El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-28

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patriotism and character and the most
difficult and successful Of his
. achievement has been his recent ser
] vice in Alsace Lorraine where ne mas
combined good sense and decision Inc
ccufusious and miSunce landings. IN
I evitable in the case Of a transition
as sharp as that from German 70
French rule. have been terminated
! preliminary mistakes have been rem
edied by subsequent inteiligent
/ 1t is true OF Clemenceau as It is
equally true Of president N Hson tnat
he is not over fond OF having lls
men in his immediate circles Nil
B lerand in Alsace and Tardieu in Amer
Z lea and latterly Jounart in the ae-
wasted REGIONS have been the
three exceptions or the resleclal-e
mediocrity Of his colleagues IN ms
I aroused not a little surprise when
was in Paris.
As for Tardieu, he IS relatively
speaking, new in the political Worlu,
although as foreign editor. OF me
Temps" he has been familiar with
international affairs Tor years NeAl
TO Clemenceau he has been the mosL
negotiations, his advice and his suE-
gestiOns have contributed much 70
the character OF the treaty itself anc
he Is IN many ways the loglcai neLr
F
Mr. Jounartl until receut-y sol-
ernor general OF Algeria and now
minister for the devastated regions is
a third possibility. he IS q man OF
Ereat ability, ngulsn,eo sel -
and viii only be power IN the next
ministry and he may head IL
Had the election been less lafoE-
able TO Clemenceau. BRAND would
have Internationally returned 70
power. While the peace conference
was stiu occupied with the terms OF
settlement with Germany a campaign
on behalf OF BRAND was launched oy
the critics Of Clemenceau ana par
ticularly by the opponents OF Inat
policy which was advocated by Tar
dieu, who was prepared &c MAKE great
concessions to president Wilson IN
order TO insure American aid
Like Lloyd George-
BRAND is much like Lloyd George
in many respects and his poltleaI
story OF a lifelong pilgrlmaEe from
left TO right. that Is from the extreme
Of radlcalism to something approach
ing that Of reaction Like Georse 2
political skill. he nevertheless lacks
the iron. OF rather polished steel OF
Clemenceau and after nolcinE Once
for a period, rsckoned long In French
parliamentary annals, he not unWill-
ingly gave away 20 ROBOT y me
spring Of 1917. Just before the Aivelle I
fiasco.
Americans viii note with interest /
the defeat Of Franklin Bouiuons who /
succeeded tot leadership OF CALI I
iaux's party, when that CHEZ lost in
flueuce, but he IS not TO be identified
with CaillauX's treason Americans I
know him because Of his visit 70 this I
country during the war
The defeat Of Paul Painieve re-
moves one Of the bravest and saddest
figures in French public life Min ]
lister OF war both in the BRAND and I
the Robot cabinets, responsible Tor I
the removal Of Nivelie. which saved 4
the French army and Tor the exile OF
Constantine Of Greece which saved ]
Greece to the allies. the greatest ma 1
thematician in France. and one Of the {
finest spirits, he lacks political arts !
and suffers from having failed. where I
only Clemenceau could succeed
wholesome Defeat.
BY contrast the defeat OF Gen Sar- I
rail IS a wholesome thing. SARAH
was a political general, who used his
J0ffre sent him TO Salonica 70 gel
rid OF him and his record there was
not attractive.
Clemenceau's victory is a real con-
tribution TO world order and STABILITY
For France it not improbahly means
The beginning Of a new political era.
Most OF the men who belong 20 the
period Immediately following the de-
Feat Of 1870 have vanished Clsnen-
ceau himself is almost the last link
with "the terrible year" New men
are now coming on, young men. who
viii be influenced not by the bitter
memories OF national dimunition and
disaster. but by the CONSCIOUSNESS OF
victory and the confidence which
I comes from the elimination OF the
I German menace
For half a century French Iegisla-
lures have lived under the memory
I OF defeat and the threat OF German
Z srression. the French chamber too
{ has been filled with men whose youth
! has been marked by the hopelessnessi
horn OF the defeat and its conse-
I ouencss- With new men and better
bound 70 be dlsclosed.-CopyriE nti
1913. Mcclure New spaper Syndicate.