The New York herald., 1922-12-13
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here tonight a long and elaborate
speech to prove a great many things
that need not be proved. and to tell you
many things which you know as well as
do, but Miss Anne Morgan was good
enough to let me know that I had bet
ter not speak. and / agreed with her
opinion"
Miss Morgan looked astonished, then
Joined in the general laughter. Gle
menceau went on:
why should l speak? / have got
a sore throat, am tired. 1 am old. and
I want very much to so to bed. (Laugh-
ter and applause). But. all this will not
prevent me from saying once more what
l ought to say. 1 came to this country,
as the chairman said so vividly. 20 ac-
compiish a duty which nobody asked mo
to accomplish. and some people even
did not seem to like the idea that I was
going to do my duty. I came to appeal
to the American mind. and the answer
came from American hearts. I could
not do otherwise but give my heart to
those who gave their hearts to my
country.
"But now a sorry time has come. No
more question of killing. of dying. Of
inflicting wounds and bleeding. Now
the time for peace, that>ls. for duties
which may be harder than It seems. Be
fore the enemy l never saw aught but
courage, l never saw any action OF man
but courage and audacity. In peace
time when the duties that are expected
from you are accomplished. so to speak.
in the dark, when nobody is grateful as
they ought to be, very often when you
are abused because you did well and
glorified when you did wrong-these
are particularly hard times, and France
experienced them.
"America left after having disinter-
ested herself from the execution OF the
treaty. know the feeling was all
right. I do not suspect moment that
there was In American heads anything
otherwise than this. that they had ac-
their duty and could leave
the right to other times. They thought,
seeing the soldiers coming home, we are
through. The trouble is you were not
through. at least we were not. We were
left and struggled and suffered. and we
were not paid. and we have to bow and
spend money for reparation that Ger
many ought to have paid. but which no.
body has found ways to oblige her to
did not complain. But as far as / am
concerned I suffered very much when /
heard that we were charged with being
militarists and imperialsts In America,
and that made me jump, il l should say
so. from my very pleasant seat on the
ocean, and come to America to ask you
what was the matter.
What the matter was, know 1t now.
The matter was that you were not well
informed. The matter was that you did
not know what was our condition. The
matter was that you thought France
was militaristic and imperialistic. when
Germany was militaristic and imperial
isuc. And the fact was that as soon as
you understood 1t heard but one cry
'Vive la France!'
II was especially moved--I have to
say it--this cry came from young and
old ladies'. 1t Is ladies who cried most
'Vive la France !" and whether they had
blond. black or gray hair, ! was more
and more moved by this feeling and
by this cry. For this want 10 thank
you.
Appeals for Decision.
an few hours 1 am going to sail
back. having accomplished mission
which / have not received, as told you,
but hoping that give you matter to
think over. to ponder on. You see, in
France we are almost at the eve of the
greatest difficulties we have encountered
since the end Of the war; We have been
too often with England. and
this might have been avoided II America
had been there.
I'VE do not ask for anything. I do
not ask for pity. do not ask for
charity. do not ask for help.
If you think that you are not quite
at the end Of your duty. then 1t Is for
you to judge. i have no advice to
give you. / simply say this: In 1776,
when you wanted to liberate yourselves.
you called for PHILOSOPHERS, and you
called for men, and with the French
Ideas OF the eighteenth century you mace
up that wonderful Declaration OF Inde-
pendence, which was more than a book,
for 1t was an act. If you think that now
this great motion for liberation has
carried France and a part of Europe
you think that you can do something
for them. as has been done for you, my
friends. 1t Is for you to Judge.
Il end by this simple word. which
have repeated very often and which I
want you to ponder: "a nation cannot
be great one day and small another"
AS he finished Clemenceau turned
away, and seeing Charles NJ. Schwab
threw both arms around him.
At the guest table. In addition to NJ.
NJ. Jusserand and Mr.. Wis
ter, were Nine. Jusserand. Mrs. A NJ.
Dixie Miss Anne Morgan. Gilbert Mon
tague. Pierpont Morgan. Commander
Alvin Owsley and George w. Wicker
sham. The company numbered about
2 500.
AS Clemenceau left the table and