New-York tribune., 1922-09-25
Paris Alarmed
Over u. S. Visit
OfClerrlellceau
Opposition to Trip Comes
From All Factions and
Bitter Attacks Are Pre-
dicied in the Chamber
Poincare to Disown Idea
Charges That Tiger Mis-
led Naiion as 10 Atti-
tude Of America Revived
BY Wilbur Forrest
speciul Gable to The Tribune


| Copyright, 1892, New York Tribune Inc.
| PARIS, Sept. 24..--Government cir
cles are frankly worried over utter
ances which former Premier Clemen-
ceau may make during his forthcoming
| trip to the United States, and If the
storm of parliamentary protest, which
| is brewing in advance Of the opening
Of the Chamber of Deputies develops,
the Tiger" will be thoroughly dis
| credited as Il spokesman for France
before he sets foot in New York. 1t
is even suggested that Premier Poin-
care will find some way to indicate
that Clemenceau neither represents
the French government nor any con-
siderable section of public opinion, but
only a puny political faction which has
done much in the past to injure the
prestige OF France abroad.
1t is believed here tnat Clemenceau
is going to the United States to de-
fend his peace treaty, which. accord
! ing to the bulk of parliamentary opin-
| ion here, is decidedly detrimental to
the interests Of France, since it pro-
Vldes no assurances OF the country's
security. That the Chamber will ring
with denunciations of the old "riger"
as soon as il convenes seems certain
inns Will come from every party from
nationalists to radicals.
Former Aids Now Foes
The powerful Right wing, once solid
for Clemeneeau, is now solid IN it's
opposition to him. The tencr of the
accusations to be made against him
Will center on the unsatisfactory situ
alton IN which France now finds itself
because OF his conduct Of she peace
negotiations and The iron censorship
ne exercised to keep the French public
IN the dark concerning the important
fact that the United States Senate was
against the Wilson policy of binding
| America to fight the future battles Of
Europe.
1t will be asserted that he gave a
false idea of the real position of Amer
ica to the last in the hope that an
Anglo-French alliance would result.
The Tigers" enemies threaten to
bring up his own words: without
guarantees the Treaty Of Versailles is
nothing" For forty years, they insist,
Oieihenceau mas advanced pO1c1eS that
tend to place France in a position sub
servient to Great Britain. They point
to the fact that he favored the main
tenance by the British Of great feet
after the war and then admitted them
to the same footing with France in the
question of reparations from Germany
Snub of Foch Recalled
1t is almost certain to be charged in
the Chamber that he split up the
| French troops in the Orient and placed
! them under British command. Another
story that will be dragged up against
him will be that Marshal Foch made
an unavailing protest against the Yer
sailles Treaty because it did not give
France adequate security Foch, it is
charged, was brusquely told by Glenn
enceau not to meddle. and he also
warned the newspaper men not to pub
lish Foch's words.
| All this storm will be raised, Of
course, for the purpose of warning
the people of the United States not
to accept Clemenceau as a spokesman
for France. 1t is understood that
Premier Poincare is extremely anxious
that the government at Washington
| may be made acquainted with The fact
that the visit of the Tiger" is in no
way official and that he does not renre-
sent the sentiments Of the present
| powers.