Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24

not American dollars but Ameri-
can optimism and American love
Of achievement Before influence
ing America one must be capable of ac-
ton. In order to deal with her the
prestige of success is essential"
These words were written In the
Spring of 1926 at a moment when
French cabinets were tobogganing to
disaster They were written by man
who within the space Of few months
was to return from political retirement
and assume an important place beside
Poincare in the National Union min
istry-a ministry which later won back
ole-hearted respect Of the United
States by the very methods he had
recommended-achi
On the 7th of this month this
same man with the calm voice, conf
dent carriage and what the French call
the pas sportif," mounted the rostrum
in the PalaiS Bourbon as the new pre-
mier of France. He attracted and neld
the attention of the 600 Deputies there
assembled. first by what he wore ana
later by what he said.
What Andre Tardieu, impeccably
neat, always we'll tailored, wore, was a
dark blue business suit. For the FIRST
time in the history of the Third Re-
public a premier was making his min
isterial declaration without the oc-
coutrements of swallowtail coat or for
NAL afternoon jacket. Tardieu, zen
veston," shattered tradition So
years old, thereby astonishing staid par
liamentarians and crowded galleries
alike.
Turned Toward Future"
What Tardieu said was equally shorn
of adornment: 1T is toward the future
that We are turned. Our government
proposes to guide France in this for
ward march. In brief, we intend
to affirm and, if you will permit, to in
| augurate in France a policy OF pros
perity Gentlemen, this is our goal.
Will it be yours? We hope so. Decide
the matter: the nation will judge us. ="
Here, both in speech and manner, was
the Inauguration of new era In
French politics. Here, for the first
time, was wholly modern business
, mana man so precise, so energetic in
his methods as sometimes to be derided
by his fellow countrymen for being too
| American" - assuming responsibilities
| of the premier of France. There was in
| deed something symbolical in Andre
| Tardieu shattering precedent by pre-
| senting his brilliant ministerial declara-
! ton in business suit without benefit
| of sWalloWtailS Nor was 1t surprising
! that the man to do so should be the
same man who more than three years
ago warned his countrymen to first
| borrow, not American dollars, but Amer
lean optimism, American love of
| achievement"
Andre Tardieu's credit in America
should be large, for he has borrowed
both these qualities. Beyond dispute
| he is the first modern business man to
be premier of France; just as, curiously
enough, he is the first French premier
who plays golf Beyond dispute. like
wise, he knows Americans and Ameri-
can psychology as no other premier OF
the present republic has known them,
not even excepting Clemenceau, the man
who first brought Tardieu into a posi-
ton Of governmental responsibility. 1t
Is highly important, then, for an Amer
lean who would understand Tardieu TO
remember that he knows us at first
hand and In the light of clear, logical
perception which is one Of his distin-
gushing attributes.
New Political Language"
But before touching upon the upward
march Of Tardieu, there is q new and
I .iyid picture Of the man foremost upon
my mind Just before midnight on No
vember 8, at the crucial point In a tWo+
day bitter debate which was TO oecioe