The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-25
CEE MANY
PREPARING
FOR war
Clemenceau, Speaking
For French People,
Criticises the Past
War Policies Of the
United States


New York. Nov. 81 (By the AS
sociated Press).-The militarists
in Germany already are preparing
another war. Georges C1emenceau.
war premier Of France. declared to-
night in the first address Of his
American tour.
Don't you read the newspa-
pers??" he demanded. Don't you
know what that nleans?"
The Tiger of France, speaking
fervently before a packed house at
the Metropolitan opera house, re-
viewed the situation in Europe.
pointing to a rapp-oachment of the
Turks and Soviet Russia as onninous
war clouds.
IN the meantime. he declared,
Ludendorff and other German mil
itarists were planning a coup
against the democratic government.
Describing the present as time
of greatest crisis" he urged that
the United States should renew con-
versations with France and England
which. without definitely commit
ting this country TO any set pro-
gram, would present to German
eyes a picture OF the three un-
pleasant folks who faced her in the
war.
He said sooner or later America
would have to interest herself in
the postwar affairs Of Europe, be-
cause she could not continue to be
comfortable and wealthy if Europe
was covered with blood.
He expressed hope that the Unit
ed States might establish a plan as
to what was to be done in carry
ing out the terms of the peace
treaty and join with England and
France in imposing it on Germany:
He was frank iii his criticism OF
Americas postwar attitude dec.ar-
ing America had had a large share
in imposing the peace terms and
had a duty to see that they were
enforced.
Challenging the worth Of Ger
many's zsignature-to treaty, the
Tiger declared that if France had
known in 1918 that reparations
would have been unpaid four years
later, she would have gone on to
Berlin.
The Tiger received a great burst
of applause for the assertion.
NJ. Clemenceau. who protested
that he came to America or no o.
fetal mission but as a private citi-
zen to present the truth as he saw
it, declared that. reparations was
an American idea, because Pres
dent Wilson had come forward
with his famous Ia. points and the
arn1istice represented essentially
the American point Of view. At
mention Of woodrow Wilson there
was another great burst Of ap-
plause Expressing the hope that
America could find some way of re-
newing conversations with France
and England looking toward en-
forcement of the peace treaty.
Clemenceau said:
81 don't want to speak of the
league of nations. But I might, |
might"
The Tiger said he did not be-
lieve in the league as a means Of
preventing war, but he believed in
it as a means Of arranging mat
ters. deferring war and giving
peoples time to think.
You have seen one of the great
est dramas in the world" he said
I've are now in the greatest
crisis. Nobody knows when it will
end and what effect European mis-
cry may have on American pros
perity.''
He asked what America had
made war for and what she had
gained He said America had
come to the last point where she
was granted time to think. no
sacrifice was demanded of her ex-
cept the will to assert herself as
the people she had vanquished
were unable to do anything just at
the present moment.
NJ. Clemenceau, showing little
sign of fatigue, spoke for nearly
an hour and a half.