Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-18
SOME ANECDOTES CONCERNING CLEMENCEAU.

LIBRE, a paper so bitterly anti-ad-
 ministration that it was suppressed. Soon after it reappeared in Bordeaux | l under the name of LHOMME' FEN 1 l CHAINE. Clemenceau refused to be l | silenced in exposing government ab- | uses growing out of the war. when | the Bolo Pasha and Caillaux revela- | tions awakened France to her peril,
 revelations largely brought about by
 Clemenceau, the STigerts' popularity | became nationwide. President Poin- ] care called upon the veteran states man in November 1917, when all France was depressed by the defeat ist propaganda and her troops were suffering sorely in the field, to head new War Ministry.
 Interpellated in the chamber of dep
 uties as to what his war aim" would
 be, the white-haired premier replied: My aim is to be a victor" He ex- pressed at this time his opposition to . receiving Germany into any society . of nations which might be formed af- ter the war, and declared:
 Men of great minds believe that
 words have the power to liberate. The 7 word right, the word justice the , word liberty, are words as old as man. Many thinkers believe some mi racie will suddenly end the war and  not believe it. I am here for action. s cannot see that a society of nations t l is the necessary conclusion of the present war Later, however, he ap-
 proved of the league of nations cov- e enant.
 v Speaking in the French senate in = 1917 he declared: We will fight un- 3 til the hour when the enemy comes : to understand that bargaining be-
 | fIuaaro aTip nd ,-irbt jc e possible. We want just and strong e lpeace, protecting the future against It the abominations of the past"
 f We have waited 49 years for thia d moment he was quoted as saying or n June 25, 1919, when the German note s accepting the Treaty of Peace was = received at Versailles. This is life's e biggest moment for me"
 a When the turn of the tide came ir
 the west, when the last German drive. l. hadl spent itself and the Allies were l. breaking the Hindenburg line, he said a The day of glory has come Oul e sons are completing the formidable e. task of their fathers and with broth Is erly nations are securing a HIpremt ,f victory. All right minded / lanity i. l. with our troops who are liberatinf d the world from the fury of an evi 70 force.''
 l. Shot by the 19-year old anarchist IS Emile Cotton, on Feb. 2, 1919, Glenn Id enceau joked with the doctor wh 90 attended. "The anarchists hunted tn l. tiger but they missed him." he re r. marked. Cotton was sentenced t, at death, but Clemenceau urged com l. mutation and the youth received 1 Id years imprisonment. When Presiden
 Wilson called to express his sympath f. the aged statesman told him his hide ,d was too thick for a bullet to pierce. it Upon the completion of the draft o or the Peace Treaty by the Supreme In E. ter Allied conference, Clemenceal CT who had presided at the histories ht gathering bade his colleagues adie .s' with the observations: T have don In my best I think it is a good peace. as Although d. radical in French poi ,r, titt', Clemenceau had no use for bol is snevism. Questioned about the Rus l. sian situation in December of 191 nd he said: We not only will not mak If peace, but we will not compromis Ic with the government of the soviet of We have decided that we will be tt
 allies of all peoples attacked. by. Bo Ilv shevism." He at the same time e1 Je pressed hls confidence in the Anglo n- Franco American agreements and pr; oh dicted solution of the Plume prot r- lem.
 Iss The Plume. question has been af e. onizing," he declared. Italy promi.
 led Plume to the Jugo-S Slavs but wei .s- back on her promise. France Er of gland and the United States ha, TX sought a solution and the latest ind of cations are that it will be reached. Or ed ly when this is accomplished can V of begin to breathe freely"
 he Clemenceau's address at Strasbou ms in November of 1919, referred to e2 the time as This political valedieto er to France" was a remarkable pl f- for universal tolerance and social ju sv- tice. Among it's most striking passag ,t were: he. The worlds only salvation fro cal the social and economic chaos fro inc which it is now emerging is work oo- Government must be based up inc order and the respect of individu
 rights.' rar Let us all work for the grande VIE and glory of France. Let us all sta
 firm and united for the welfare - mankind"