The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-06
CLEMENCEAU
NOT TO GET
GUARANTEE
Administration ClingS
to Isolation
BY MARK SULLIVAN

WASHINGTON Dec. Georges
Clemenceau is in Washington. He
makes his speech here on Friday.
This Washington speech, in his orig
inal plans, was to be his only one, GER
tainly his principal one. 1t may yet
turn out that the .'Tiger" has some
especially convincing appeal to make
ut the seat of the government he
hopes to move. The natural probabil-
ity, however, is that his Washington
speech will not stand out from those
he has made elsewhere, or from the
one he is to make at Chicago next
week before he sails back for France
on Tuesday.
With his appeal to America now
fairly well known, it is possible to
sum up the effects of it on the govern
ment here at Washington. Any such
summary would say that M. Clemen-
ceau has made a personal impression
of the best sort-one that combines
charm and rugged strength. There is
the kindliest feeling and even marked
enthusiasm for him practically every
where. Further than that, there is
a sympathetic understanding of the
plea he makes and the way he makes
it,
Policy Unchanged
When you pass from the personal
impression into the question of how
much he has affected our public opin-
ion on the subjects he discusses, it is
believed that he has made measur-
able change in the American point of
view on the charge that France is
militaristic 1t is believed he has to
some extent succeeded in justifying,
before American eyes, the size of the
army which France feels Obliged to
maintain and her determination to
keep herself secure. But when you
consider whether NJ Clemenceau's Wis
it has worked any change in the pol
icy of the present administration, or
of the present senate, toward Europe,
the answer is no"
Any recorder of facts as they are
is obliged to set it down clearly that
the policy of abstaining from internal
European affairs is a little more
strongly held by our government today
than at any previous time, Clemen
ceaus visit has not affected it.
Not to Get Guarantee.
As to the specific plea on which
Clemenceau lays emphasis, the appeal
for a guarantee to France against fu-
IuIe leTH1dH dSSIeSSlUlly lucl6 10 HOt
in sight the faintest suggestion of a
probability that America will consent
to be a party to such guarantee.
That Clemenceau and France should
wish for such a guarantee is under
stood and conceded. But that America
should give it is regarded as utterly
unlikely. This statement is made or
i the basis of contact with many shades
, of thought. not only among Republi
cans but among Democrats as well.
Action May Come.
Probably this statement of facts as
they are ought not to be said without
adding that there are men, few il
number. but strong in experience anC
judgment. who are calmly confident
that sooner or later events will force
America to, take such a hand as this
in saving Europe from further destitu
tion.
These men say that our presen
stubbornness in an "Out of Europe
policy is like our equally determined
effort 10 remain neutral during the
early days of the World war.
But speaking OF the present, it /:
clearly, necessary to say that EXPIRE
mier C1emenceau's visit has worked
not the faintest modification in Amer
cas- foreign policy.
Copyright 1922. by The New Yorl
Evening Post, Ind.