Show LLOYD GEORGE PAYS TRIBUTE TO CLEMENCEAU I British Premier Happy to Support t Him Hinl for Head of Conference Paris Jan IS Following lS Following Is the tho address address address ad ad- dress of ot British Prime Primo Minister Lloyd George at tho the open opening In of or tho the peace conference conference conference con con- ference I 1 count it not merely a 1 pleasure but buta a great privilege that I should bo ho ex expected exIle ox- ox Ile tell on behalf of ct the tho British empire delegates to support tho the motion of oC President Wilson 1 do o so for fop this r reason rca rea ason a- a son which ho lao o has hns so ito eloquently given on expression to as nil R R. tribute t to the tho man hen When I was a xi school bo boy Mr Ir lr Clemen Clemen- Clemenceau wa was a 1 compelling and a conspicuous ous figure In the politics of oC hIs hia native o land laud and his fame had extended far beyond tho the bounds of Franco France Were ere ore it not for that undoubted fact Mr Ir Pre President I should have o treated as ns asa asa a legend tho the common report of ot your our years I I have attended man many conferences confer confer- with Mr Ir and in them theta all nil the tue most moat vigorous tho the most enduring and the most mot youthful figure there has been that of ot Mr Mi 11 Clemenceau lIe He has hns had tho the youthfulness he has hns' had hall tho hopefulness and the fearlessness fearless fearless- ness neBS of ot youth Ho lie I Is Indeed tho the Grand young man of or Prance France antI and I am proud to stand here to tu pr propose poso that hn ho should talce take tho chair In this gr groat at conference that is to settle tho the peace of the tho world I Will III No io Time I Ir I r know of or none better qualified or oras oras i ins as ns well velI qualified to occupy this chair than Mr lr Clemenceau And n I speak from Crom m my experience in this thin claim He lie and antI I have not always as agreed We re havo have very cry often agreed as We 0 havo hao sometimes disagreed dis die- agreed and w wo have ha always expressed our dl disagreements vor very emphatically because wo are ourselves But Dut although there thero will be dela delays s 's and inevitable ine delays 8 in tho the signing of ot peace duo t to the tho inherent difficulties ties of oC what we wo have o to settle I 1 will guarantee from Crom my mt knowledge c of ot Mr 11 Clemenceau that there will bo ho no waste of or time And that Is Important The fim world i Is thirsting and mill hungering hungering hunger hunger- I In ing for tor peace There Thero are millions of oC people who want to get lJ back ck to the tho world or work of peace And the tho tact Jact that Mr Clemenceau is In the tho chair clinic will willbe willbe willbo be bo proof C that the they will vill act there without without with with- out on any delays delay's which aro are duo to anything anything any any- thing except the difficulties which niro aro essential in what we wo have to perform Ho lie is one ono of ot tho the great reat speakers of oC the world But Dut no ono one knows better than ho that tho the best speaking speaking- Is that which impels beneficent actions I l have o another reaS reason n During the dark dorl lays days we havo passed passe through his courage coura e. e his unfailing courtesy his Untiring untiring un Un- tiring energy hi his hi Inspiration have o helped the allies through h to triumph and I know kno of or no noone one to whom that victory is moro more attributable than the tho thoman man who sits In this chair In his own person more tha titan than any living man man ho ile represents the tho heroism ho represents the genius s of ot the Indomitable people of liEs his land Replies And for fur these reasons I count it a privilege that I should be lie expected to second this motion Premier Clemenceau responded You would not expect mo me to keep leep silence after what the tho two who havo Just spoken cn have havo said al I cannot help o expressing my great reat m my profound gratitude t to tho the il illustrious II- II President of ot tho the United States to the prime minister of or Great Britain and to Baron Daron Sonnino tot for the tho I h havo hc c Just jUtt heard from their lips i PS Long LonS ago ao when I was as young a ni Mr Lloyd Llad has recalled to you ou when hen I r was traveling tra In America and andIn In