New-York tribune., 1922-11-29

| has said, don't care very much aboui
being martyr. IL sinply shows thai
people do not always know the ins ant
out, the weak and strong points OF
those they speak about With wha'
! General Dawes said, Whether you con
| vince US or not, we admire you,' wa'
not pleased at all.
! "Why | really came cannot say;
do not know. But can say came tt
| do something which / think has not
been done before and which cannot
! do with anybody else but the Amer
lean people. | have been here before
know you too we'll, have seen toe
much of you not to feel there were
between us ties of friendship that
could not be broken"
1 Then Clcmenceau began to reminisce
Repeats Grants Message
when | came to these United States
your great Civ War was just over
| At that time / had the honor to be
! introduced to General Grant himself
| He made no revelations to me. AS you
we'll know, he was a man of few words
but great actions. His contracted jaw
and his half-shut eyes indicated man
of strong resolution, of ability so do
great things--one of the ehiefcst OF all
the great men of that time.
/ $50 bring you message from his
tomb to-day, Let us have peace"
Mr.. Clemenceau had wandered away
from the transmitter Of the amplity-
ing device. Those in the real of the
Auditorium and in the galleries could
not hear him. The old man was re-
Frances Losses in the war when man
in one Of the seats furthest from the
stage called out, Louder, please"
Clemenceau ignored him, and Colonel
Bonsal, who is acting as manager Of
his tour, approached the speaker and
explained the situation. but with 9
wide fling of his arms the "Tiger"
frightened him back to his seat.
"If think Of the table," ne COM
planned, II can't think Of my speech"
After g few minutes he paused before
The amplifcr, and the instant lift OF
his voice from pygmy tones to those
Of a giant stirred the gathering to ap-
plause. The Tiger" looked puzzled. His
last words had been dull, but, In his
eyes, important figures. He spoke two
plauded with even more vigor.
That's not ALL" complained NJ. Cle-
menceau. II haven't got through yet"
Puzzled by AMpltneT
But he remained away from the
transmitter. Few could hear him.
Then the crowd began TO applaud furi-
ously, and with a shrug Of his shoul-
ders the Tiger stopped. General Dawes
got up, approached and tapped him on
the arm and explained the situation.
Some one in the audience called out:
"Move the table forward" General
Dawes did 30, dragging it TO the edge
Of the footlights, anu after that, except
seemed to be contented to stand in
front Of it.
1--WE had hoped end hoped, and at last
you came," resumed the speaker. "And
when it was Understood, the daJ it
was known that America was on tho
field of battle, the fate of the war was
decided"
Then, dealing with the state Of
France to-day, he asked: "What has
been the devastation? Four thousand
cities and villages destroyed, and de-
stroyed in such way that it was like
the floor of this stage. You could not
see where a tree or house had been.
Four thousand cities and villages, 600,-
600 houses, churches, schools, 10000
manufactures.
bOlt SOQ IikSiC lS ti6EcUy lA
those fgures7 Can't you realize what
our feelings were when we were prom
ised under the signatures of France,
England and America that this would
be repaid and was not?
"Save France" He Pleads
"If France does not get the help she
needs she may perhaps disappear"
he warned. Athens was a democracy
very great and very fine, but she disar-
peared, and If France was to disappear
believe some day the world would
begin to look around and ask if some
thing had not disappeared, that had
brought life to the world.
THAT is our case and / have set il
before you as plainly as I can. Some
time after am gone l carry the feel
ing that the day will come when you
and I again will clasp hands as friends"
The former Premier will remain in
Chicago tomorrow sightseeing and go
to St. Louis Thursday. stopping q.
Springfield to lay wreath on Lin
coins tomb.