The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-28


Sixteen ministers has he thus upset In
his time. and vast number Of In.
6ivldual ministers have been laid low,
. politically. hy his s;nElc-handcd efforts.
Among the prime ministers whom lie
thus unseatcd were Jules Ferry De
lTreyclnrt. De Broglie. Hnuv!er nd Call
AUX. The title OF "KinG-maker" came
10 him thrty.eight years ago, when no
forced President Grtry 10 retire to
make place for Ca"Hot 1t has been
said Of him that without his support
no cabinet or president has long main
tanned supremacy
Becomes a Philosopher
During the period OF his withdrawal
from politics he studied and wrote
much. He had always been fond OF
tie ancient classics and Is said to be
able TO rccitc Homer By the hour.
In the third year Of his retirement
he made his debut anew in public. this
;;.nv as philosopher and !itterateur
lie published L book on the philosophy
CT naiurr. entitled Great Pan" a
novel o: social !!fc. and = play. The
Strongest" the scenes IF which are
laid IL The Court in ,hina.
IL October. $50. Wien he was
sixiy.iivc years old. he was called b.
President Fa!lieres 10 form a cabi-
net. He sent for tayicab and went
from house 20 house Of the men whom
he desired for his colleagues. Within
less than fnr1y.three hours after his
al poiutnent a. Prime Minister his
cabinet had held its first council and.
been presented to TIE President.
He WAS called - second time 10 the
Premiership in November. 1917. by
Pvr$Gcn; Foinclrc. the prcscr! head
of The French Republic. The spirit Of
France had bryua 20 rhb. The one
TIM flaming arcior 10" victory had al
most hta.pnlr cXlinguiSncG by the Ger
man propaganda manipulated by Boo
Tasn"' and other de:eatist agents.
Vivianl and BRAND had been com
pellrd "a acknowledge that as Prime
Ministers they could do nothing to re-
store the national morale.
The Tiger" was :hG only' one from
whom any rehear;eninS Of France
justified the confidence reposed IN him.
His first act rs Prime Minister was
to check the ins!dious propaganda
which was undermining the nation;
he brought 20 book all who in any
way were in the meshes OF this far
hung conspiracy; the most prominent
Of them. Ike Eoia Pasha, were cHe-
cutcd: Caillaux was imprisoned; 9TH
crs ilcG.
Shortly before Clcmenceau was call.
ed to til" premiership in 1911. Gail
latx, who was in Rome. said:
"Briand will fail and go: there may
be another; and then will come Glenn.
enceau. lIc will try. and will fail.
And thcn--tkcn l will come"
Fortunately Clrmenceau did not fail.
Il he had and Cnillaux had really be.
come Prime Minister OF France, Ger.
many would have dictated her own
peace terms; for. Il is said the Stage
had all been set for this: and de-
mocracy and world-lIbcration would
have gone begging again for perhaps
another century.
Is.Hailcd "Thc Dclivercr'
Next. as War Minister in his own
cabinet. Clemcnceau shaped events 80
ndroitly that Field Marshal Foch was
chosen communicating uf the AL
lied armies; the union with England
and Italy was tight"ncd and. with
Frances spirits thus reIuvenated and
tho will for VIC tory revived the French
people were now convinced that, at
last, they were being properly gov.
crnad.
1t was not altogether easy sailing
for this grand old man" of FRANCE. ,
He himself had sowrd the seed of the
trouble which as Prime Minister be.
got his way. Through his efforts In
the Chamber of Deputies the French
censorship had been removed from all
but military affairs. His newspapers,
L'Homme Lihrc r'Free Maa1. in
which he had launched many Of his
mos. scath!ng phlippics against incf.
fcicncy o. corruption, or both. in high
place. har beer suppressed. and. al.