New-York tribune., 1922-12-10
"Tiger" Sees
World Farley
Save Europe
Tells $500 Philadelphians
Harding's Hint Of Confer
encc Gives Opportunity to
Observation-Disclosures
Touches Liberty Bell
Sits in Chair Used by Han
cock When He SignedDcc-
Iaration of independence
By Boyden Sparkes

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. o.-CeorEes
clemeneear believes European diplo-
macy has teen offered an excellent op-
portunlty 10 restore order on the Con-
llnent In what ne regards as an over
ture- for a new conference in Presi-
dent Harding's message read yesterday
10 Congress.
what diplomacy will do With it is
not my business" said the Tiger In
his speech here ip the Academy OF
Music. 81 am not the government but
I was very greatly encouraged By the
paragraphs In your Presidents message
in which ne spoke Of tho four-power
pact Of the Pacific as a pattern to be
,nnloved elsewhere. ! found them
great. important and noble words.
"The President said that the pertls
II var In the Pacific had been dimin-
ished nv the signing Of the four-powcr
,set A. the disarmament conference IN
Washington. am not surprised "
there ls not much truth 20 what ne
aid. although we as n nation had some
little things TO complain about AZ tAe
conference"
I'M. Clemeneeau's Interpretation ~
correct and President Harding has
made an overture for a new conference
therr Is excellent reason % believe
that n would be called a conference 70
consider the limitation Of land arma-
,oent. iust as one Of the primary ob-
ieets of the last Washington confer
.nee was for the consideration OK the
Limitation OF naval armament
Opposed BY BRAND and Niylani
Thror0hout the conference last viii
tsr srst Aristide BRAND. then Premier
~ France and head Of the French dele
cation AZ the conference. and later
Pane yiyiani. who became head 81 the
delecntion when BRAND returned home
foeett with all their skill % prevent
the avenda OF the conference being en-.
inrgrd 20 consider Limitation Oh laha
BrIand and Viviani both spoke again
and again Of the German plan TOT
revenge and the -ed armies OF Irottky
"A The great stumbling blocks standing
In the way OF a further demooiiiGa-
tion OF the French army. SO, in
measure, new conference sucn a.
Clemenefau hopes will result from the
Presidents sentence would BE- deallng
With what might be regarded as the
unfinished business Of the conference
which arranged a ten-ycar naval hoh.
dav and resulted in the abrogAtion o.
the treaty Of alliance between England
and Japan.
After expressing again bis fear that
the treaty OF Rapallo means that Ger
many. Turkey and Russia are plotting
against the continued peace OF the
world. and describing the situation IN
Europe resulting from the unexeeuted
conditions OF the Treaty Of Versailles,
n. Clemcnecau said:
"When you ponder on what have
been saying 20 you ! have the feeling
that somehow or other you will hnd
your way 20 Us once more. | wish u
and ! believe Il. otherwise | would not
have taken the trouble 20 come. ! only
wish that when you 20 20 France you
would 20 elsewhere than TO places OF
amusement, ny friends. ] wish you
would 20 TO sec the Freedman az work,
see our silent man who eult.vAtes the
soil, talk 20 him. he understands
what it is about He Is a very silent
man. but he understands. The French
man is spoken OF and is supposed 20 be
very talkative, but the real Frenehman,
the tiller Of the soil, measures his
words and keeps quiet Talk 10 him.
War Purpose Not Accomplished
"You may ask him what he knows Of
America. Don't believe he Is not aware
of the situation here. but there is some
tkirE he will not understand Here Is
Europe, h. says, for the FIRST time lib
Grated. the first scene OF liberation has
been given By America 70 Europe. En-
rope was threatened and America came
over. and she came and went, and what
did she come forl What did you come
for? dare any ono here TO tell re
IN good faith when the purpose Of the
war is accomplished. III IL is not ac-
eomplished. leave IL TO you 20 decide
what you have got 70 DO"
Before making that speech 10 an au-
dience Of $500 in the Academy Of Mu-
sic. presided over By United States
Senator George Wharton Pepper, ".
Clemenceau sat in what is literally an
American throne OF liberty, the chair
in which John Hancock sat when be
signed the Declaration OF independence.
More than that. he shook hands with
a Observation-Disclosures of Benia-
min Franklin. who is one OF the old
Frcnchman's heroes, snd Vas allowed
% touch the Liberty Bell.
j. was not yet dawn when the private
railway carriage IN which the "Tigcr"
has been travelling was parked beside
a busy steam shovel in West PhilGdel-
phia, but that did not disturb the old
man, who was awake az o'clock. Al
10 o'clock his car had been taken 10 the
Broad Street station and there he vas
welcomed By a delegation that inelud-
ed Senator Pepper, Governor William
{. Sproul, Governor-eleet Clifford Pin
chot. Mayor J. Hampton Moore and
many others. Outside the station s'o0i
the horses OF the lfs City Troop. with
sheepskin-eovered saddles and the
riders wearing the tight white breeches.
horsehair-covered essques and gold lace
tunics that have been parts OF their
uniforms since the Revolution.
Enormous Crowd Welcomes Him
An enormous crowd watched and ap.
plAuded the old man as be rode through
the streets behind the splendid cos
tuned horsemen. AZ Independence Hall
he was taken AZ once 10 the room where