The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-20
II Ills
No. IS.
Clenenceau, the Good
Old Tiger.
By Rev. Newell Dwight Hills
.(ccpyrirh;ed. 1913. by III" Twenty
first Century Press
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Today Clrmcucca;: * the idol # the
nn- i, l.ar,S aid I.ondoa. ch"S"n by
HI French Academy. r7c:a"nc"an and
och drive through streets pacicd WIZ
palauIinS crowds |" ta'' aai "Ht'.'
= n ,;.,u;,,,. ard h,:tiiitIi C"r"El"fE'
hey wrr,. welcomed ~ = place AMONG
h. Imnorta!s. whom m ~"Ttu VII ,'"'
willingly let die. t;n;:ts> 1" i~'rC"n. tt.'
r"w$ that ,'!.a:""t';" !.''" 'tr' ! .'.',.
,,s,ad Ike wtldi.r.. His ar"ccSSt"H was
. kind 81 triunphai progress al $500 $50.
vcrc packed by shouting 'Aut tisNuSH'
lie called down: Good old Tiger. S'fStEo:
:ravo." Ei;u Huuuvs like tacS" do iHt
ua,e unasac%. ;h"E are won IN" 'o0e1'>
F!ih of'enttn1S thr b. 0A>7'''
Now scrcnty-scrc:: years o. age. .,.c,,'-
-ceau has had i $;'.rrrS' ;t;id ;Hi'ii'tiuoNS
.arccr All his ~. II" !!aS lived III ,'IS
tribune % ;h.. people. II ever putt
ri campaiSn he has boon y uEhtrV' anu
,as given blows and received iHcn: fnr
rcarS he was one Of the best hateu mn
II his time. tticn \" was ahca" OF ~.
nee or twice H. followed after tAH PEG
dc. and So OF n.ceSSity had no totIo%-
nS. From thc ScsIuniHS h. HIS haQ TUE
norage OF. his own Honyict i., ;, 80 w;s
teryipr as one OF the French delegates
Icmelceau refused 70 sign the d0eu-
ncnt ccding AlS;tce and Lorraine TO ht'
many en- cb thar Of S SSH;Se nil on
he mart Of the Alsatians. Men c:un"S
se bought Us slaves IA Africa nor 500 500
Is SeIiS in Russia nor delivered AlHo
sattle into the hands Of Bismarck IN
Set hour. Clerucnceau ragged like lion
nd roared like tiger HE ran ever!
orrn OF personal risk For tttS ns
ost all prestige but never once did NJ
Inch from his position. Nnen LosS
.iEht years had come and gone. every
hing MS aSSrcl2tcs had ceded 10 IIe'
many C1cmcncc;tu saw rSsuFh*H ~
france. Few :n"a ever tooSht 3TtI.e
nd torty-cirht yCaEs la;cr enterSd tnto
he traits O: ;hs victory. From the EerS
beginning ii this war. therefore. CtcE'-
ncCau led the attack. rs pr!m" nlIntS-
ar he Joined. as !; w.re. iaS war c,in.s
md worked %ith the poiil. Ike Si,St,s
yo or three days az each Week WIZ
ioCre u: military hcaruraci'rS. anu taCcr
With Fcch. II" rod" ;he lure rum prs
q verGua. without regard 20 sngw oI
riuter or fog and r',ln u summer. Hen
he people - i'ar.S t!;u"Eh; rF"rytAiES
vas last. GicInvAc"aG ct:tn5sd INTO !'S
automobile and went wuerHE"r tA:,:r VII
| crowd and hur,HCU"d N" utituc"'
10 rrbukct :h"!l tor their i@aTS .it4Eh.
III at their di$"HanS"tC"oi. oroct;GtAcu
lis optirpis!cI.- s':2' ut"d cat ms cirthnSH
lung his helmet irto the thick o. me
:neniy and called ,n 'is mon :" follow
i'm and recover ;hs helmet again.
His Undauntcti Fcpc.
Wherever t1ct:i"uc' .,u was. th"TH Tn
f-ht was tn. hottest. Coming oack
rom the f-pat 4; Rheims this summer
rode into Paris, ana; Cl"nenceauS
,rear auto had Just arrived. Ihc olo
premier was covered With mud his itct
yas Shattered with MID. h. was weary .
moved SLOWLY. nUt IN his eE" the nrsS
llazed. The ROM saturday. Through the
;ipdness OF ArSsn.. .tl"Naudrc. | had a.!
Glyitation from E"dir. the minister 81
inc arts, 20 visit his S;Clio. Two golden
lours came and slipped away. II ever
nero was 4 greatly" sculptor. taat man
Fas Rocin- one BY one ne pointed TO
hose aro1lzcs and marbles that are call.
I'd his masterpieces, like The Thinker
md The Alderman of Calias. But last
81 ali ne turned his eyes toward his
,ust OF C1erlcnceau. \ huge mass OF
marble. rough. unpublished. with Inca
s;ents as majestic AS those or jupiter.
.ut with the iron lips o; Vulcan. and one
-puid sea that 10 r!i;.;t"r wh;t; The great
sculptor Thought >t"&; Ills political Git-
:ercnceS with Ci@E:":!c"au. mat Nodirl,
a.ho was So soon "a dc. had Stakcd all
lis hopes ;or ms beloved Franco upon
no men. F'och and ci'i-SfCc'sau. the OLD
Niger o. France.