The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-25
AMERICA
LET FRANCE
In The LURCH

OF the @TOllcy TOlCou
Upon Country b y
Lodge Faction i n
Senate
New York, Nov. % GBy the As
soeiated Press)-Georges Clemen-
Eceau today laid at the door of the
United States blame for all the un-
rest in which Europe now seethes.
Speaking before his second new
York audience-an audience OF
business men-at the chamber OF
commerce of the state Of New
York, the aged French war pre-
mier declared that A1nreica had
left France ..in the lurch" after
the war.
st was aagreat mistake to leave
without any proposal for an adjust
ment Of matters he declared. ut
was the greatest mistake and the
source of all the evil that is taking
place now.
People ask me. What do YOU
want us to do?'- he continued. Il
answer: I don't know what I want
you to do. I want you to interfere
in Europe because you left it too
soon. 4 want you to come back,
make a little new trip to Europe,
saying sWell, now. gentlemen.
what's the matter with you-some-
thing gone wrong? will give you
some help. Can be of use?'
The chamber speech was but one
Eof the high spots in the most stir
ring day clemenceau has had
since he arrived here Saturday for
"a tour, the aim of which will be
the winning of America to a closer
relationship with France.
Guarded by a double force Of
motorcycle police. because some
one signing himself World War
veteran had sent a threatening
letter, the Tiger rode to the cham
Der building in the downtown
financial district through big,
cheering crowd His Metropolitan
opera house address last night ap-
parently had heightened interest
IN the stormy, outspoken old
statesman.
Fro mthe chamber he drove to
Brooklyn, where Borough Presi-
dent Reigelmann had proclaimed a
half holiday TO review the One
Hundred and Sixth, infantry resi-
ment. Crossing Manhattan bridge.
the Tigers car plunged at once
into a line of wildly cheering
school children. many Of them
garbed in picturesque costume:
most of them waving French or
American flags, and all of them
cheering and crying 'eVive lie
Tigere" and ''yive La France"
The children whose number was
estimated: as high as $4,000. lin
ed both sides of the street for near
.1y five miles-all the way to the
.armory.
Clemenceau. visib1y moved, kept
waving his gray felt hat and bow
ing and -exclaiming to his escorts.
Les petites gosses" (the little
,goslins). a French expression of af-
fection.
$ The One Hundred and Sixth
armory which seats about 10000.
was packed and the Tiger was CIV
en- a long ovation as he walked
slowly dn review before the massed
troops.
After he had placed a wreath
on the tablet commemorating the
regiments dead. Clemenceau faced
the uniformed men and addressed
them: CAS- man of action to men
of action
Praising their work in France.
which he said he had good cause to
remember, the Tiger declared:
'.Al1 that remains for you now is
to be-as great in peace as you were
IN war. I will remain until my
last breath a great admirer of the
United States. And / will always
remember that behind the citizens
there are always the soldiers
magnificent soldiers"
Although it was his day of great
est ovations there came to the
Tiger. too, evidences that his tour
was not to be wholly over a path
of roses. The threatening letter,
sharp criticisms from Senator Bo-
rah and others in official Washing
ton and adverse newspaper COM
ment on his revival of the French
plea for a triple alliance, seemed,
however. merely to stir the 8 year
old statesman to greater ANNA
ton.
No specific comment on the criti-
cisms was obtainable from him
but he defended himself against
them in the opening Of his cham
Der of commerce address.
Men have been too much criti~
cised and may be overpraised.
:oo," he said Il think that is my
case. Very often they ascribe to
Inc too much i'll. and sometimes too
much good. / don't believe have
created 81 great deal of ili-3ertain-