l ingland I always heard beard tho the French reproached for Cor an excess of ot courtesy courtes sometimes went beyond the thu truth As I lI listened to time the American statesman and to tho the English statesman statesman statesman states states- man 1 I ell whether they thuy had not caught in Paris Parts our national disease of ot courtesy Nevertheless No gentlemen 1 must say Y that my election Is necessarily rily 11 duo due to the old International tradition tradition tion of oC courtesy to tho the country which has hua the tho lie honor to r receive the peace conference con con- ference In It its capitalI capital J I wish also to lO sa say that this testimony mon molly mony of oC friendship if It they will allow to mo ice tho word on eu the tho lie part of or President dent dont Wilson and Mr lr Lloyd George In I particular has touched mo me deeply because boI bo- bo cause causo I I 1 seo zoo in it a new strength for I all three of ot us to accomplish with tho the thoI operation co-operation of the tho entire conference I tho arduous work which is to us I 1 gather from it a a. new confidence in tho time success of or our efforts Problem Noble Inc Otic President Wilson has special authority authority authority au au- au- au to say l that this is tho thu first time in fact that tho the world has line overseen over ever seen assembled together a delegation of at all tho civilized nations of ot tho the earth carth i The greater S th bloody catastrophe which has devastated and ruined ono I of or the richest parts p of oC Franco France tho the I greater s-reater and more splendid must bo be tho the reparation reparation not not only tho lie material rep- rep thin the lim r it If 1 dare dare dare- speak penk 5 eo which so-which eh Which Is' Is Is duo i all allot l of u or-u us I but the higher and nobler reparation of the tho new now institution which wo will try to establish In order that nations may at length escape from tho the fatal Catal embrace of ot ruinous wars which destroy destroy de do stroy everything o heap up ruins terrorize terrorize ter ten tho the populace and prevent them from Crom going freely about their work for fear of ot enemies which ma may rise up ulI from ono one day to tho the next It is a a. g eat splendid and noble ambition which has come corne to all of oC u us It Is desirable that success should croWn cron our efforts effort This cannot tako place unless we nil all havo o firmly fixed and clearly determined l ideas of at what we wish to doi do 10 i said in iii tho the chamber a few days day's ago and I wish to repeat here that success Is not possible unless we re remain remain re- re main firmly united Wo We 0 havo o come cono together as ns friends s we wc must leave lea thi hall as friends s Closer Union That gentlemen is the first thought ht that comes to me mc All else must bo be subordinated to the necessity of ot a closer union among the nations which I have o taken part In this great war and I Ito Ito to the tho necessity of or remaining friends tr I For tho ho league of oC nations Is here ItIs It Itis is 13 yourself It is for you OU to make it live livo and ond to make mako It k livo 11 wo we must have hao haveIt It r really all in our hearts As I told President ent Wilson a 1 few fow lays days a ago 10 there thore Is no sacrifice that 1 1 I Iam am not willing willing- willingto to mako make In iii order to accomplish this and I do not doubt that you ou all have hlo the tho same sentiment We e will vilt mako make those these sacrifices hut but on the condition that wo we endeavor Impartial to conciliate Interests apparently apparent apparent- ly contradictory contradictor on tho lie higher piano Illane of at a greater happier and better humanitY human hu hu- hu- hu man manity I tv That gentlemen Is what hat I had to tosa sa say to you ou I am touched beyond words at tb the evidence ence of or good will ihl and anti friendship which you rou sho show shaw meThe meTho me Tho The program of this conr conference ronco has been laid down b by President Wilson It Jt Is 13 no longer tho the peace of ot a a. more ut of less vast territory tr no longer tIme the peace of continents it is the tho of oC na nations mm- mm that IH is to be bo wilde nude This program program pro pro- gram is In itself There la is lano no superfluous word Lot Let us tr try to act swiftly and well |