The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-11-29
Clenenceau
Acclaimed
at Chicago
Biggest Demonstration Of Tour
Is Staged in Auditorium
Magnifying Horns Are
Used Outside.
Uses Gen. Grant Epitaph


Chicago, Nov. 2s.-By A. P.)--
Standing with outspread arms before
an audience that packed the auditor.
ium. Georges clcnuenceau today plead
Cd with America 10 save France from
possible extinction.
Five thousand persons crowded In.
70 the heater lorg before the Tiger
arrived.
Outside, where magnlfying horns
had been installed. nearly az many
more waited patiently 10 see the for.
mor French premier arrive and hear
his voice by proxy.
The demonstration when the former
premier rose 10 speak WAS the great.
est lie has received on his American
tour.
Seek Only Pence.
Patiently seokHg 10 explain AWAY
The charges OF militarism and imper.
ialiam brought against his country,
the old Tiger" declared that France
sought only peace. but that war was
being forced upon her.
If France does not get the help
that she needs" he declared In emo
tlonalladen tones, "she may perhaps
disappear. Athens was democracy
very great and very fine But she
disappeared. And If France were to
disappear, ] believe that come day the
people would begin to look around and
ask II something had not disappeared
that had brought life to the world"
The aged premier's audience hung
on his every word. interrupting him
twice to drive him behind a device
which would carry his weak voice
through the big house. He was In
terrnpted by frequent outbursts Of ap.
plnuse.
clemenceau took for his text the
cpitah that he read last week on
Grants tomb in New York-"Let Us
lave Peace"
Since the world has been" he CON
tlnued, 1T has always been the feel.
ing in every mans heart that he want.
Cd peace. But General Grant, when
he uttered those famous words knew
very well that before there could be
peace there must be war.
Inspiration Of War.
1T Is great pity that was is so
cruel; that II brings with 1t bloodshed
and things we hardly dare think Of
now. Nevertheless, that was really a
beautiful and inspiring time. when
men were ready to give their lives
for a great cause; when they we're
ready TO die for "A world--a world
which represented the finest and most
exquisite part Of human hearts and
thought
'But that Is done The war is
over. Peace has arisen. II il now
our mission to reason with and CON
autocratlc power in some way or other
and convince that power that II
should get behind our cause.
Therefore. let opinions speak. Let
Us reason with each other, discuss
with each other, even curse each
other. if that be necessary. But, step
by step, through unceasing efforts,
let us strive to achieve what moves
the world-truth, justice, liberty and
right"
Asserting France had been con
tinually called militaristic, and inn
pefialistic, the Tiger declared he had
determined to give some official
figures to show why France felt that
she must maintain a large army
az least until she coul dobtain guar.
aafees OF her safety from the United
States and Great Britain.
lie repeated first the figures he
bad previously quoted concerning
Frances war losses in killed and
wounded and devastation Of hel
homes, factories and mines,
Then he plunged into the subject
of arms and munitions which he de
clared had been hidden away IN Ger
many for the next war.
Finances Are Depleted
"Their finances have been deplesce
fer tho purpose IF destroying us
rhcy have not paid ns aud We haNs
Hten unable ~ pay our own ohliga
tlons. CO through The schools q Ger
nauy and YOU viii mud that they ara
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to our schoals and colleges and uni
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