Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-11-24
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contemplation of "the beauty Of this
that there was a romance between
France and America" that he did
mot know of two other people with
such a stretch Of imagination" that
together, they had the good fortune
to open a new era, not only in human
thought, but to open the time, the era,
when may be justice, hope, good will
and righteousness would be realized
on earth"
Not Asking for Money.
Clemenceau assured his audience he
was not about to ask them for money,
because they "have too much Of it."
He wanted something more than that,
much more valuable.
81 want yourself your heart and
SOUL" he explained. 81 want that
thing that we call in France, the thing
that can not be weighed in human
skins, a little thing, which is kind
of kin feeling of one human being to-
ward another. That may exist and
does exist between such nations as
ours. and that is what 1 want of YOU"
He hoped, he said, to cause his
hearers ito change their hearts" if
they Had been thinking i'll of France,
"as Frances heart has been changed
toward America"
He then summarized his thoughts
the thoughts he had been thinking
since he went into solitude in France.
about the war and it's aftermath.
"a great crisis, the greatest crisis in
events" of which no one could foresee
the end.
why should peace be so hard for
us to live" he asked, why can not
we find common means for preserving
peace?"
He spoke of the arrival Of American
troops on French soil during the war;
of the controversy between allied
leaders and General Pershing about
the distribution of American soldiers.
"I sometimes had quarrels with Gen.
eral Pershing, beautiful quarrels," he
related. But since then he had come
to think she (Pershing) was right and
so was l."
OF the period before the war, and
his demands for preparations against
German invasion and threats of in
vAsion, Clemenceau said:
"You may call me militaristic. You
may call me imperialistic. But 1 do
not accept the reproach."
Nevertheless he has not come to
America to abuse the Germans or
anybody" Only, when he was ask
ed by his countrymen ito make ar
rangements with Germany" he felt
forced to reply, what is this sigma
ture worth? What is their paper
WORTH" He likened Germany to a
man who draws a check without funds
in a bank.
Again he disclaimed intention Of
harboring "any hatred forever against
the Germans"
mot at ALL" he declared. "They
have been a great nation, and they
will be a great nation again. am not
opposed to that, as long as they don't
dismefnber my nation"
Coming to the armistice Clemenceau
said: Nov 1 want some of your at
tention because it is a very important
point Nand.in fact something like the
foundation Of my reasoning"
THE fact is" he launched forth,
that the United States has a very
general and noble idea that, before the
war was over, we should all say what
we had made war for and what we
wanted so that nobody could attempt
after tho war was over, TO ask for
more than it thought of before.
And President Wilson came with
his commission. SO we all discussed
and we all agreed about the IA points,
which have become so we'll known, and
from that time the world, the Ger
mans, everyone, knew that on such
conditions we would make peace.
$50 that when the. Germans said
1--WE agree on the II points; we mean
exactly the IL points, we had no choice
but to accept the armistice that was
proposed. The whole world would
have risen against us il we had not
accepted"
An American Idea.
Most remarkable of all, cit was an
American idea that brought President
Wilson to act as he did," continued the
speaker. And thence we began to
see that thing that is not being con-
sidereS in this country as far as 1
know--that the war was yours as well
IS ours. You took your share in it,"
France lost "an enormous number OF