Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-11-22
"Father OF Victory" Makes
Brilliant Plea For Frances
Salvation.
TRANSLATES SPEECH
Tiger of France" Says That United
States Has Retired At lost Criti-
cal Period-Spends Tine Strenu-
Ously.
nv Tnited PrcNsl

tBy United PreNS)
New York, Nov. pa letter,
threatening the lif. - Georges Glenn
enceau, was receir dav at the home
Of Charles Damn On, where tho
Tiger is staying
Don't you dai too much about
our country and Germany" the let
ter read in part.
"If you don't heed our orders, you
will hear bullets flying about your
head"
New York, Nov. 22.-America's
answer to Georges Clemenceau's plea
that she return TO the side of France
to preserve world peace was conveyed
to the Father of Victory today in
reports or the first editorial COM
ment, and other expressions Of opin-
ion on his speech at the Metropolitan
Opera House
The Tiger at 5:l5 a. m., after his
vigorous evening on the platform, and
after orders were issued that all COM
ment on his appeal be gathered and
put in shape TO 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 1000 including
many Of Americas best minds"
leaders in business, finance, politics,
and other fields. was regarded as one
o fthe frankest declarations on record,
concerning international relatios.
He warned that German monarchists
such as Ludendorff and Hinderburg
are preparing to overthrow the gov
ernment, and establish monarchy-a
prelude tc further wars.
The great war, he said, was as much
the affair Of America Is of France,
but the United States left before the
whole matter was cleared up.
France has been disappointed in the
results Of ths peace, he said. If Foch
had forseen that Germany would nay
no reparations and would fiout the
Versailles treaty, he would have
marched on to BIVlin, Clemenceau
said. adding that General Pershing
would have gone with him.
Pershing satontheplatform. Pad
erweski, former Premier Of Poland,
heard the speech from a box. The au-
dience broke into applause repeated
" during the address. The name o.
Woodrow Wilson was cheered for
about a minute One man in the gal
lery who interrupted and yelled. ives
YES" when Clemenccau asked whether
any on fear the French army was be-
ING kept up for aggressive purposes,
evoked chorus Of throw him OUT
but the Tiger talked on right through
the disturbance as if serenely uncon-
scious Of it.
The Tiger undoubtedly scored 4
great personal triumph.
"You left after the contract was
finished and YOU said execute it as
YOU NAV the old French patriot
amphatically declared Of the United
States. "Ard YOU were wrong in that
YOU left without any proposal what
ever.
when people have been mixing
their blood am not speaking OF tne
goods of the world--but ,heir own
blood on the field Of battle, they
have no right to leave. If there IS
difference, without trying TO adjust
that difference.
You broke all the organs of economic
solidarity. Now we hear that we
had better pay Hust we owe, Ger
tainlV. I do not you to believe
that we are svcr le that do not
like to paw our The question Is
really nor-eXistent.'
"If American" continued France
Father OF Victory could take upon
it in some way 10 renew conversations
with England and France, not TO
promise anything that would engage
the future that she had not intended
doing during the war. If you could
have faith and simply say let US es'
tablish a plan of what is to be done
and when we have established II, ~
should take into consideration guar
antees. The moment it IS done 10
will do much to restore things to
more normal state
Standing before the audience IN the
great horseshoe Of the opera house IS
a human embodiment Of the fears OF
Franc. Clemenceua scathinSly de-
nounced Germany as a country whose
word is worth nothing and raised the
spectre Of Germany preparing for an
other var.
'Do you know that they are manu-
featuring cannon by the hundreds,
that thew are making machinery
everywhere. And what are they pre-
1aring? tell you plainly, as | told
Ilovd George before the war, they
are preparing war again.
New York:-A surgeon dentist
DR.. Howard NJ. Potter, will try TO