The New York herald., 1922-11-24
SAYS CLEMENCEAU
breaches REVENGE
BOrah Sure Nation Welcomes
Tiger Here, but Dislikes His
policy of Force
STERLING DEFENDS HIM
Hitchcock Asserts France Is
Too Severe in Levying Rep
arations on Germany.
STERLING DEFENDS HIM
Special Dispatch 10 THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. g., Nov. %.

Special Dispatch TO THE NEw YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. g., Nov. %.
The message which former Premier
Clemenceau OF France has brought to
day in the Senate by Senators Borah
(Rep., Idaho) and Hitchcock (Dem,
Neb.) as one of vengeance and antici-
pated war.
The Senators declared that if his
policies were carried out this nation
would be called on TO join in the dis
memberment OF Germany. which would
bring economic and social chaos IN
Europe. dragging down powerful ma
tions, which would necessarily have a
most injurious effect on the United
States.
Senator Sterling (Rep, S. d. de-
Tended NJ. Clemenceau, saying that the
speech used as n text by Senator'S
BorGh and Hitchcock was wrongly in
terpreted by them.
Finds No Note Of Harmony.
Senator Borah was especially bitter
in his denunciation of Clemenceau's
speech of Tuesday night in New York.
He said:
when we analyze the speech we And
there is not a note OF harmony towards
the other Powers of Europe, not a sug-
gestion OF constructive policy. not n
single ray OF promise so far as actual
peace and the prosperity of the world
are concerned.
II utterly disbelieve in his whole the
ory. unhesitatingly reject the PROPOSE
tion that there is no means in this
world by which 10 govern men except
that OF force.
IF the great Powers Of Europe will
write a treaty under which Europe can
live. II they will do Justice to the sub
ject peoples OF Europe. IL they will
abandon the principle OF Imperialism. II
they will announce instead Of policy
OF force one OF Justice toward other
people. II they viii adopt the policy
that looks TO peace and not to war. which
looks to reconstruction and not destruc-
tion which looks to rpbuilding and not
dismemberment, and bring their pro-
gram TO the American people they will
find "A sympathetic accord here such as
they will not And anywhere else IN the
world.
1--WE will not be misled with the talk
about peace to overlook the underly-
ing principles upon which the whole
policy Of Europe Is based. 1t is pre-
ciseiy che same policy against which
the delegates at Paris had 70 contend
al the peace conference. There was car
ried 10 the peace conference an Ameri-
can policy. a policy based somewhat
upon justice and equity TO the different
nations of the world.
Every single principle that was car
ried to that conference by the American
delegates was rejected 80 far as the
treaty proper was concerned. Not a
single one OF the policies was incorpor-
ated i'm the treaty. The same prevails
now. We are invited back not 60 a new
Europe. not TO Europe looking 10 re-
construction We are invited back 10
the old Europe. with its secret treaties.
its secret diplomacy. les militarism. it's
imperialism. and It is that policy which
the American people are asked to FUR
nish their men. their means aud their
money 10 enforce.
"Mr Clemenceau could have carried a
message TO the American people which
they would have been delighted 20 hear.
but he has brought the old policy
Humble as I am and little as I
have TO say. ] venture 10 declare that
the American people viii reject IL. They
will separate the policy from the man.
and while giving the man q royal vel
come they will with magnificent unan-
unity reject the policy"
Opposed France ne Arms Meeting.
Mr. Borah also said France was the
chief stumbling block AZ the Washing
ton conference last winter. a. first he
said. his resolution providing for the
conference had eliminated France be
cause Of her well-known mllitaristic
policy" She was invited he explained
to take part at the suggestion Of other
United states officials.
Senator Hitchcock attacked the policy
Of the French Government in it's attitude
toward Germany saying tho demands for
reparation are impossible OF fulfillnient
He said II would appear that France
would prefer Germany 20 fail IN an ef-
fort 10 meet the reparation demands
than TO see her recover commercially.
Hsr,ard-yaie Game--TsEe early morning