Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-10
TIGER EAGER TO SAIL
FOR VISIT TO j. s.
Been in America Twice Before;
Anxious We Unite With the
League of Nations.
By Associated Press to Every Evening.

bF Ahaociateu Press 10 Every Evening.
Paris, Nov, 10.--Georges Clemen-
ceau sails away for America tomorrow
happy I'm the spirit of adventure. To-
day he was gay--interested and in
teresting-keen to be off. Considering
his great age--he was 81 last Septem-
berthe eagerness with which "the
Tiger" of France anticipates the ex-
periences that are soon TO come TO him
in the United States IN quite touch
ing to those who see him and talk
with him.
What impresses his American call
ers the most ia his youthfulness Of
| outlook. He talks of the present and
| the future in the manner Of a man in
middle life, lie refuses to be reminls-
cent.
IL never was much OF n chap for
the past" Clemenceau remarked to
the correspondent who inquired about
the former premier's earlier visits TO
the United States. This is not his sec
ond trip to America, as is commonly
supposed, but his third.
| MY father, who was exiled by Ma
} poleon III. thought Il would be a good
thing for mo to go to America and ]
went" Clemenceau said. II had been
following events of your civil war and
my sympathies were with the north.
Almost Immediately after my ar
rival. however, I went TO Richmond
There / met good many southern
people and soon found out how de
Ilightful. how simply charming they
were
shortly before my arrival Grant
had taken the city. and ! saw for the
first time what war and bombardmen'
meant. Then | went 20 Washington
and later out west rs far as Chicago
and from there TO Buffalo, and after
awhile to Boston"
Clemenceau seldom alludes 10 hi
subsequent experiences in America
first as a young gentleman Of leisur
-cading extensively for two years II
lre libraries Of New York, and thel
teacher in n girls school in Con
,,cticut. n was during his days a
M instructor at the girls school tina
Icrenceau met tho young woma
who became his wife.
At that time she was under age an
her guardian refused 10 give his con
sent to n civil marriage only. insistin
on the church's benediction. Glen
ancoau stoutly declined to recOgni2
he church as essential TO q weddlni
! So he went back home still unmal
ried. That was In 1869 He had speT
four years in America. The next yea
5 he crossed the Atlantic again and wa
married to his sweetheart at a civ
| ceremony.
Ills stay IN America gave "tf
Tiger" that knowledge Of Englis
e which has been one Of his most us'
: full accomplishments in his long pull
o lie career. Always he has taken plet
II sure In the language and in its liter'
ture
My intentions in going to Americ
are good; feel sure of that" the age
n politician said. II see with consider
: able clearness how It Will be TO II
material and moral interests OF IL
l. United States to examine Europea
J. difficulties with other conceptions tina
e those they have at present"
y II shall talk about the League
3 Nations, but I have no specific a.
n vice to offer" he remarked. Il belize
> in the idea of the League. The wor
= must have something of the sort.
> do not say that the League as it nc
l exists is what Americans shou
adopt. It does not satisfy me, but
~ am for the aspirations"