The Omaha morning bee., 1922-11-19
Clen1enceau
Acclaimed
by Gotham
Cheers Ring Out as Ex.Prc,
mier Of France Lands to
Revisit u. s. After
so Years.
Girls Throw Him Kisses

Now York, Nov. 1s.-(By A. P.l--
Georges clemenceau today again set
foot on American soil.
The war premier OF France who left
this country more than half century
ago as a young medical student. re.
turned In ripe old age with many
years OF stormy stntesmanship be.
hind him. TO win for his countrymen
tho sympnthy OF America.
The Tiger" came as private
citizen but TO no potentate could
have been extended more stately
welo Dme than was accorded him when
he was taken from the steamship
Paris In the harbor and landed on the
historic Battery wall.
Thousands Waiting.
The Tiger found thousands Of peo.
pie waiting for him on the tip OF
Manhattan island. There were cheers
when, he stepped ashore and then,
headed by tho police department
band, NJ. Clemenceau and the com
mitteo which welcomed him, started
up Broadway for his official recep- |
ton at the city hall.
The aged statesman was carrying a |
red rose In one hand when he began |
his motor trip up the great canyon.
Girls I'm office buildings leaned from
windows and blew kisses to him. lie ,
replied by waving the rose In court
ly manner.
Peering Through Window.
The welcoming committee on arrlv.
Ing aboard the Municipal Steamer Ma.
com found the Tiger" peerlng
through window on the promenade
deck. He was wearing a gray cuta
way with gray fedora.
Escorted TO the grand salon by the
captain of the Paris, the committee
was presented to NJ. Clemenceau by
j. ]. Jusserandt French ambassa'
dor to the United States.
Robert Woods Bliss, assistant secre'
tary Of state, welcomed the former
premier to America In behalf OF Pres
ident Harding and invited him to visit ,
the president at Washington. Clemen-
ceau accepted. expressing his delight.
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the Paris, steaming up New York bay
this morning. his face alglow with =
smiles as he watched the approach OF ,
n colorfli welcoming fleet. In ac- :
acknowledgement OF the first noisy y
greeting he doffed his picturesque hat Q
and swung II about his head. .
Then as the towering skyscraper
peaks OF Manhattan's skyline came
into view on one side, and the Statue =
OF Liberty on the other, Clemenceaus
interest increased. He was not awed, /.
hut silenced for the moment by won
der of progress. different scene was
unfolded for him when he came up ,
the bay on his last visit. more than :
half century ago. 1t was his first
view of the statue and he was amazed ;,
by the change in the skyline.
Held at Quarantine. +
The griZzled ex-premier slid into
waters shortly after mid
night and was tied up at quarantine,
along with the other passengers. to
wait the coming of the customs boat
his morning.
~iStioINSduy ulIOi w lGPoi 10
from Quarantine. was fast asleep in
his stateroom when the Paris dropped
anchor. But he was up bright and
early to get his first glimpse in more
than half n century of the New
World. in which he lived for time
Is a young man.
A squadron Of mounted police was
at the Battery to lead the party
through milling crowds In lower
broadway TO the city hall. where Act
ing Mayor Hubert and other city Of
tcials were to bid him formal welcome
and guard Of honor from Governors
Island was drawn up.
Thence his route lay up the street =
named after another famous French. +
man - Lafayette -t 10 Ninth street al
thence 10 Fifth Avenue. which was all 81
1iutter with French and American m
tlags. Is
Police reserves had been detailed
10 the avenue to handle the crowds
waiting to see the Tiger as he rode a.
90 the home OF Charles Dana Glib. -
son. In East seventy.third street,
" hese he viii reside while IN New h,
fork. 80
ciemrneeau Will make his first ef' :.
fort to interpret France 20 America !,
In an address Tuesday night at the = =
opera house, lie VIII =
30 90 Boston next Thursday. The -
other cities on his Itinerary are; Chi :
ago. Springfield. ilii ~. Louis,
Washington. baltimore. Annapolis and :
philadelphia,