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 And now we must make a peace which will correspond with the magni- tude of our victory. We must have a peace as absolute as was our success and which will guard us against all future aggressions.
 'France has right to effective measures of protection after the for midable efforts she has put forth to save civilization. The natural from tier which will protect civilization is the Rhone.
 Rhine The Common Barrier. ''It is on the Rhine we must hold that we must make it impossible for them to recommence the coup of 1914. The Rhine is the common bar rier of all the allies, precisely of all those who united to save civilization. The Rhine is the guarantee of peace for all the nations who have shed their blood in the cause of liberty. Then let us watch on the Rhine.
 "We have no idea of attacking Ger many or of recommending the war. Democracies such as ours never at- tack. They ask but to live in peace and to grow in peace, but who can that Germany-where democratic ideas are so recent and perhaps very superficial-wil not quickly recover from it's defeat?
 | England has the channel to cross. America is far away. France must always be in a position to safeguard the general interests of mankind. Those interests are at stake on the Rhine. It is there that we must pre- pare to guard against the painful sur prises of the future.
 "The armistice is signed but peace is not yet concluded. So long as the status of Europe has not been settled, let us watch; let us watch together so we lost not the fruits of our common victory Let us remain united as we were in battle."
 Clemenceau's Opinion. Paris Thursday, Jan. 16.-Premi- CT Clemencsau spoke this afternoon in the chamber of deputies on the decision to keen proceedings of the peace congress secret He had been interrelled by several Socialist dep- ! uties and had asked that discussion 1 of their questions he postponed. | when he said
 we nave UOJ vet lOuUu i form in which the communications from the peace congress will be made but in a general way the prin- ciple of publicity has met with fa- vor."
 Here he was interrupted by Depu- 1 ty Minstral who said:
 Except by you. MT. Clemen- ceau"
 [ fer 1, k~ ~1& ksnn1 11vv 1 deny that statement" the lpremier rejoinad We all should like to keep proceedings secret so that it may not be said that such and such counT try made such and such a propOsi- tion which has heen fought by such and such other governments. We are unanimous in thinking that might create bad feeling. We think that in the preliminary conversations we must at all costs. arrive at an agree
 ment so that there shall be solid 1 front at the general discussion. "If we wish to form league of nations, writing phrases is insuffi- cient There must be a prevailing spirit which will insure the life of this league of nations. We would like to finish this war by a full agreement OI tHt CyIh1cu uctioh-- l for supreme ideal of a tettar hu- manity"
 Russia Vital Question. Paris. Jan. 1.-The question of Russian continues to be one of the most important before the supreme council of the peace conference. The
 problem at present principally con- cerns how and when shall be rep resented before the onferenc. for opinion in confrence circles is that Russiai must be represented. 1 In such case however. the news-
 paper men would withdraw when the
 real business before the conference,
 was taken up.
 The separate representation given the British colonies in the peace im- pressed the French and the French
 colonial world. the Havas agency has issued note pointing out that by reason of the initerchanee abili- tv of thu delegates the Preach sov- ernment can, when necessary, call m 4 specially. qualified nlcnipote otentiaries l and that thus the different colonlM l problems will be disicuseed with III ithe necessary sa1S6uards.