The Washington times., 1922-11-21
|CLEMENCEAU SEES
| NEW WORLD CRISIS
AGED Statesman Tells OF Woes
of Europe in First Ad-
dress in America.
WILL PAY DEBT, HE SAYS
Puts In a Busy Day, Arising
At 5 o'clock-Pronounced
Fit by His Doctors.
| WILL PAY DEBT, HE SAYS
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which F~anee owes the United
| States. That is "A matter, he SAID
| for experts. and beyond asserting
chat France would pay her honest
debts" he did not care TO 20
nto II.
"The Tiger" put in busy Day
He was up at 5 o'clock and oreak'
tasted at 8 on onion soup, bit OF
cheese and two boiled eggs. Albert
the valet who saved his life once
during a big game hunt In Africa
and at least twice on the western
| front, found him at O'Clock IN
dustriously writing letters to France
Then came a session with the
| doctors. who made a thorough phy'
steal examination and pronounced
"The Tiger" tit for the remainder or
his speaking tour in the United
States.
DOCTOR is OLD FRIEND.
DIR. Francois Lecierque. old friend
| of Clemenceau, and recognized as an
expert on diabetes, made the exami'
nation in company with DIR. Fred
erick w. Allen, director OF a we'll
known diabetes sanitarium.
They pronounced him physically
the equal Of a man Of fifty. and as
serted that. barring automobile acci'
dents, he would live for at least
twenty eight years. The doctors also
took a sample of THE Tigers
| blood, and there was a friendly
squabble between them as to which
should analyze 1t.
During the examination the aged
Frenchman was in high spirits.
When one Of the experts entered
upon a learned discussion OF nod.
ern discoveries for prolonging life,
! Clemenceau stopped him, sayins:
! Don't talk to me OF those
things. Treat snakes and dogs II
you must. but let human beings
! die in happiness"
SPEAKS TO PUBLISHERS.
Clemenceau was introduced by
Ralph Pulitzer at the luncheon to
New York newspaper publishers at
the Ritz. He spoke for fifty eight
minutes, which was nearly twice
as long as he had intended. From
the Ritz, he went to the home OF
Charles Dana Gibson, the artist.
where he rested until 4:30 p. m,
when Thomas w. Lamont. OF the
firm Of J. p Morgan and Com
pany, called.
| The conference between the
French statesman and the finan.
cier lasted for thirty minutes, AZ
ter which Lamont escorted Gle
menceau to his home in Seven.
tieth street. where The Tiger
was the honor guest OF the Franco
IAmerica Society OF which Dr:
Nicholas Murray Butler, head of
lColumbia University, is president.
Conspicuous among the eighty
guests were representatives or
most of the well known interna-
tional banking firms, including
Judge e. II. Gary. Bernard Ba.
lruch. Robert Bacon and Thomas
Cochran.
SPEAKS OF CIVIL WAR.
| Clemenceau made no address at
this reception. but spent the
greater part of the thirty minutes
he remained there in chatting with
old friends. Among these was
Chauncey NJ. Depew, with whom
The Tiger" spoke of civil war days
In Washington Square. when ne was
| a struggling young physician.
From the Lamont reception. Clem
enceau was driven to the Gibson
home, where he retired almost I'm.
nfediately. At the door he was met
by a French woman whose 'huspanu
was killed in the war. She had with
her two littleN boys of perhaps SIN
years, whom she proudly presented
as "petits poilus.' Cleme iceau
kissed both Of them and told them
they were "fine little men,"
Tomorrow Clemenceau plans 10
rest. He has not written the speech
he Is to deliver at the Metropolitan
Opera House tomorrow night, ana
he will not write II. He intends to
speak extemporaneously. He is turn
ing over in his mind, however, just
what ne shall say to convince she
American people Of the justice OF
the cause of France.
Il know what want to say he
said. but 1t is difficult to get the
proper phrases"