The New York herald., 1922-03-05

rather likes US. though he marveis
at New York's high buildings and
cannot sleep on. account of the all
night noises. He cannot imagine
any one wanting:to live in New York
1t is all so amazing and gargan-
tuan. zone perpetual roar and rush
of people and vehicles: surging
masses of humanity and trans, cars.
taxis and carts without end. A hate
full place Nothing great In the
realms of ideas can ever come from
such a restless spot" He finds that
Americans are very national in their
sentiments and seem to have no taste
for fnternationalism as a form of
government. II think" he says, re.
hgion plays much larger part In
public sentiment here than in any
other Christian State" He thinks.
too. that Americans drink consider
able whisky despite prohibition. 'Tt
is obtainable anywhere by any one
who will pay for it. There is al
most minimum Of concealrnent."
Coming up the bay he asked the
steward of the steamship if he could
get whisky and soda. mo. sir: no
whisky. sir: we have just passed the
Statue of Liberty replied the stew
ard quite severely.
When Col. Repington crosses the
Channel you feel that he is or
familiar grounds and that he is meet
ing persons whom be has known and
in whose post war problems he is
sympathetically interested. He can
write with more precision and he
does. He calls on Clemenceau at the
same old bourgeois den. with the
dark inclosed court all surrounded
by other houses, "and in the dining
room where waited for a few min
utes the same dirty old woodwork on
the walls crying for coats of paint and
the ordinary almost lodging room fur
niture and the red carpet worn thread
bare and in patches at the entrance"
Repington could not see a vestige of
a failure of the intellectual powers
the eyes danced, glared and flashed
and the fun came rolling out with the
same old humor, witticisIn and pro-
found knowledge of character and
human nature"
Would he leave any words or
write anything which would make
clear some of the intricacies of those
tremendous times through which he
passed? Col Replngton asked. No
said Clemenceau. He had said moth
ing. had written nothing and he was
not going to. He did not care what
people thought or said: 1t was all one
to him. Those who had failed owed
him a grudge for succeeding. "Yes, he
could ruin many a reputation by a
word. But that would be Of no SER
vice 10 france.
His wound? Yes. the bullet was
still there, pointing to his breast
bone. 'it was quite happy there and
had found resting place." His Sis
ter Of Charity had described 1t as q
miracle that it was so. Clemenceau
replied that IF heaven had intended
to perform miracle it was better to
nave prevented his aggressor shoot
ing at him at ALT" The old Tiger
had not long before recovered from
an operation for Appendicitis and he
was asked how he felt. Quite well,"
Col. Repington reports him saying.
There are only two perfectly USE
less things in the world. One is an
appendix and the other is Poincare,"
Chancellor Wirth received Col. Rep
ington in Bismarck's old Olympus.
The Chancellor was In country
clothes, which suited him better than
a stiff frock. "He is decidedly intel
ligent and perfectly honest and sin
cere, unless all appearances belle. and
very easy to talk to-" They wan
dered through the old palace. In
Bis,narck's study the chief piece left
is his old pull down writing desk
its chief advantages were that he
could pull down the top and lock up
secret papers when he left the room"
The palace had a disused and rather