The Washington herald., 1920-03-15

rejection of the moon, said TO him.
SELF: oh, this is very serious in
deed. The moon has fallen into the
well. and IL is my duty to try to
take 1t out" Then he dropped his
bucket and pulled as hard as he
could-so hard that he fell on his
back-and on looking up saw the
moon in the sky. He then said to
himself: We'll, that is good work -
That was typical of the small sto-
ries which President Wilson would
| give between two great discussions,
On another occasion. during an
interval in the proceedings, Mr..
Lloyd George asked NJ. CIemen-
ceau his opinion of the great or
ators OF the rFench Tribune. and
NJ. Clemenceau gave a very vivid
picture of his friends who had
| spoken in the French assemblies
during the last forty or fifty years.
He placed NJ. Viviani in the fore
front as the greatest living French
| man. and considered that among
the orators he had heard. NJ. Gam
| BETA and NJ. Jaures were first by
q long distance. Though he had
Quarreled very much with both, he
did not mind expressing his warm
admiration OF their great powers
in that line.
Glove Mystery Exposed.
People had wondered why NJ. Gle
menceau attended the gathering of
great men always wearing gray
gloves and never took them on.
This gave rise to much speculation,
but a simple explanation was event
| ually forthcoming. NJ. Clemenceau
told him that his skin was constant
ly getting drier, so he kept ii oiled,
or something of that sort He there
fore put on gloves, because he could
not shake hands with people or
write with hands in that condition.
That was the key to the glove mys-
terry. NJ. Clemenceau was some-
times angry with some one or other,
but when he understood the point
of view upon which the difference
arose he admitted there was some-
thing good In 1t.
On his last appearance NJ. Gle
menceau delivered a long speech to
rev delegates representing the
Jugo-Slavs, in which he persuaded
them, however difficult it might be,
10 accept the settlement. All
present were deeply moved on that
occasion. Before everything else,
the French statesman was a man
of great courage.
Good VIII Prevailed.
He saw it in a small way when
Nd. Clemenceau, in crossing to Eng
land In destroyer last December,
proke rib. When he reached Lon
don he was asked IL he would not
piled: That Is no good; 1 have been
doctor myself" 1t was only on
his return to Paris that he had to
get advice, and then 1t was discoy-
cred that a rib had been broken.
AS a consequence NJ. Clemenceau
had to remain indoors for some
days, and 1t was during that period
that he I'M. MantouX) witnessed one
OF the most striking scenes that
had taken place during the last
rev months. There came to the
house of this French citizen the
Austrian plenipotentiary, a pathetic
figure. begging for bread in the
name of the country that was so
great and important before the war,
1t was an occasion that he would
always remember
What had struck him in his no.
tsition as interpreter at the Peace
Council was the good will and nm.
derstanding that prevailed--the de-
sire to understand and appreciate
each others point of view. This
had been one Of the great lessons
of the last few years, and IL 1t was
supreme task for an interpreter,
II was a glorious one. and he should
be glad to continue 1t.
tPublie Ledger eerviee.)