The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-15
Foch and Clelnenceau Seek
the Presidency of France

If course means also the support
of the E6vaIsts Ths extreme So.
ti1ilsts VIII also look favorably upon
l.lrl in order to antagoniZe Clemen-
teau whose policy 80 premier has
consistently been against everything
that smackei OF the peoples party
Between these two extreme and
very Interesting candidates comes
Paul DeSchdreL n 1912 Deschanel
came very near beating Poincare,
md this time il is considered he Is
ono OF the most favored candidates
- speaker Of the cha amber Of dep
Uties Tor several years he has gain
ed distinction for his ability to con
~lliate the somewhat hot-tempered
8 ;s9iTiRs ard for his wnahaT able
courtesy He has NJ particular pol
~. Democracy liberty. prospect
~ for the people. progress for the
country. and any such giiuerinc
S2nedalities are apparently his po-
HHcal creed
DFSCHANEL VERY POLISHED
He is a very polished gentleman
ara literary man and last but not
least he is = very popular social
leader He is supposed to he the
best dressed political man in France
1nd ;he only man who can enter
tam with tho exquisite charm OF
traditional THance His house is
INC meeting place OF celebrities
Madame Descharel belongs to the
Moderate or Center party. the aris-
tocracv IS with him. AS a member
Of the French Academy, the leading
lights in the French literary and
scientific world crowd around him
because OF his position as speaker.
He can order the most delicate din
nor and supply his guests with the
oldest M most delicious wines.
HIS wife who is tall and hand
some, can be relied upon to be
gowned always In the latest style and
to give tone TO the fashion OF the
rext season,
Many Friends, No Enemies.
Broadly speaking. Deschanel has
the greatest chance OF gaining pop
ular vote because he has friends
everywhere and practically on enc
mics BRAND is sure to line UP
the popular vote
Also the military PARTY will be
against tho present premier on sc-
count of his attture towards Foch
a. the time Of the armistice. Foch let
u he understood that il was his plan
to march on and to dictate a CON
qu~ror'7 reace on German soil He
want Germany TO give up to
France he Rhenan provinces and to
give in 10 such terms as would have
prostrated the whole country forever.
Forced Premicr's Hand.
Seeing that his wishes were alto
gether urheeded by Clemenceau. he
gave out his plans to the newspapers
5nd thus forced the premier to de-
clare his policy
Clemenceau enioined him to keen
silent and 10 conf1ne himself TO the
execution OF the orders which the
government would give him From
nat cate Foch and all his party have
become the sworn enemies Of Glenn
enceau the dictator"
Clerenceau's desire to be elected
Is such that he has announced 10 his
political friends his decision to ac-
cent the presidency and to hold II
only for a few months. In this way
the premier hopes 70 conciliate his
enemies who might be willing to let
him achieve his ambition II 1t is only
for a short while
Foch's Chief Handicap.
The main factor against Foch Ia
the old fear OF coup d'etat" that
might re-establish the monarchial
regime or bring about a military die
tatorship.
The present feeling In high guar
tiers y that the next general election
vii - Against thu popular pAfty
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