New-York tribune., 1922-12-03

had got the better OF their agra
sAtion and they are 10 say Why they
were Sighting. What were those four.
teen points fort
"Pleadings set forth before all hu-
man Kind. We knew that the future
was 90 stake on the fields Of battle.
They (the fourteen pointsl said, az
did your Declaration Of Independence.
equal rights, pursuance Of happinees
for every man-iibcrty. That was beau
tiful FOR them % fight for in 1875. II
came from America 70 Europe again.
and you may be proud that this
treaty had at its front the fourteen
points. which were nothing but tho
translation Of he Declaration Of Inde-
pcndence."
Discovering that his audience en-.
ioycd his kindly reference 20 the four
teen points, a. Clemonceau said more
about them than he had In other
speeches. lie continued: "You cannot
help il, my friends, you are a great
people. II seems 70 mc some are very
selfish. They say We will make our
home comfortable, We will build walls,
We will not admit strangers and we
will live there and be happy. You did
not say that IN '76. and II you had
said Il IN 20 DO not know what tho
consequences would have been. say
take care. A people cannot be grand
one way and small another. A eountry
cannot be great and appeal 70 the
ideals Of mankind one day and then
the next day say, What does that
meant ] do not know that II means
nothing 10 me.
Peace Not Insured, He Says
"Thst Is the very point at stake, my
friends. and I follow It. In one OF
these fourteen points there was q line,
Damages repaired and written again.
In an address Of President Wilson to
Congress-. and tho conclusion IL such q
peace is not assured We will 20 on.
"Now. to-day, the peace has not been
insured and you did not 70 on do
not inquire why and how. That Is
your business, not mine. want to
show yor the effect OF your having left
US upon ourselves. OF course, the SYM
pathy of the American people never
made any doubt with Us, but II can
speak plainly, as ] hope you authorize
ne TO do, there is touch in this coun-
Try OF the English tendency 20 isols-
ton"
The white-mustsehed old man sur
veyed his audience quizzicallv for a
moment, and then said; There is a
tale In an Arabian book about a genius
in q bottle and when he Is out he could
not be got IN. Your case Is just the
other way. You are the genius; you
want 20 be in the bottle and do not
want 70 20 away. | call you out Of
the bottle.
"Your Monroe Doctrine has been a
very good point for you. and for q
long time think you did we'll 70 stick
70 II. | DO not say there can be no
case where you should not act accord
ing 10 II. ] do not want you 70 dismiss
IL, but ] want you to understand that
you have gone very, very fast. You
have gone faster, allow me 10 say, than
your ideas. Your feelings, of course.
have grown-they have become larger.
"Tn the war we all went 10 work and
did our best. We made mistakes.
know them and everybody knows them.
But it was such an enterprise as had
never before been in the world. SO !
may say that the fourteen points were
American to the glory Of America.
"The armistice was another mani
festation Of American spirit The
treaty Of peace also, because there was
no man who worked with s better
heart than President Wilson. 10 Is
Just that | should say so. do not in
terfere with American politics. am
happy enough to know nothing about
them. And ] am not very sure that.
after all, there is such a division as
they think between Republicans and
Democrats; but we know very we'll