Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-11
OLD TIGER
0FFRANCE
To SEE j. s.
Georges Clemenceau coming
to United States to Talk
to Americans
SOLIDARITY NEEDED
Former Premier Will Talk
Four Times in Country
About World Needs
By WEBB MILLER
(Copyright, 1922, by United Press)

! PARIS, Sept. 11.-Georges Clemen-
ceau is going to the United States to
tell Americans they should stand shoul'
der-to- shoulder with France and Eng
land to finish the task of establishing
world peace.
The old Tiger of France, who has
! been in seclusion since his retirement
from politics two years ago, made this
decision in a telegram to the United
Press. He will make fohr speeches in
America this year, according to present
plans.
Clemenceau s telegram follows:
81 consider that America magnifi-
Gently accomplished all her duties of
solidarity during the war, but in peace
which is the goal of war, the duties of
solidarity of each party are not eX-
hausted by an arrangement of condl-
tions whereby one of the parties may
stand aside. | believe that if the solid
arity had been maintained between
America, France and England then the
present crisis would have been avoided
1t cannot be solved without a resump-
tiOn of that solidarity. l am disposed
to go and express myself publicly on
this in America before the end of the
year.
CLEMENCEAN.'
Announcement of Clcmenceau s opin-
ion of the attitude of the United States
was elected by the statement of Rud
yard Kipling, famous English poet,
severely criticising America for ''entcr-
ing the war too late and quitting too
early.' Clemenceau makes plain he
does not agree with Kipling, but be
leves the United States should resume
its war partnership with Great Britain
and France for the purpose of putting
world peace on a stable foundation.
-Four Speeches Only
Clemonceau S decision to emerge from
retirement and 90 on his personal mis-
sion to America was made as a result
of recent European developments which
| made Il collapse of some nations and
possible resumption of hostilities over
the question of reparations Seem lmml-
nent. Until recently, he has reiterated
to his friends the statement that he had
abandoned world politics forever.
"America wants my opinion and | II
| give it, Clemenceau declared i'll an
interview given the Petit Parisiennc.
81 don't need documents. i don t
intend to make a triumphal journey,
but a useful journey. am going to
make four speeches, that S all. L am
not going as a member of mission and
won t accept invitations to banquets
and receptions. ! ii speak in my own
name. America wants my views and
III give them.
81 will speak with regard to the war,
demonstrating that if the allies had
remained in peace time as they were
in war time, the world would not be
poverty stricken and facing endless
difficulties. I'll speak much about
America and little about England. What
we got to say II say simply because
America is a country of simple, straight
| facts.
81 II say it in gentlemanly way be-
cause the Americans are our greatest
friends.
"Nobody is speaking for France, but
now is the time to speak, to tell Amer
leans they are wrong-that we are not
militarsts and imperialists. The French
people deserve the enthusiastic conf
dence of their friends-the people OF
America.
"Kipling is wrong, too. / like Kip
ling; he is a great writer whom th(
war struck hard, but he seems to mC
unjust, of course, / II speak about th'
treaty. 1t is necessary to say clearly
that fhe treaty deplives Germany O.
every pretext for revenge.