Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02

! work ito make the government end
| the war because of famine"
| ! do not wish to exaggerate the I'M
portance Of these two movements,
nor suggest that the morale OF the
army has been affected. The mag
| pificent stand of General IIumbert's
| men around Nerdun would be sufflc-
| lent answer TO such "A slandcr on the
French nation. Defeat in the field
would, ! believe, bring the peasant
malcontents back to their plows, but
1t would assist the intrigue of the
/ aged Senator Clemencoau. leader of
the political ''assassins''. as their op-
ponents call them. The dawn of vic
tory. by STRENGTHENING Joffres hands
would put Clemencoau's party to
rout, but would probably strengthen
the growing demand through the
country for peace and make 1t more
difficult to deal with the strike
bropaGanda".
War Being InngIcd.
While the striking peasants want
peace. Clemenceau and his adhcrents
are convinced that the war is being
bungled and that the present chiefs
OF the nation must be swept away and
"a new apartc" found to sweep
the Germans across the Rhine. To
this demand the supporters of Prem
ier BRAND. War Minister Gallieni
tsince resigned and Generals Juffre
and Castclnau. the military chieftains.
retort by crying "Robespierre," at
the octogenarian editor.
Clemenceau for A. years has been
leader in French politics. He was
premier from 1906 to 1909, and would
be in the cabinet today of he had not
turned down preferred portfolios He
Is president Of the army commission
of the senate. and as such has the
right to cross examine Joffre the
war minister and the premier. and no
military secret can be kept from him.
He is also editor of The Man En-
chained. as he renamed his The Free
man after its suppression. and con-
tributes to II two-column attack on
the government daily. which is more
fierccly censored by the military au-
thOrlties than any other newspaper
feature in Paris. The two authori-
ties who must bow down to Clemen-
ceau in his senatorial position take
their revenge on Editor Clemenccau.
Nearly the whole responsible press
complains bitterly that a senator in
trusted with secrets which not even
cabinet ministers share should use his
knowledge to attack the authorities
IN his newspaper. but the aged fighter
contends that the interests of France
demand peaceful revolution, that in
the national crisis considerations Of
propriety have no weight. and CON
tinues hitting from the shoulder.
Socialists In Balance.
His campaign would have no
chance of success excepting that sup
porting him is NJ. Renaudel Of the
French Socialist party since the death
of Jaures. II Renaudel could carry
his whole party with him, the strong
est in the chamber. the government
could not live. As it is Clemenceau
and Renaudel are said to believe that
the supreme power will tumble into
their lap II there is defeat In the
field or If the present deadlock con-
tinues much longer | have obtained
from one of the malcontent leaders
the following definition of their aims:
I'VE realize that under our parlia-
mentary institutions the war cannot
be carried on with the maximum of
efficiency. We demand that each
chamber choose a small committee,
that these committees unite and that
the three. five or seven men thus
chosen by their colleagues be given
full control over all aspects of the
war-military, political and eco
nomic. Only thus can the present
confusion and laundering be done
away with and the best generals and
administrators put in control
Clemenceau and Renaudel. it is
supposed. expect to be on this all
powerful committee when it is chosen,
and the open attacks which Clemen-
ceau has been making on the general
in command. as well as on the mem
bers of the government, show that he
wants to make clean sweep. No
definite charges have been formu-
lated by him against Joffrc. but his
general attitude is clear. "He finds
fault with Joffrc," said Ernest Dim
net. a clerical leader, for such Of
fenses as the failure of our attacks
at Carency and in Champagne. and
for having tolerated the presence of
the enemy on our soil during scan
dalously long period"
Obviously such "A situation has its
dangers in the event of even tenn
porary setback at the front. Govern
ment leaders. however. have one re-
source left. and their spokesmen in
the press demand that it he used if
necessary. That is to arbitrarily dis
solve the chambers and govern with
out a parliament for the duration of
the war
Government Anxiety.
Little can be said about the land
strike" except to record the fact of
its existence and the anxiety of the
government to stop the movement
Estimates of the number of peasants
appears to be strongest in the depart