Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-01-19
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 ol France. and l am proud to stand ncfe 10 propose that he should take the chair ill this great conference that IS to settle the peace of the world.
 know of none better qualified, or as well qualified to occupy this chalr than MT. Clemenceau And 1 speak from my experience in it's claim. lie and l have not always agreed. We have very often agreed. We have some times disagreed, and we have dFi ys expressed our disag"eemente very cmphatically because we are our selves.
 But although there will be delays and inevitable delays. in the signing o1 peace due to the inherent difficult tit3 of what we nave to settle, will guafahteH rom By knowledge of Mi. flemrnceau that there will be no waste of time. Anl fllat is important.
 "T,'a world is thirsting and hum SerlA@ for peace. i''ltre are mill;nn; :; Of people who wish to get back to the World-Work. of peace. And the fact that Mr. Clemenceau is in the chair will be proof that they will get there without any delays which are due to anything except the difficulties which are essential in what we have to per form. He is one of the great speakers of the world But no one knows bet ter than he that the best speaking is that which impels beneficient actions.
 1 have another reason. During the dark days we have passed through, his courage, his unfailing courtesy, his untiring energy. his inspiration, have helped the allies to triumph, and l know of no one to whom that vic- tory is more attributable than the man who sjfs fin this chair. IN his own person, more than any living man, he represents the herolsm, he represents the genius of the indomin- ate people of his land
 And for these reasons, 1 count it a privilege that 1 should be expected to second this notion
 Premier Is Grateful.
 You would not expect me to keep silent after what the two eminent statesmen who have just spoken have said. I cannot help expressing my great, my profound gratitude to the illustrious President of the United States. to the Prime Minister of Great Britain, and to Baron Sonnno, TOT the words 1 have just heard.
 Long ago, when 1 was young, as Mir. Lloyd George has recelled to you, when I was travelling in America, and in England, I always heard the French approached for an excess of courtesy which sometimes went beyond ithe truth As I listened to the American statesman and to the English states man. l wondered whether they had not caught in Paris, our national disease of courtesy. Nevertheless, gentlemen, I must say that my election is neces- sar;ly due to the old international tra- dition of courtesy to the country which has the honor to receive the peace conference ill it's capital.
 "I wish also to say that this tesu- mony of friendship, if they will allo" to me the word, on the part of Pres ident Wilson and Mir. Lloyd George, in particular, has touched me deeply, because see in it a new strength for all three of us to accomplish. with the cooperation of the entire con ference, the arduous work which IS entrusted to us. I gather from It a new confidence ill the success of our efforts.
 "President Wilson has special au- thoritv to say that this is the first time. in fact, that the world has ever seen assembled together delegation of all the civilized nations Of the earth.
 "The greater the bloody catastrophe which has devastated and ruined one of the richest parts of France, the greater and more splendid must be the reparation-not only the maternal rep aration. the vulgar reparation, il l dare so speak, which is due all or us' h,1t the higher and nobler reparatio1n of inc new institution which we VIII trv tc establish, ill order that natiohs may st length escape from ne latai er,brance of ruinous wars, whlch de- stroy everything, heap up rulns' 1ei- rorize the populace and prevent thel,l fro msoing freely about their worK for fear of enemies which may rise up from one day to the next.
 "lt is a great, splendid and hople ambition which has come to all or us If is desirable that success shoulo crown our efforts. This cannot take nlac, u,,less we have firmly ilxec anu clearly determined ideas O. what vt wish to do. e a,vs
 "I said in the chambet a few hays ago and 1 wish to repeat here, tha' success is not possible unless we me main firmly united. We have come to, nother ~ as friends; we must leave this A "That, gentlemen, is the first thought that comes to me. All els< rauusIs must be sub subordinated to the neces sitv s of closer and closer union among fhe G nations who have take npart IT this great war and to the necessity of remaining friends. For the Leagu. of of Nations is here: It is yourselgg g lIt is for you to make it live and tt make it live we must have it reall! "As I told President Wilson a fev d.vs apo there is no sacrifice that