New-York tribune., 1922-11-22


| American friends.
dane to Germany to t-y IL matters
could be arranged, and HaIdane who
was friend of Germany, WIS received
in such way that he had nothing to
do but TO come back Chance had it
that saw him little while after.
Recalls Belgium
II. Clemenceau halted a moment az
IL pondering whether he was fated all
ways to prophesy like Cassandra, un-
needed, unbelieved. He mentioned
Belgium.
"The worst of it u.s." he said, ''that
the war was begun by the invasion
of Belgium. Please do not forget
that"
If Germany could tear up her COW
enant with Belgium and the other na-
tions that had guaranteed that she
should be invioIable, what can be ex-
pected in the future from an unre-
pentapt Germany? He did not ask
that question with his lips. Merely
with lift of quizzical eyebrow.
Then, as if fearful his point was
missed, he continued:
"Tnat is not very encouraging for
make arrangements with Germany,
make answer to them:
what is worth that signature? :?
What is worth that papcr?"
He finished hi review of the war
saying simply, Owe came to the Ar
mistiee."
Colonel House, whose head had been
hidden behind Paderewski and the
women in his box, dragged his chair
forward. He wanted to hear.
Tells of U. s. Part
Here I want some of your attention,
because 1t is very important point,
and in fact, something like the founda-
tion OF my reasoning. | have heard a
great many things about The armistice.
The facts are very plain. The fact is
that the United States had very gen
eral and noble idea, au idea that before
the war vas over we should all say
what we had made the war for and
what we wanted, SO that nobody could
attempt after the war was over to ask
for more than it thought of before"
There was a ripple of laughter.
AND President Wilson came with
his commission"
AS though by some electric magic.
part of the audience, "a good part, be-
gan to applaud. They continued to
applaud until they had left no doubt in
Rthe mind Of Nj. Clemeneeau that they
were making the noise as a demonstra-
ton of approval of Woodrow Wilson.
Cicmenceau was not confused For
mer Assistant Secretary of State Fran
Polk rose from his chair and whi5-
pered behind his hand into the Tigers
ear. The Tigers expression was calm.
The applause dwindied and ceased.
$50 we all discussed and we all
agreed about the fourteen points which
have become so we'll known, and from
that time the world, the Germans.
every one knew that on such conditions
we would make peace. SO that when
the Germans said, we agree on the
Fourteen Points, we meant exactly the
Fourteen Points, we had no choice but
to accept the armistice that was pro-
posed. The whole world would arise
against US If we did not accept it,"
Turns to Paderewski
Clemencesu turned toward Colonel
House, but 1t was not that advisor of
President Wilson whose face ne sought.
He looked directly into the eyes of
Paderewski, and said:
"You don't know how, when the Pres
I ident came to Europe, when Woodrow
/ Wilson landed in Paris, how the whole
world extended their hands towards
him. He brought,them hope, the thing
that they had been expecting, waiting
/ for, praying for, for centuries. Pader-
ewski could tell YOU
! And thea Psderewski, blushing, had
/ to rise half way from his chair and
/ bow to still the applause.
Clemenceau, going on, recounted the
losses of France, spoke gratefully Of
the losses of America, and pointed out
the guarantees the United States had
got at the Washington conference last
year when England and Japan agreed
to scrap parts of their navies.
N. Clemenceau was approaching his
climax.
i Once he had been interrupted. That
was when he denied that France was
mIlitaristic or imperialistic. A man
d IN one of the upper galleries rose and
shouted:
"Yes. Yes. And what ab9ut"-
HeckIer Silenced
He never finished. There was a
roar of, Put him out.." From the
first floor it appeared that one Of the
heekler's neighbors struck him in the
! face. Clemenceau went o ntalkinp
( seemingly quite uninterested in the
disturbance up nea rthe roof There
was an excited knot of men and women
around the heckler Then two or
three blue uniforms were in the group
The heckier was seen In he ,rafbar;,,,, :,