Evening star., 1921-05-08
BY ANDRE TARDIEU.
Former French High Commissioner to
America.

Former French High Commissioner tt
America.
BY Gable to The Star
PARIS. May I. - Americans ant
Frenchmen sincerely interested ii
maintaining the traditional friend
ship of the two countries must be or
their guard against enterprises or
both sides of the ocean based on in
ternal politics. One such enterprise
has just been launched in the news.
paper lie Natin, under the signature
OF stephan LauZanne. who accom-
panied the Niviani mission to Amer.
ica. Let me say that my purpose ir
this article is to unmaSk the maneu.
yer and to re-estahlish the truth.
Erder the title. The American Sen,
ate Versus the Clemenceau Cabinet,
NJ Lauzanne alleges that former
Premier Clemenceau, at Fresiden
Wilson's request concealed from the
French public. through the censorship
early in 1919 all hostile manifesto
tions of American senators asalns
the league of nations negotiations II
Paris He declares notably that the
round robin" signed March 3. 1919
by thirty-nine senators. urging the
separation of the league from the
treaty was withheld from publication
LauZanne writes thus:
"This decisive document was hld
from President Wilson. from the plen-
ipotentiaries and from the parliamen-
tary committees. Everything re-
mained a secret at Paris. the censor
ship having received orders to sup
press and smother what came from
Washington"
In other words, lie Mathis editor
alleges that both countries were sys.
tematically deceived by the abuse or
governmental powers.
Round Robin Published in Paris.
The truth, which happens to coin
eide with common sense, is quite to
the contrary
The round robin was widely pub
lished by the American press and
therefore would have been difficult
to hide from Wilson" 1t was tele-
Eraphed textually to France by the
great newsgathering organization.
the Agence Havas, and was communi-
Gated to all French papers and pub
lished without the slightest censor
ship on the 4th. 5th and 9th of March,
as the files of all the papers will
show.
NJ. Lauzanne further asserts that
by it's signers to Count de Cham
brun, charge d'affaires at Washing
ton, with the request that it be for
warded to Paris. which the latter
instantly did. This is another dis
tortion of the truth. The records
transmission. ever occurred. More
over the newspaper publications suf-
feed.
The only visit paid to De Cham
brun was in December, 1918. by SEN
ator Brandegee of Connecticut. call
ing attention to two speeches. very
geAeral in character, concerning the
Senate's rights in treaty making, de-
livered by Senators Lodge and Knox
The French charge transmitted these
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1919 1t is needless to add that the
peace conference had not then be-
gun, hence this move did not have
any precise character.
may add. from documentary
sources. that from January to Octo-
Der. 1919, all the speeches made by
Senators Lodge. Knox. Borah. John
son and others were correctly re-
ported by Havas to French papers
and were published without the least
objection from the censorship.
Thus NJ. Lauzanne's statement is
contradicted by the facts and is ex-
plainable only as political maneu-
yer, rather amusing as coming from
a journalist who was one of Presi-
dent Wilson's most ardent worship
ers. Before examining this maneu.
yer I wish to mention two others OF
the same nature revealing equally
singular. conceptions OF Journalism
and to which reference already has
been guardedly made by well known
American writers.
Lauzanne's Reports From "ash-
fnEtOn.
NJ Lauzanne cabled from Washing
ton March 4 last: senator Knox in
tends to add a new clause to his reso-
luton. of which he kindly gives me
the text"
Then followed the clause saying
that if European peace again was
menaced the United States would
consult with the threatened powers
and cooperate If necessary in the
defense of civilization.
This alleged amendment simply
was the original article OF the Knox
resolution, introduced in March, 1920.
and published everywhere Ihis ef-
ror also was unpardonable
Finally, in the same dispatch M