New-York tribune., 1922-12-14
Tiger Departs,
Confident u. S.
Will Aid France
Sails for Home Amid Cries
Of ''Vive Clemenceau!"
and Presidents World
Farley Plan to Cheer Him
Wilson Wires Farewell
MY Ghost viii Return,"
He Laughingly Remarks
as Friends Say Au Rcyoir
By Boyden Sparkes

Hyige Clemenceag!r ths, echoed in the
cars Of the old man who sailed for
home yesterday aboard tie ircnch
liner Paris were not bis only excuse
FOR believing that his self-imposed mis-
sion to the United States had been
sueeessful-for believing that the
United States Is going 20 help restore
order ia stormy Europe.
There was state luncheon at Che
White House week ago to.doy a.
which the "Tiger" talked with Prcti-
dent Harding and seeretary Hughes.
There was another luncheon The other
DAY al which BE talked with Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge. chairman Of The
senate Committee On Foreign hela-
t,ous.
u was iu those conversations that
this visitor. who began 70 Learn shout
stItecTaft VIXEN Napoleon II! at on tnc
throne Of France gathered the irfor-
nation for which he left hi5 quiet
home By the sea in tho Nendec. lie
came here 10 tell America che lets
Europe too soon, left France in the
lurch.7 Therefore. when he sale, de.
parting, that he had been successful
he was not speaking Of tho cheers thai
he rad received from crowds IN New
York. Boston. Chicago, s.. Louis, Baiti-
more. Philadelphia ard Washington.
Too often has tkis Old World politician
in his cighty-one yearE Of stormy lie
seen o cheering public change over
nighs through some subtle chemistry
% q je,ring one ~ 90 home happy be
cause - anything so intangible. nc
was speaking of his knowledge Of thc
plans u The American government.
No Secret Information
There was nothing secret or coz
idential about the information OBJ
tginec by Clemenceau. u Was part
OF the Presidents message % Congress.
It was ampliaed at She White House
sgain Tuesday after the Cabinet meet
ing when it was explained there tnar
President Earding's plan Is for con
ference Of European Nations 20 Sdgusi
The tangled probleaf of German rep
arations, inter-Allic1 debts and per
haps other matterg To y. Clemcn-
ceau such q conference would mean
that America was coming back 10 Aeip
create q treaty that would correct the
dificult.e that developed when The
United qtcs failed 90 Tatify the
Treaty Of Nersailles; il would mean
that America was coming back 90
finish the job; Il would mean that the
fruit Of victory was 90 be something
more than an unexpected treaty.
This is the prize Clemencesu rs bear
ing back 10 France. Il was not given
eololy because c asked foE II, but be-
cause Of 10 ~ political enemies at
home will consider u expedienl % re-
vile him less.
There was message from Woodrow
Wilson awaiting the Tiger" eye when
he awakened yesterday morning .n hls
suite aboard the Paris. Il read;
ALLOW me 60 bid you an affection
ate farewell and TO congratulate you
rpon the admiration you have won
from our people. All good fortune a.
tend you. WOODROW WILSON"
This vas Clemeneoau's reply:
y can but be most grateful for the
kind message yo1 nave been so goou
70 send TO nc. Your feelings are mine.
All your efforts for the best. which
you did rot spare while IN this couu-
try, arc .hose Of the French people end
can be summed up in the words 'Juc-
tice and peace % all Those are
Frances principles. as we'll as those Of
America. Ny wishes for your health
md welfare, and kindest regnrds 20
Mrs. Wilson. CLEMENCEAU."
Friends Bid Hin Farewell
There we're q number Of friends who
came 70 the vessel 20 say au revoir
That's right" he exciaired 70 one
Of these. "You shall see me again. /
mean you shall see my ghost. Ny
ghost will return" Then he laughed,
Tor the "Iiger" Is a. agnostic.
Among those who came 70 shake
hsnds With the old man were the French
Ambassador. Jules Jusserandi Colonel
Edward ~. Houst Bern6rd Baruch,
I Frank /. Polk. VINO waE o. Assistant
+ Secretary Of State during the Wilson
+ Administration; the French Consul
/ General, CASTOR Liebcrt, and Mr.. and
/ Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, who shared
/ their home with the old man when D..
/ first arrived. nearly four weeks ago
VI. Clemenceau kissed Mrs. Gibson
on both cheeks. and she demanded that
he write the love letters % her that
f he had promised, and so he promised
again. in the presence Of her husband.
Included .n The cargo OF the Parit
we're case Of grapefruit, for which
/ the old man acquired taste on thi >
vigit. and twenty-five diamord-back
terrapin, which be hopes viii increase
and multiply when released in the not
I extensive swamps Of southern France.
I They were provided by Nr. Bsruch, who
/ had them caught ard shipped north
+ from his home In South Carolina.
A u 20 prove his assertion that his
/ last public mission has been accom-
4 plishtd, The old statesman broke train
I ing when he ate bacon and fried eggs
+ foI brsakisst. Since he landed he has
been exceedingly careful Of his diet,
: having q strict regard for thc diabetie
regime prescribed three weeks ago by
I Dr.. Francois Le Clercq. who sat op-
/ pOsite him at breakfss. yesterday
morning and exclaimed with horror a.
T the Tiger" finished the bacon and
/ eggs and lsoked about for other dishes
70 conquer.
As the ships lines we're cast % ard
iho tugs nosed her out into the river
crowd of admirers Of Clemenceau
cheered hin from The dock and he
waved his hand, incs / as always in
gray sllk gio-e.