Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-29
TIGER MAKES
ELOQUENT PLEA
FOR AME ERICANS
To SAVE FRANCE
Country May Disappear if
It Does Not Get the Help
1t Needs, CIemenCeau
Says in Chicago Speech
SEEKS TO EXPLAIN
MILITARlSM CHARGES
French People Seeks Only
Peace, But War Is Being
Forced Upon Then1i Is
Frequently AppIauded

Chicago, Nov. IS (by the Asso-
ciated Press) standing with ou.-
spread arms before an audience
that packed the a u d t OR u m,
Georges Clemcnceau today pleaded
with America to save France from
possible extinction.
Patiently seeking to explain
away the charges of/nilitarism and
Imperialism brought against his
country, the old Tiger declared that
France sought only peace, but that
war was being forced upon her.
"If France does not get the help
that she needs" he declared IN
emotion-laden tones. 'she may per-
haps disappear. And if France
were to disappear, believe that
some day the people would pegin
TO look around and ask II some
thing had not DISAPPEARED that had
brought life to the world"
The aged premier's audience
hung on his every word, interrupt
ing him twice TO drive nun pehillu
a. device which would carry ms
weak voice through the big mousse
He was interrupted by frequent
outbursts of applause.
Americas Text
Clemenceau took for his text the
epitaph that he read last week on
Grants tomb in New Hork~-"Let
us have peace.
"since the world has been" he
continued, "it has always peen the
feeling in every mans heart that
ba wanted peace. But General
Grant, when he uttered those lam
o,is words, knew very Wen ina
before there could be peace there
must be war. ,r
.Tt IL a great pity that war ls
SO cruel; that it brings WIN ~
bloodshed and things We haruly
dare think of now. NeVertheless'
that was really a beautiful ana N
sniring time when men gave thelr
rVes for a gseat cause; when they
vvare realty DC die for World
woriu wnIen cotee NeStf ei's ~
and most exquisite part oil hulhah
heart and thought.
"But that is done, the war y
over. Peace has arisen. 1t is now
our mission to reason with ana
convince others. We must ap~
nroach autocratic power in some
wav or other and convince that
noyer that it should get behind
our cause.
Let Opinions Speak
srrberefore. let opinions speak
lot us reason with each other, dis
cuss with each other, even curse
each other, if thai be necessary
but step by step through uhceaslls
efforts, let us strive TO achieNe
what moves the world--truth' JUS
tice, liberty and right ..,
Asserting France had cohtlhuai- !i'i
lv been called militaristic ana I'm
ncrialistic, the Tiger declared nc
had determined to give some ollle-
iaI figures to show why France
feIt that she must maintain large
sr,7,v--at least until she could op-
tain guarantees of her safety 1rolh
the United States and Great Brlt-
ain.
Frances War losses
TJa repeated first the figures ne
had previously given concerning
France's war losses in killed ana
wounded and in devastation OF her
homes, factories and mines.
Then he plunged into the SUP
loot of arms and munitions, Whlch
he declared, had been hldden away
in Germany for the next war.
eI have said, on very good au-
+bority and in this l have peen
cr;ticised-that almost every day
in Germany we find guns, machlhe
runs. guns of every description, ne
2 sserted, II have quoted two or
three authorities on that, ana
have been told that that was
lie I did not know l was lying,
bn+ ~ 1t is necessary, / will BRING
nv informants, all gentlemen, 70
baar witness, and we will then
know who is speaking the truth: |
t,r have written this down and
mill have the whole document
,,rinted, However, | want to read
a few lines to you. TINS is olliclo''
Guns Discovered
zone hundred and fifty canon I
the 1865; also 343 hoWltHers'
enough to equip two army corps,
have been discovered by the allleu
commission in Germany. Ihat is
one fact that quoted, and It was
denied. Thirteen large field suns
were unearthed January IL, ls1z,
and three thousand of the smaller
field pieces have been uncovered
and marked. -
Multiply that by fifty and you
have some idea of what has peen
found in Germany by the inter
allied commission since July, 1871.
The Germans have been getting