The review., 1919-06-05
THE THIRD TRlUMVIRATE.

Last summer with party OF trlends
I was climbing Mt. Mitchell. 1t haC
been a wonderful summer morning
when we started but as we went On
the sky became clouded. We had
passed over the ridge and begun tc
climb the steep sides Of Mitchell, 1t
self, when the rain began to fall. One
or two of the party were for seeking
shelter but we kept on, and as we
climbed higher and higher the rain
lessened Finally we passed through
a heavy mist and found ourselves on
top of Mitchell, with the sun shining
out of clear sky. Below us lay the
clouds and mist, shutting out the light
and covering everything with dark
ness. Mitchell and a few other lofty
peaks stood alone above them, bathed
in the pure rays of the sun and look
ing up into the sky with clear vision.
And so it has been given to some
few men of all ages to tower lntellec-
tually above the crowd and look into
the future with calm, sure eyes. The
world has few such men today, VINO.
while the bulk of humanity is blinded
with greed and hate, sit in the high
places and look with direct, unpreJu-
diced eyes upon the affairs OF the
world. Pre-eminent among these stand
Clemenceau, Lloyd George and Will
son.
In 1914 France. struggling against
the Hun on the Western Front, was
dangerously threateneG by treachery
within. Never was there more cry.
ing need for strong reliable hand at
the head of the government. All
France, aroused, called for Georges
Clemenceau. At .siKsssVeezs over sew
enty-six the Tiger 4afs 4'Eance was given
the opportunity that comes to man
once in a genera tion. And how brave
lv he lived up to his name. Entering
upon his task with bitter enemies
everywhere, apparently fighting los
ing fight, he carried on the war with
the fierce energy and indOmitable splr-
it he has always shown. He cody
faced death in the trenches to bring
encoura cement to the soldiers, and as
bravelv faced a disappearing senate
to tell them of defeats that seemed
unbearable-and always he fought on
undismayed. At no time was there
a doubt of the fact that he was man
aging the affairs of France.
Finally the Hun was defeated AL
SAGE Lorraine rescued from Germany,
end Clemenceau's pledge, given in
1871, fulfilled Foch will always be
remembered as the conQuerOr of the
great German machine, and justly so.
But without Clemenceau's backing
FCch could never have triumphed. For
the final terrible years Of the war
Clemenceau was the incarnation OF a
France bitterly fighting for her life
Rarely is it given to man to so rep
resent his country in it's supreme
mood that his own personality and
character become the expression Of
nation already g1orified in the eyes of
the world. Such is Clemenceau's
achievement.
And then we come to David Lloyd
George, Premier of England. Of hum
BILE birth and origin. he resolute1y
fought his way to the highest office in
the British Empire. And his success
has in no wav made him forgetf'll OF
the masses in England. And so Lloyd
George is a refOrmer.
But he is no empty-headed, imagi-
native idealist. Convinced of the fact
that England must win the war, he
worked with almost superhuman> en-
ergv to bring it about. AS Chancellor
of Exchequer he put the war on
sound financial footing; as Minister OF
Munitions he revolutionized British
industry; and above all it is to his
credit that in spite of German propa-
ganda and the Irish disturbance that
the British 1abOrer stood squarely be-
hind Tommy Atkins.
there are groups without number
who criticize and grumble and OBJ
struct, but ,he nation, the silent, un5
organized masses whose spirit is too
large for narrow partisan politics, is
solidly behind Lloyd George. He is
man of the people, democrat in the
truest sense of the word.
&And last and greatest in the group
stands Woodrow Wilson. YCu know
his history-atll the world knows it.
How he rose from the presidency of
Princeton to the governorship of New
Jersey, and how finally he became
President of the United States.
One of our greatest services to the
Allies in entering the war on their
side was to give them a leader OF such
character and ability as our Presi-
dent It was he who gave to the
world in clear and concise terms the
aims Of the Allies-"We are fighting
- ro~ko tho world safe for demOc-
racv," and his simple but powerful
statement explained to the world bet
ter than volumes what we were fight
ing for. When Wilson stated his COM
prehensive fourteen points all the Al