The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-07
cLEMENcEAU'S OUTRURSTS
ARE THE SUBJECT OF
SHARP DISCUSSION


The controversy over the Treaty of
Versailles and it's League of Nations
clauses has been reopened by the
sharp exchanges between Former
Premier CIemenceau and members of
the Senate. Editors generally are de-
batting the subject with particular
reference to the effect the Tigers S"
allegations may have upon future Eu-
ropean relations.
Holding that the "Tiger's tour has
already failed" the Pittsburgh Lead
er says that "Clemenceau should be
assured of one thing so firmly that he
cannot make any mistake-that
Americans have had enough of war,
and too much of participation in the
wars of militaris&c Europe" The
Washington Star for its part rather
likes the tone of the speeches saying
that things are never dull near the
veteran former French Premier. We
are being superbly entertained and it
is barely possible he may tell us some
things which will be good for us to
know. Not all the wisdom of the
world abides on this side of the At
lantic and Clemenceau has lived long
and Strenuously' 1t is the opinion OF
the Newark News that 1.-The Senate
squirms at hateful facts" and 1t as
serts that "Clemenceau is right about
tive flinched away from the com
mon effort to which We had inspired
the rest and for which we suffered
with them. That is what hurts the
Senate for the Senate had the most to
do with our desertion. The Senate
has the right to squirm. 1t hates the
facts. AS Americans who love our
country we do, too" Similar in char
acter are the views voiced by the
Knoxville Sentinel which declares
Here is a man, foreigner though
he may be, who is not to be brow
beaten and squelched by the bucolic
Borah and his Hun-loving kind. They
talk of disciplining the Frenchman.
They talk of denying him the floor of
the Senate. Let them. So much the
better. The American people will &C
cord him a wider forum and hear him
only the more cordially because a
man who is honest and brave enough
to speak the truth without fear OF
Senators before his eyes is denied a
hearing by this body which is given to
prating of the virtues of free speech
when it does not happen to wiring
their withers, no matter how demago-
gic and vicious it may be-"
1t is certain that as Clemenceau
develops his view the number of those
who will disagree with them Twill in
crease" the Rochester Times Union
says in declaring it perfectly futile
to criticize the speeches of this ven
cradle old man and to find fault with
him as a reactionary. What the ad-
ministration at Washington needs to-
do is to abandon it's attitude of timid
silence and let France know on what
terms, and in what way, we are ready |
to help her, This much she has a |
right to ask. Not mere futile criti- |
CT m, but I presentation of a cen
structive policy, this Is the answer to !
Clemenceau." 1t is mot for Clemen- |
ceau to say what we shall do" says
the st. Louis Post Dispatch, mot for |
Borah to criticize. 1t is for Mr.. Borah |
and the other irreconcilables to &C
knowledge and repair, if possible, their |
tragic blunder." An appeal to "give
Clemenceau a chance" is voiced by
the ~ Albany Knickerbocker Press.
which holds the Senatorial criticism
was premature. There are certain
aspects of French policy in these crit
cal years which hare not appealed to