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Show PHEHEH LAUDS SPIBITOF II. S. Clemenceau Depends on America, Even if Written Treaty Is Rejected. PARIS, Sep:. 2 S. Premier Clem en -ceatt's remarkable address in the chamber of deputies yesterday in which he asked for ir.o ratification of the trenty of peace with Germany was ma ie on his seventy-e:?r.th seventy-e:?r.th birthday. K Thpre was an Impres-ion Impres-ion th.it his wor-is on the previous day dnrir.s his colloquy with M. Farthou were a slicnt on America, the way he spoke of the "'admirable impetuosity" with which America fiiir.-jr men into the battle fields, showed ti'.ai no slight was intended. Applause rani: through the chamber when the premier said: "Would you know my complete though ? S r. o i : 1 d there be no written tveaty, 1 would count on America ail the san e. 1 can say we are finally counting on the adoption of the treaty over there." "I havrr seen young Americans at the front," he continued, "and not one of t hem. whether his oris?; n was German, Italian or Pole, wavered in the fight. When ask-d w hy they were there, they ivpued: "For liberty." " The premier recalled how at one crisis Die a'hep had to decide whether to dele de-le r. d Calais or Paris. "A few days Liter." he continued, "Premier "Pre-mier Lloyd George of Great Britain asked me what I had decided. I replied: "France marie Paris; Pans made France. 1 would burn Paris to save France. " i Commenting on Premier Clemenceau's speech in the chamber of deputies, news- j papers here generally remark the address was a c.ear presentation of the situation, fnV of rood se anri rannblfl of ffivinff the French confidence in tiie destinies of France, inducing them to place the pub-he pub-he welfare aho e ah in order to gain th ir..ix;:i: uni benefits of the trea ty. Several newspapers note that M. Clemenceau Clem-enceau gave an impression of extreme fat'.gue. and sroke in poor form from an oratorical print o: view. Others observe ' h. r. i the p r o r . e : r. ra i s e .1 W e d n e s d a y b y M. Bart'nou. who asked what the position of Frr.nee might be if the I'nited States s . o u 1 rot r a : : :" y the t r ea t y, was not soivei by the premier's address. |