroie y
the accused man, ana II wa
In the same paper that zolas 'e'f'''s
'J'Accuse" appeared.
The administration Of Falneres IL on
A polite name for the administrator =
He had Fallieres anoef u
.hunb and he pressed hard. He "al.se
,nly one thing-to stay in ofiice y
,pite that desire, he treated tne Spe'.
ser of Deputies to filppancies unnsA,
n before, and he carried through
opponent and assistant OF briana' l.,
early steps OF the dissertation OF Shv
md state. He also handled the sen.
outbreak Of the wineinAAs'
n the south OF France. Finally ~
concerning the respols'D
or backing down" to Germany Sis'',., q
,eau's sarcasm overreaehed itsen anu
vas forced to retire.
Retirement is the one thing ne uos- 49,
He remains TO-DAY 'ns ~
,evers critic of the Government 80
uteiy irreconcilahle. He distruAls sYr, r'ss
md page after page of his paper wv. sae.
chained Man. 80 called instead o.
free Man" because of the censorship -
,sen blotted out. He Is an old ffieno <
I. .snarsI Serial and wants TO see MN =
he chief command. He distrls's sas s.s
,au for being a royallst, and Is cons'.s 's.s
hat Joffre wanted not TO defene 4,ssl ts'S
'acause he was afraid. 1t is singular ~
ven IN a time when. patriotism Is = =
,irhest clemenceau continues % -
erribls power for millions nAss 49, ,sst Re
gords. Ana his power is suen pe' e