New-York tribune., 1922-11-24

4 speech made By Georges Gle
aaeneeaa, former Premier Of France,
70 editors of Neso Yors nc ewspapers at
q laseheon givey By "7'he New York
World" on Monday, soas released
last night, hating been spithhelol
from publication antii then at the re-
qnest Of M. Clememceau In it he
sogs that he comes to the United
States not to make any specific rec
omo,endations as to how help mag
be eatended to France, bat TO "atoak-
en- something il, yo1tr hearts" The
speech folloaos:
'of course, gentlemen, am sure
that you understand that when say
III make speech don't mean it. But
the fact is am very much embarrassed
as to what I've got to do. was toli
that was brought to q place to meet
the most distinguished editors and
publishers in America and / asked
what they wanted OF me. They said
they didn't want anything. They Just
wanted TO shake hands and say "How
Go You do?" So / thought I'd conc.
and / was going to prepare speech
and say good deal about interesting
matters, and what did l learn? That
it was private. private speech
never heard of that before'
Was Daring Journalist"
We'll, nevertheless, think that by
scrap.ng my head can find one or tw7
things you will be pleased to have me
tell you. The fact is that am not in
my place now. 1t is so far back that
as Journalist my memory is gone
Only | remember as journalist was
very eager and daring. and maybe tins,
is one of the dearest lessons l learned
in America more than fifty-seven years
ago. do not know where most of you
were at that time, but | know where
was. ] know no one is here to get in
formation.
You know better than I, suppose
| that in America, as in France, emotions
arc always contrary. If one says blacs
the other says white and all the res,
say gray. The greatest difficulty,
think, in democracy is to get tht
truth. I DO not say that the difficulties
are any less in monarchies, but, you
see, democracy serves to change the
names Of the government, of the
/ houses and of the people. But, afte!
| all, we are all very much alike. They
like the truth as long as it does not
| come out. When it comes out some
times they are very apt to be afraid
! "As the journalists say, the news
papers are written by the readers
| That is good word, and that is the
/ danger We give ourselves the pleas
ure to write something that will please
/ the readers, simply because it estah-
fishes friendship between the writer
and the reader. AS young man
! tried to write not only what | thought
! my people would like, but also my own
/ ideas.
Need More Heroes
"If you give yourself to- the propen-
sity OF writing what you think, the
readers will not like it and will find
ways to show they do not like it. 1t is
very difficult to find hero to stand
this. People think to be hero you
must be riding big horse and doing
wonders against an enemy whom no
body sees. We ought all to be heroes
We ought to do the plain, simple
duties willingly which are exacted and
demanded from us ] know that in my
country there are some DEFICIENCIES, but
| you've got great thing here that nc
| CdH ONcTLNTOW. mere are
a number of things in this democracy
that are not good, but they need a man
for the hard work and to take the
position.
"We belong TO an old race thai
has; very heavy story in the past
and II ! could complain of something
here in this country it would be be,
cause you don't always make com
promises You know you established
liberty in this country, which was not
very easy. You have very many heroes
and they established a government in
this country; it was not very easy
All What different story with US!
We have been fighting for centuries
bearing. suferings and massacres and
everything. But, of course, that re-
acts. The men do not come to the
front and say what they think, and
that reacts upon the spirit of the
reader. "What is the use of the press
If the reader does not believe tn,
writer?
THE American people have difficulties
After all, they look tor nothing but the
truth. 1t is not their fault if they are
often misied. American people are moi
only American people; they are a part
OF the set of European people. Think
OF your dear old Pilgrims, your cavali.
ers, your Huguenots! A body OF
European minds. We all come from
the same blood.
Therefore, be good to us. do moi
| know whether you mean to be good 0,
not, but l do not care, because I thinl
that the stuff at the bottom of you,
heart is just what it ought to be
therefore, | trust, whatever you de
eide, you will not judge too fast. lie
things go to see whether you are preju
diced or your right judgments ar,
founded on them.
When you find an old people lk,
the French who have suffered for tht
work of liberation of Europe, and wher
you come to think that in this last wa,
out Of 100000 mobilized we los
5,50o,000 mutilated, killed and wounded
think of the large amount of goodness
courage, power of hope, Righteousness,
and human strength in all it's best
Children returning to their own vii
lagos finding nothing, Not alone thei,
house, but the city halls and churche.
just stick with the name of tn,
| village that was. Well, if they max,
/ some mistakes in the work of repara
ton, tell them that they are mistaken
but don't give them the feeling tha
/ after being in the war we will let then
! lay.
Tells Secret
81 will tell you great secret;
There is not much difference. as Bern