Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-19
AGED PREMIER IS
SHOT BY ASSASSIN
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| mobile was smashed by the bullets.
Long Big Figure
| Georges Clemenceau has been one
| OF the leading statesmen of France
| for decades, but it was not until the
critical stages of the great war came
and he took the reins and guided
/ the country through TO the end of
! the struggle that he became the
world-renound figure that he is to-
day.
With the lighting ended. NJ. Gle
menceau has continued at the head
of the French government during
the trying peace-making period.
Head of the French delegation in the
/ Peace Conference, he has been an
outstanding figure in the delibeTa-
tions of that body, over whose ses-
sions he presided. t.
OF an extremely vigorous and ag-
gressive personality, Premier Gle
menceau, while attracting to himself
large and warmly loyal following,
has also determined and outspoken
opponents. At every turn of ar
fairs in parliament, however, he
has been able TO wear down the
opposition to him, and just before
the opening of the Peace Conference
he and his administration We're given
a striking vote of confidence by the
Chamber of Deputies.
Tiger of France"
Premier Clemenceau. while for
merly classed as a radical. has come
10 be known in later years as a
representative rather of the more
moderate elements in the French
body polite, and it is in this phase
of his activity that he has been OPP
posed by the more extreme elements
in the French political world, who
have accused him of giving his poll
cies too much of an imperialistic
trend. He was credited at first with
being opposed to the plan for the
League of Nations in its broader
phases, expressing a preference for
a balance of power secured by
France, Great Britain, the United
States and Italy. His representatives,
however, have Joined freely in the
work of framing the covenant of the
league and, with some reservations,
expressed approval of it as it was
laid before the Peace Conference.
Despite his advanced years-he is
76 years old-N. Clemenceau has
continued to justify the sobriquet of
"the tiger" which long has been ap-
piled to him, going through the try
ing work of the Peace Conference
with its many long consultations,
que.
Reports Contradictory
First reports of the incidents of
the shooting were somewhat contra
dictory. 1t seems established, how
ever. that NJ. Clemenceau was in his
automobile. 1t had started and was
turning a corner of the Rue Frank
lin into the Rue Delessert, when a
man standing on the sidewalk
jumped toward the door of the auto
mobile and fired several times
one of the bullets penetrated the
interior of the car ana struck the
premier in the right shoulder. The
premier tried to open the door when
the first shot was fired, although the
automobile was under considerable
headway, and while he was thus en-
gagged the bullet hit him. Ills
chauffeur, Brabant, was also slight
ly wounded. Thus three of the as
sassin's bullets, it appears, took eff
feet, one upon the premier, another
upon the chauffeur, and the third
Upon Policeman Goursat, who was
one of the police agents who guard
the premier.
Walked Into House
1t was in the struggle with the
assassin after he had shot into the
automobile that the police officer
was founded. Meanwhile. the prem
Ter had stepped out of his artomo-
bile and walked into his house.
The actual arrest of the assailant
was made by Police Agent Labaugh.
He also made the first examination
of the prisoner.
Professors Laubri, Cosset and
Cuissier examined the wound in
Premier Clemenceau's shoulder and
made diagnosis. According to the
diagnosis the premier was struck in
the posterior part of the right
shoulder blade. The bullet pene-
trated without visceral lesion. The
doctors reported general and local
conditions as nerfecf