The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-01-14

Famine Shadows Germany.
Herbert Hoover told me some
weeks ago that in his belief. spring
would see Germany on the verge Of
famine. 1 have just received re-
port from correspondent in that
part of the Rhineland that has an
appearance of prosperity and he re-
ports that, despite the semblance of
plenty in stores and market places,
everything is being consumed with
out restriction and that there are no
reserves of food. A starving Ger
many will mean a bolshevik Ger
many. l think it will be seen before
many months have passed, that
whether we like it or not, this boil
shevist question and a hundred other
matters are inseparably tied up in
the future peace of the world. The
United States as the protagonist1 OF
a league of nations and Great Britain
as one of the great supporters of the
presidents ideal, will also have to
study these problems very closely.
Encyclopedias that exist in almost
every American home, will, I ven-
ture to say, be examined on unex-
pected places many times during the
peace conference that is to take place
in luxurious and beautiful rooms by
the rapidly rising river Sein, where
Gobelin carpets, gilded treasures of
the sixteenth century and the glo-
rious tapestries will make the dele
Azsz u. l. L, rvr,ff
cent apartments that l have ever
visited. If lovely surroundings can
influence the minds Of men, moth
ing could have been better calcu-
lated to produce an atmosphere than
the superb setting of the scene Of
this greatest of world dramas.
Well Named "The Tiger"
AS to the personnel of the assem-
bly,, naturally the place of honor
falls to NJ. Clemenceau, the most
wonderful man of II that l ever
met. He is well-named "The Tiger"
He is a tiger with kindly corner
in his eye and fine sense Of humor.
He retains the mental and physical
activity of youth and apparently has
no consciousness of fatigue. He is
a dominating personality II there
ever was one. He will be aided by
Jules Cambon, former ambassador
to Germany; by Stephen Pichon, the
foreign minister; by
M, Klotz, who is famous by his
of finance, and last but
not least, by Andre Tardieu, who
was head of the French mission to
the United States at the time that
I held a similar position there.
He is young, indefatigable, deter
mined, and he combines the logic OF
the F'renchman with the energy OF the
Little more than two years
before he went to your country. i met
him at Joffre's headquarters when he
was on the staff of the great marshal.
In those DAYS he did not know any
In order. perhaps, to prepare
for this conference. he has learned the
language. 1 met him on an average OF
about once every two weeks when L
was in the United States and every
lime he displayed a distinct advance in
his knowledge of English. until now
he speaks 1t admirably. The trench
have indeed a fine team. with some OF
the American representatives. VINO are
20 attend the conference, am intimate,
with others / have only an acqualn
lance. AS a foreigner I can speak or
hem with disinterested feelings free
from republican or democratic blas. AS
Tor the president. il is hardly necessary
70 write, for he is probably the best
known man in the world today, Mar
shall Foch, perhaps excepted.
Wilson a Force In Europe.
A month ago President Wilson was
name only to the Europeans. They
knew of him chiefly as mixture OF
, great leader and academic recluse ana
he maker of pellucid phrases. HIS real
was little understood on
his side of the Atlantic. In one month
President Wilson had suddenly become
4 potent force in the political lie OF
Great Britain. France and Italy, ana L
nave no doubt of many other countries
rs well.
We English are not easily moved TO
demonstrations but ii is beyond ques-
lion that the presidential reception In
Great Britain was of absolutely un-
cordiality. First. 1t was
tribute to the United states. secondly.
t was a soul-stirring ovation TO the
nan who has invented a plan, by which
f carried into effect, the European
are convinced, war In the
future will be made nigh Impossible.
AS the president moved through the
amazing throngs in London and Man
chester. the people chanted the words
we want Wilson" and League OF
Nations"