The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-11-22
TIGER OF FRANCE IS GIVEN BIG
OVATION BY FIRST AUDIENCE OF
SOME OF AMERICAS "BEST MINDS'
ny A. L. BRADFORD.


New York. Nov 22.-AmerIca's
answer TO Georges Clemenceaus
plea that she return TO the side OF
France to preserve world peace was
conveyed TO the Father of Victory
today In reports on the first cdi
torial comment and other express
sIons OF opinion on his speech ai
the Metropolitan opera house.
The Tiger arose at 5:i5 n. m.
after his vigorous evening on the
platform and after orders were IT,
sued that all comment on his mp.
peal be gathered and put In shape
to best be studied, he set about
translatIng his own address OF last
night from English into French.
Clemenceau's speech delivered be.
fore an audience OF four thousand
including many OF Americas best
minds leaders In business. finance.
politics and other fields. was re.
gardod as one of the frankest decla.
ratlons on record concerning inter.
national relations.
lie warned the German monarch
lists such as Ludendorff and Hind.
enberg are preparing to overthrow
the government and establish a
monarchy "a prelude TO further
wars.
The great war, he said. was as
much the affair OF America as OF
France. but the United States left
before the whole matter was cleared
up.
France has been disappointed In
the results of peace, he said If
Foch had foreseen that Germany
would pay no reparations and would
flout the Versailles treaty he would
have marched on to Berlin, Clemen-
ceau said. adding that General Per
shing would have gone with him.
Pershing sat on the platform.
Paderewski. former premier of Po-
land, heard the speech from box.
The audience broke into applause
repeatedly during the address. The
name of Woodrow Wilson was cheer
ed for about minute. One man in
the gallery who interrupted and
yelled. "Yes, Yes" when Clemen-
ceau asked whether anyone feared
the French army was being kept up
for aggressive purposes, evoked a
chorus of Throw him QUIT" But
the Tiger talked on right through
the disturbance as serenely uncon.
conscious of 1t.
The Tiger undoubtedly scored a
great personal triumph.
you left after the contract was
finished and you said Execute II as
you may" the old French patriot
emphatieally declared of the United
States. "And you were wrong in
that you left without any proposal
whatever.
when the people have been mix
ing their blood am not speaking
of the goods of the world-but their
own blood on the field of battle
they have no right to leave, II
there is a difference. without try
ing to adjust that difference.
"You broke all the organs of eco
nomic solidarity Now, we hear that
we had better pay what we owe
Certainly. do not want you to be
lieve that we are such people that
do not like to pay our debts. The
question is really non-existent.'
'1f America continued Frances
Father of Victory" could take a
position that in some way to renew
conversations with England and
France, not to give a promise OF
anything that would engage the fu
ture that she had not intended do
ing during the war, if you coulc
have faith and simply say, Let us
establish a plan of what is to be
done and when we have established
it, it should take into consideration
guarantees, the moment it is done
it will do much to restore things tt
more normal state
Standing before the audience II
the great horse shoe of the oper;
house as a human embodiment 0
the fears Of France, Clemenceal
scathingly denounced Germany as ;
country whose word is worth moth
| ing, and raised the specter of Ger
many preparing for another war.
do you know that they are man
ufacturing cannon by the hundreds
that they are making machiner
everywhere. And what are the
preparing? | tell you plainly, as
told Lloyd George before the wal
they are preparing war again"
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