Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-12-21
CLEMENCEAU GIVES WARNING.
BY Mcclure Moler.

mas made in this country the past
month or so, with a feeling that he
mas been pulling the wool over our
eyes. In acme parts of the United
States he was welcomed with enthus-
laSm; in others he was not so we'll re-
cived. To those who have followed
the events Of the world since the last
gun was fired in the World War, this
venerable French statesman has given
a message, one in which this there is
food for thought and that would be
well to heed. The Literary Digest Of
December 10th has this 10 say of the
maiden speech of the "Ticer" in this
country:
Looking beyond the Rhine-which
so many Germanic hosts have crossed
I-Clemenceau, frances unofficial
spokesman, sees signs of fresh trouble
Tor his country. al tell you plainly,
as | told Lloyd George before the
World War, that the Germans are pre-
pairing for war again" Later at Chi
! cago our guest maintained that Ger
many, still bent on the destruction of
France, is concealing, in violation of
her agreement with the Allies, war
materials OF every description. To
clinch his argument he gave to the
press "a certified official list" OF forty
five instances where hidden war ma
terials were discovered by Allied rep
resentatives since July 18th, 1921.
Thus we see that the situation is
rather binding" from the viewpoint
OF France. 1t is Boosted by those Ger
mans in authority that the Fatherand
will extend her boundaries to include
the lands of France, Italy, Holland
and Switzerland, if the United States
and England will keep their hands of
when the time comes for her to strike
From the London Daily Mail we
have the following:
almost every day in Germany we
find guns of every description The
Germans have been getting this large
amount of armament. Don't you think
il is for the purpose OF destroying us?
meaning the Allies that were in the
World War;
GAS you know, Germany has made
treaty with Russia. The German Of
ficers are well equipped to drill the
inexperienced Russian soldiers, and
there is an arrangement with the
Krupp manufacturers to transfer their
activities from Germany to Russia for
the making Of ornaments. All the
military organizations of Germany still
exist, every one Of them, and are we
not right in fearing aggression? ?"
These few simple quotations from
the papers of the wrold dealing with
the "Tiger's" speeches, may be con-
densed into one short sentence. That
is: Germany is not keeping the treaty,
and that she will wage war again as
soon as she has recuperated." If we
look to another source we find that
she is counting on Turkey to join her
in the next war. A statement has re-
Gently leaked out from Russia to the
effect that il the coming war should
materialize, she would furnish the
foodstuffs, thus overcoming the dan
ger OF naval blockade.
II the Germans make good their
threat Of another war, it is up to the
United States to take the germ" out
of Germany, and that germ" is lust
for world domain. Various newspa-
pers of the country have been asking
that the word "boche" be omitted when
referring to the Germans. They gave
as their reasons that the majority of
the people who used il did not know
what il meant 1t might he French
word for "swine" all right, and pei
sonallv think that it ought to b
Dropped and something that is MOI
quite as refined used in its place.
The memory Of manv a loved on
still hovers around the vacant chair in
the homes OF sorrowing ones, who lost
their all in the last war. and as the az
preaching Yuletide draws night We
should think seriously of the visit Of
M. Clemenceau to our land and grasp
the truth that he has so plainly put
before us. Now is the time to nip the
trouble in the bud, and not wait until
Germany has her plans formulated and
is "set" before we make a move What
is the use Of having a treaty if Ger
many treats il as "mere scrap Of
paper" as she did President Wilson's
messages?
German AGENTS In this country have