Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-10
CLEMENCEAU SEES
BUT LU[L IN STORM
French Premier Feels Victory
Has Not Been Entire
ly Won.
DEFENDS AMERICAN CLAIMS
Does Not Believe Yankee Sol
diers Ever Spoke in Favor
of Huns Over France.
Icy Associated Press

that the war mas been won, 1t would.
perhaps. be more accurate 10 say there
Clemenceau, the French Trsmier. In
iss ssosin,nG cGurse 1cs Of an interview with the
saaaarely al the possiblli,irs'
militarily and had been largely dis
mier ro,I pointed out. "a chaoticHbut fruit
may be drawn by The Tcutons." There
would be danger, he thought. of -
.,reopcning Of the. military debate If
dent Wilson had voiced recently that
whenever France or any other free
would be ready to v indicate It's liberty"
In the society Of nations. said the
i'remicr. each nation must be wiling
and be willing TO employ the national
strength outside its own country, both
IN war and in peace.
LAUDS AMERICAN TROOPS
HIGHLY FOR SPIRIT
Premier C!emenceau warmly praised
the help the American troops had
given in winning the war for denioc-
racy. and expressed the disbelief that
there was man in .he American army
or occupation who regretted that he
had fought on the side of freedom"
because he hal found more creature
comforts in Germany than in France.
II lived in the United States in my
young and formative days" said Pre-
haps. therefore. ] may he induIged to
say a few words TO our allies on me
other nas side of Of the A,lan.ic la Not by
frankly, as friend TO friend
The friendship between our peo-
pies: pies: .yh!ci, has, has suhsisted for cen;
thing. The like Of i, has never existed
Tor the same length OF time netvecn
ity, cemented by our contact during
the war. must endure in closer meas
ure hereafter. To this end our minds
must meet.
INTO WAR DRAMATIC
The entrance of America into the
great war was fun of dramatic in
vide conscription V'p Without " the @'sGHht s!ight-
est disturbances. the universal self
denial TO supply us with food and all
pose and the amazing energy OF iie.-
100000 OF people of SO varying and
complex a character challenged our
lon us no one but ourselves can know.
"And the way the American soldiers
fosGhf os6,rsd Hothins hGs could haye been finer
say transfiEured. they entered upon
their task with all the determine tion,
pose of the ald-time crusad They
did work France might have died.
She would not have surrendered But
minimize the Importance of tho Amer
ican military aid. nor tho American
nor mrosf of hs no5 hS
never has been in all the worlds his
sory s,y. SO perfect a co-ordination of the
inha bitants OF the earth.
CLEMESCEAU ASKS WHAT
FUTURE HOLDS FOR WORLD
And now the war is won. The
life Liberty and e the 0r rufsns usGfrafS of hap ,pr
pineSs, AS jefferson said in the Amer
iean Declaration Of independence.
Il am told that some of these gal
IAN. american soldiers, who lived in
war.torn France. when they crossed
the Rhine and in an undevasiated land
grct tina; they fought on the side Of
freedom. and would rather have fought
on the side Of the murderinG Ger
there is no American soldier who does
rot, not recognize that France. the battle
the comforts that Germany, undevas-
,ated. was bic TO. do not and will
not believe so mcanly of single one
from the States to our aid in the great
struEgic Tor civilization against saw
agrS a1aEeav 1t Of is inc inSrsdGle s j. is the
france could not give them the com
forts that unbrolsen Germany could.
AMERICAN TOURIST HAVE;
SPOILED FRENCH TRADESMEN
Il believe there is some criticism
that there have been overcharges bv
the French for food and other things
Wen, there are things 10 be said about
mat. First. for many years the Amer
leans have been coming to ;uropc
and with abundant means and great
generosity have been snoilng our pco-
PIE They have paid Tor everything
with a bounteous hand. AS result
theE have taught our people, who were
willing pupils. that they were very
rich and very. very generous. 1t was
but human that our people should eX-
pect much from the Americans
1T is only fair TO say that in every
case where the attention Of the. French
government has been brought to n
case of eEtortion an earnest and, |
think. effective effort has been made
70 stop it, Compared with the United
states. France is Il small country and
limited in her resources. NecessariIy
she Is provident, perhaps. unplca sanity
careful, / would say. not miSerly nor
certainly Intentionally eXtortiOnate
But also YOU must know that all the
time our own French people have paid
the same prices for what they bought
That our American friends have.
throughout the war our relations
with the American army have been most
cordial and your Treasury officials will
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