The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-18

ceau today again set foot on Amer
ican soil.
New York, Nov. 18.-(By the As
sociated Press. s.).Georges Clemen-
ceau, tiger of France, stood on the
bridge Of the Paris, steaming up
New York bay this morning, his
face aglow with smiles as he
watched the approach of a colorful
welcoming feet. In ACKNOWLEDGE
ment of the first noisy greeting he
dOffed his picturesque hat and
swung it about his head. AS Man
hattan's skyline came into view on
one side and the Statue of Liberty
on the other, Clemenceau's inter-
est increased. A different scene
was unfolded for him when he
came up the bay on his last visit.
more than half a century ago. 1t
was his first view of the statue and
he was amazed by the change in
the skyline. !
Jusserand In Party.
Representatives of this country
and his own had gone down the bay
this morning to greet him, here on
a self-imposed mission Of winning
America for France.
The grizzled ex-premier was up
bright and early this morning to
get his first glimpse in more than
half century, of the new world,
in which he lived for a time as a
young man. The welcoming COM
mittee was up early too, among
them ]. J. Jusserand, French am
bassador to the United States; Rob-
ert Woods Bliss. assistant secre-
tary of state; Colonel E. NJ House,
and Bernard NJ. Baruch, both old
friends of the Tiger and the former
in charge OF the American tour.
Mounted Cops Escort Him.
A squadron Of mounted police
was turned out to lead the party
through milling crowds in lower
Broadway to city hall. where acting
Mayor Hubert and other city Off
cials were gathered to bid him for
NAL welcome. Thence, his route
lay up the street named after an
other famous Frenchman-LaFay-
ette-to the home of Charles Dana
Gibson on Seventy third street
where he will reside while in New
, York.
Clemenceau will make his first
effort to interpret France to Ameri.
ca in an address Tuesday night al
the Metropolitan opera house. He
will go to Boston Thursday. The
other cities on his itinerary are
Chicago. Springfield, ILL.,, ST. Louis
Washington, Baltimore. Annapolis
and Philadelphia.
The aged statesman was carry.
ing a red rose in one hand, when he
began his motor trip. Girls in Of
fce buildings leaned from windows
and blew kisses to him. The Tfgel
replied by waving the rose in 8
courtly manner.
@Younger Every Day,
! Complimented by the commit
tee when he landed on the health!
appearance he presented, M. Glenn
enceau replied lightly:
II am growing younger ever!
day. In so years l think Ill be {
baby"
Robert Condor, member of tn,
national executive committee o
the American legion welcomed th'
former premier "as a man who
more than any other, exemplifie!
the spirit in which we carried Oh
the wal"
The Tiger replied as he shool
hands:
! You're the man l like to see
It's the thoughts Of your men tina
count"
As the Tiger was making read.
for the motor trip up town he call
ed excitedly to his valet, Albert
who was going up to the dock will
the baggage, to be sure and Sc
that it was landed safely.
In his chat with Ambassador Jus
serand. during an animated dis
cussion regssding Premier Musso
lini, OF Italy, the Fascist leader
the Tiger exclaimed.
"Ah, there's government"