The Washington herald., 1922-11-22

~iii. vas noi tie United statss. but
sdfest Britain which was first to
break away.
BLAMES LLOYD GEORGE
e Through the, policies of : Lloyd
George, he declared. the economic
solidarity Of the allies Was firsS
broken. Germany was FIRST gwen to
understand that the full toll of In.
IDENTITIES would not be exacted. and
France was given TO understand thai
she must face her enemies alone.
- Through the various conferences,
which Lloyd George Is 10 fond OF
holding" he said. France has al
ready been deprived Of 81 per cent
of the indemnities which are due
her" go =:
- Clemenceau drew a dismal picture
o. conditions In Europe. There was
n peace treaty. he said, but no peace,
sand ut this very moment Germany is
plotting with the arch-enem. es OF
the allies. Turkey and Soviet Russia,
for the destruction Of Europe.
SAYS GERMANY AIMING.
he cited figures Y to show that
next conflict. and compared the
present situation with that which
followed Napoleon's victory over
Germany. when the Prussians came
, back and helped to defeat him at
Waterloo.
The World War. Ciemenceau said
he had foreseen for years, and told
how he had warned Lloyd George Of
its coming years before it was de-
clared.
The British statesman had been.
defeated. He had called him mill
-tarfstic and fmperialistic. = s..s'
You may say that I am militar-
istic now." exclaimed "The Tiger"
perhaps I am. II fighting for the
safety of France constitutes mill
tarism-"
The first mention of Woodrow
Wilson by the aged French states
man brought prolonged applause
from 'be audience.
CROWD AT SALUTE.
They yelled and stood at salute
n the aisle to catch the eye Of the
mar ~ rad
The little girl in the gallery. now
asleep. fell to the floor in her
fathers excitement.
Decollete gowns became more so
'ull dress shirts bulged as So
cie,v for-,t its propriety.
TA- si.5ir Of France had hit
upon NJ u ost popular chord.
He hsS won the heart and soul
OF America he craved-
after devo.ing half an hour pre-
pairing MS audience for the main
p-rsoss of his address. Clemenceau
Rule for running cut.
I'VE have been In the midst of
o great crisis. I say the greatest
-l-f- t.
can say how long this crisis is
going to last, and whether it won't
grow at some time worse than 1t
Is now. Why should peace be hard
to live up to? Why cannot we
lind common means for preserv-
Ing peace? 1 must say that this
war was brought about in the
sequence Of events. and now that
1t is over We must do something to
preserve the peace. The war
caused the world to get into a
situation in which 1t has never
before been. And now that we have
peace. we must preserve peace.
did not come here with a mission
and / am glad of IL. I came here
to seek to preserve the friendship
Of America for France, as France
extends the friendship to America.
1 will try to make you understand
what / mean. And II is for that
purpose that / have come to
America.
SEEN TWO INvASIONS.
Let me explain to you the
feelings that i find in my heart.
When, after seeing two invasions
N one lifetime. two invasions of
France, devastations of every
Kind, Is 1t strange II / do not
want to see another? You NAV
call me militaristic, you may call
me imperialistic, but I do not &C.
cept the reproach. and I return
by asking why did not Germany
show herself to be milita-istic
and imperialistic? To France
there came after 1871 a long
period of fifty years. forty-six,
something like that. during which
Germany threatened US eight
times to war, eight times. And
the only one word we got from
her at the time was sha-pened
swords. high powder. Just as a
defiance to England, she said:
Our future Is on the ocean"
England did not like II. But
the governing powers have such
responsibilities that / do not like
to blame them too easily-but
the governing power not only in
England. but in a great many
other nations that I could name.
saw the danger. but wanted TO
avoid II. OF course, 1t was yery
wise, but 1t was wise, too, 10
prepare in case the worst comes.
and the worst did come. At the
time England sent Mr.. Haldane.
who was the minister of war, TO
Germany to try II matters could
be arranged, and Haldane, who
was friend of Germany's. was
received in such way that he
had nothing to do but come back.
Chance had 1t that I saw him a
little while after. And good for.
tune had 1t, too, that I met at
the same time Lloyd George In
Carlsbad. That Is the ?rst time
i saw 1t. OF course, I was
promenading everywhere with
my prediction, I'VE are going to-
ward a great war. Germany
wants a war"
LLOYD GEORGE AGREES.
when he came to par;, -