OCR Text |
Show FRENCH EXGlfEO 2! Sffif E Ml Clemenceau Says League Can Exist Even Without United States. PARIS. ?ort. - wy t'- Asv :.i'., ProsiO In an explan.a.-.on to the oh..r.-oer oh..r.-oer of deputies today, Prom'.', v vhe:m n-. n-. eeau, af:or d. ebaium: that f.'.e lei cue ol Tin t ions ro'.; id cx'.st oven ihor..i rejected by t ho United Slates senate, ase rted thf.f :t was pveeiseiy because the ! r :m.'. f e '. t : 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 e ' o a i; u e of : o p. s v . i s a . ir.s;:f:u-!ent jtuaran'.ee for some years to 'come that the protective trcatus of alliance alli-ance between France, utvat Britain and the Vnited States were drawn i:v. Th.e possibility of nonrat::'.ea;;on of the peace treaty and the covenant of the Ion .cue of nations by the T'nitcd States senate; the consequences, in such even?, to the guarantees for the future of Fra n e e a n d t ho -; : e s t o n w V. e 1 1 . e r t h e l.:;uo could exist w ; ; h e ; : t 1 1 i e t " n : t e d States as a ni e n l h t r o c c n pica tit e e i V. i r e afternoon's debate. The ote in ihV United States senate yesterday, postpotvins consideration of one of the am end men ts. is re :.eal'' d a s s'.unitieant and caused sur"u:o in the Yench chamber. Lor. is Farthou repeat -edlv asked the government :"or cxp.ana-tions. cxp.ana-tions. Andre Tardieu r-.nd M. Fich.on, t ho tor-e tor-e i g n m i n i s : o r. re p'. i e d . b ; : t h e c a m he r was no: sal isned. Premier ."'. emend au th.en declared tb.at e en in th.o event of tbe Tmte.l States senate's r.ot voting for , th.e league of n.;:;o:;s covenant, 'ho "eaue protective alliance between bh.ar.co. iP.oi: "Hntain and the 1'rite.J States, bo added, were- r.o: dopemiem. u'cou the leacr.o. They won'.d come into force ur.d FtAricc , would be protected. Tearing the oorvse of M. Tarda?-.:' j speech. M. Farthou inier-umtod and demanded de-manded an immediate n".v as to w...t situation F-ance won'.d be p'a vd m should the I'mte I States rot ra t::y. Tie added that it was through delicacy he i ' h.ad refrained f-cm asking this ipn si'.en be fore, as ) o wished nnd h.ov-ed ; "'..it I he ( semit- would im.t'ly be :.n tho d.scusslcr j and reach its eor.c'msions. Fnt now t'rs seemed hopeless, and the c,nst-on must oe settled immediately, as American, rati- J fi -a ion was distant. ":f it occurred at ; all." ' 1 M. Tardieu declared that he personally was satisfied t 'nit the Frited States sen- i ate would ratify the treaty. I M. Fart lion countered, savins: thai he j was far from satis:;.ed and ciliny th.o ; vote of 43 to -pi on Senator T.od-e's mo- ; . tmr. for postponement as "a fa:r warn;:'-:'' of the '.1'iinate fate of th.e pact.'" M. rtchon's reply that ".egally sneak- ! inc" the lea cue couivi exist without ! America's partuhpat ton br.-uch: the re- j tort from M. F-:ir;hou t'ta: what France j wanted was po'itical suaranto. no; lec.sl , guarantees. Ho asserted that the cavern- j me-it nit: st face ;h-- issue ;,v:uedKite.y. Fr n- i or ih 1 e n t r n c e a u t d : , '"Shovild the Fnhed States reie the lat'.: of nations, two treafhs of a'har. between Fi-am-o an 1 i".r- at Fritair. ami Fra nee a ml the Fnited S' :. ".es ovist. Never: h.eiess, it was prcse'-.- b-c.ius wo fe't tb.at t he league of !a t ions whs an insufficient sua rant e e for s-tio - a: s to ome that those troaiis wore drawn up. The leacue. for th.e presort, h.as nothir.c ! to do with the Franco-Fr'.t isn-A merie,i n treaties, which cons'itute sufficient guar- I a n t e es for Fra n ce. ' ' M. riem.er.coa i added t hat t he If a cue of nations would r.M ta.ke up the respon- I sibilities and guarantees eittrel into bv ! the treaties unless it was deidod to d.- i so by a two-thirds majority when t h k-a guo wa com. pie: ely v. gani-- d a nd i opera: iug. i "If you are s-1- king t-- adjourn :b" (i- bate until Amor: -a nit:f:es tho ircs'y." ' he said, "you may d - so. hut you shall do so without us. ' The debate was adjourned ad-journed until tomorrow. I A state-men: by M. (.".en'.eu. oau that M. Fartbou's interi-oliation was a poh'ic.il I m:i neu-er to oht.nn a pot pouen-r.T of debate until d'.se'sion of tle iPVitv !'i The Fnited Si a s-na : o w as !:::;-!;ol ) va " wa mi 1 y re-;e ui rd t v M. T" t r ho - . I "I am working for io roh" -.! par'y. I but f'-r Fran.-o," h.- e. 'aimed. M; s: s t e !'.:' for an c v-.x ' ; n t c o . - ; pt-H'-".! near'v- cc, an ;(' -unt ,i ;: of tb.t d;.-u -:on a".d a or of .-,t-'"' , I of MM. Ta'-riie-, nr-l Fm'-on :i:jd fie-- d- : rd l'ro;tr-- '--.y.r-u'i el ',;)' '" : r ! P . ;.' c'.i:!!' !!;:it ' h whole ru 1 ; i o ' t h ' - a '. w o' .Id ( o la pe ;i i i ,i ; ,i ; r es ' tr Fth!Vo wou'd not e:t if UO"-- i ii'T !1 5'T.lIf 0 C7'.'. tTr V r.Z -O f J t:ors eovoimnt. I "It woubi !"' a smcu'ar iron- nf A,r- t'n't. b it t :v ie.tc io of n.i :o;is en c. : -t i w-if'T;:t the Auier:c.ins." "'pl.t i M. i l-"me-nr.-'.iu, am:d i-. er'.r.-r from th.e ex- j t-e:uo left. |