Evening star., 1922-12-09

because I am here as man who has
been charged with imperialism and
milftarism. And to explain my posi-
tion l must say that your country
helped to make it. / am asked for
4 what precise object / came to America
Il came to ask YOU why you went
! to war. Did You go to war to help
| France reject the enemy? 1t is no;
i done Did you go to make democracy
/, safe? Look afar and YOU see the bar
barry OF Turks and the anarchy OF
| Russia and the need of revenge .f
Germany grouped and met together
under the treaty Of Rappola that sets
them together. these three powers.
krupp Busy in Russia.
"Krupp is working in Russia and a
British general not long ago who was
! in Asia has told me that he received
| his pay in Russian gold. II is easy 10
understand what that means"
Ciemenceau found no escape for
America in the excuse that when Iaresi-
dent Wilson accepted the league of ma
] tions and promised Americas participa-
tion in q three-power defensive treaty
! between Great Britain, France and the
United States. he did not represent tn.
spirit or wishes Of the American people.
Wilson. he said, came to Europe as the
chief executive of the American govern
ment and the peace conference could not
refuse to accept him as the official rep
resentatfve of this nation. He paid high
tribute to the sincerity of the former
President.
Il have but one message. only ore
| that can be conceived. Peace. Ieace
for all men do NOT ask for
| money. l do not ask for protection. /
do not ask for help. / ask for nothing
but friendship and good heart and good
will. These are more valuable to me
| than all your gold, although you have
a great deal of it. My message is
peace-peace by any means.
"Whatever you do beforehand we
want peace. Our country has its SOL
| them; We do not like to see our young
men in the ranks when they ought to
be in the workshops and in the bu-
reaus. We would be very glad to dis
band these young men. We are not
a militaristic nation. But for fifty
years we have been suffering the re-
suits OF q hard peace. and for fifty
years we heard William III speak of
US and of his dry powder"
Referring to the German repara-
know what France would do. The
negotiation there would be hard. ne
said, since the points of view are not
the same. There is some talk of
France accepting a lump sum ana
ending that controversy. the Tiger
declared.
II hope" he continued. "the French
will defend the right cause. for II we
are left without money. without power:
what can you reasonably expect OF US
During ; the .na war nefnre he sa,a; You had @
begun to fight we were spending
layishly Of our blood and our gold
We had given of our blood. We had
given OF our gold. And with your
great. good help We won the day. In
the meantime. however. we mao peeh
obliged to borrow money from Amer
lea to spend in American markets.
wilson's Name Applauded.
THAT is the case Of our debt to
YOU. That debt we owe. We do not
overlook it. but don't you understand
that under the conditions that have
and II Germany is not allowed to pay
us, what @, We do. have my
watch and my gold spectacles. but
that is all l can Offer"
Frequently the Tiger" was inter
rupted by outbursts of applause. and
particularly when he mentioned Pres
ident Wilson and Americas part in
framing the peace treaty. He spoke
for more than an hour. Clemenceau
entered the hall at 3:07 o'clock. The
place was crowded by that time. On
the stage were the entire official
family Of the French embassy. men,
bers Of the House of Representatives
committee on foreign relations and
other high government officials. be-
sides officers OF the International
Lyceum and ChautauQua Association.
under whose auspices the meeting
was convened.
Through the cooperation of H. S.
Middiemiss. official reporter. The Star
was able to give a verbatim report of
M. Cemenceau's address in it's $50
edition yesterday.