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Show , The Thafos flf I:;.. -Paris :; Vml WASHINGTON, D. C. April 23. ; Tho Republican Publicity association Bl . through Its president Hon. Jonathan,' , Bourno Jr., today gave out tho fol- Ji , lowing statement from Its Washlng- jjT ton headquarters: ? "From tho foe of uncertainty and Jm confusion enveloping tho negotiations ' IIKx. at the peace conferenco In I'arls thero Wwr ' , . emerges one figure whlc.li stands pre-eminent pre-eminent and reassuring llko a beacon bea-con which guides the mariner 'to a. haven of safety Premier Clomen-ceau Clomen-ceau of Trance. To nil present np-peuranccs np-peuranccs ho Is the onp great flguro of tho European vao .It wob ho who rescued Franco In tho day 'of'her.ut-most 'of'her.ut-most -.danger.. .It was his vision and . indomitable will which rescued tho-, allies In tho dark days of tho war, . ' I when lack- of unity of action thrca- j tened ruin to tho forces fighting In defenso of twentieth century civil!-, znt'lon, It was ho who cforced unity un-ity of action under Marshal Foch i thus turning tho tide of war from de- feat to victory. It Is he apparently, who has today a clear vision of tho practical problems which confront tho allied nations In making peace with the unspeakable Hun, and while, others nro wasting tlino and Imperiling Imperil-ing tho future by chasing after elusive elus-ive wlll-'o-the-wlsps ho has tactfully but firmly kept his mind upon the single purpose of Administering justice jus-tice among the nations and establishing establish-ing terms of pcaco which will dls-couroge""lf dls-couroge""lf not entirely prevent, a repetition rep-etition of tho International crimes from which tho world has so grievously griev-ously suffered. Ono cannot but admire, ad-mire, tho patlenco with which ho has watched the dallying, tho appeals -to class prejudices, and the demagogic catering to tho destructive and lawless law-less element In nil tho nations. After Af-ter ho had observed tho repeated devastation de-vastation of the peaceful fields, ha.M-lets ha.M-lets and cities of his beloved nation; after he had contemplated tho awful consequences of German victory; after af-ter ho had realized the enormous blurdon of debt and tho unmensuro-nblo'cost unmensuro-nblo'cost of ccouomlc reconstruction which his people must bear for a century cen-tury to come, it would not have been at all surprising if he had lost his temper In tho presence of thoso who are delaying the administration of justice and tho restoration of pcaco to war-torn France. A man of less self-control, a man of narrower vls-loji, vls-loji, a man of less genorous impulses, would long since havo thrown asldo Ubo formality of diplomatic communl-catllon communl-catllon and would have denounced in unmeasured terms those who have withheld from Franco tho victorloun pcaco won at the cost of unprecedented unpreced-ented loss of life and untold suffering suffer-ing on tho battlefield and In the homes of her people. Tho same masterful mind which controlled. the allied war conference when disunion threatened "destruction, wins admiration admir-ation again by its own self-controlled at the peace conferenco under tho most IrmatlDg and aggravating circumstances cir-cumstances imaginable. What rcd-Jbloodcd rcd-Jbloodcd American observing his own natilon, subjected to similar treat-I treat-I ment would retain his composure, and his dignified demeanor? "Unfortunately tho future is yot in doubt. It remains to bo seen whether justice, will yet bo done. Wo hro yet to learn whether "Germany Is victor or tho vanquished. Franco herself may yet suffer consequences little less serious than If she liad yielded to tho Hun at (he time of his first Invasion in 131-1. Uut what- 'ever tho futuro may'dlscloso history jwlll accord to Premier Clomenceau first place among Uiosq who have saved tho rest of tho world from tho menace of "tho Hun, and who In tho. effort to secure a righteous treaty of pence bore patiently with thos cwho for the gratification of personal van-i Ity or from misguided and impracttc-al impracttc-al theories of world government, delayed de-layed tho restoration of peace and encouraged conditions bordering upon up-on world chaos." |