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Show I 'TIGER' SAYS U. S. SOME DAY WILL I I HAVE TO INTERVENE IN EUROPE I ''Beware Lest You Postpone It Too Long," Ad-I Ad-I vises Clemenceau in Speech Before Great St. Louis Audience. BY HARRY I, ROGERS nttmttonal Nws Service .ST. L.OL1S, Doc. 2. Georges Cle-inonceau, Cle-inonceau, "Tipcr of France," today asked a question of tho American li people 1 "Von went into tho war for a season," ho said, before a gttaX audl-enca audl-enca ( tli" Odeon liere. "Havo you got what jroU went after?" The "Tiger" was In fine fettle. Tn none of his previous speeches hits he Shown BUCh fecllnis: and earnestness na be did today. He pleaded with his audience. "I don't want to tell the United H States to Join the league oi nutlons. lujt sooner or later you are going to have to Intervene In Europe Beware lest you postpone it too long." Cjenaencean said at the outset of his speech that the principal feature Hi of his visit lo St. Louis was that he was going to re-alate all that he had said in speeches at Now York. Iioston H and Chicago. He told why ho had left his retreat in the Vendee and 'on:c to America, and what his mes- H -eagre to the American people is. "Thero was a distinguished F.ng-llshman F.ng-llshman who said some very severe things about America," ho said. "I didn't believe them and I came over 1 hero to tell you so. Then, they said that France was militaristic and im- H perialtstlc That was when I took my hat and cane and set out for New WOtTIiD PAY DEBT. The, "Tiger" spoke at length of the H French doM to tho United States. "We arc going to pay you " he aald, "we will pay our honest, debts." England and America left Franco in the lurch, Clemenceau declared, and broke up M, the economic solidarity of the allies. "i wns unpleasantly startled by a sentence I read In an American HSWS-paper." HSWS-paper." tho ex-premler said. "It sald Bl that the money we owe you was; money we spent for our Imperialistic views" I came here to explain myseifj Bl In both canes the deht we owe you. Bl and our military position. Bn The French debt to America ha) Bl two phases, Clemenceau declared. BJ Fart of it was for American supplies bought after the war. but the bulk of; it was used in fighting the common battlo against Germany. !j "That money we borrowed was BM spent at our best on the battlefields. BV Jt was not lost money for any bod 1 BV was spent for the common cause. Well, now, I will bo plain. A Frenchman French-man said. 'We will settle the matter i with America by not paying our ' debts. I do not know whether he meant it for a Joke, but If It was a Bl Joke it was a very had one." BV Clemenceau said lie knew America Bl had resented that suggestion. "That debt why of course It will be paid, my friends." WILSONS NAME CHEERED. The speaker reiterated his charge that the United States spends more ! for military purposes than France. "I think some of you Americans are just a bit militaristic yourseHes." he Bald. At the Washington arms conference, con-ference, America asked for 500,000 inn- ol eapltal ships. h- pointed out. "I woud srlve you a million," ho declared, amidst applause. "It Is a way of wasting your money which Is, Of course, at your disposal. I do not believe very much In warships now. because there are superdreadnoughtb, submarines and airships which raise !a doubt as to the value of capllnl, ships." As at New York and Boston, I mericeau was cheered when he mentioned men-tioned Woodrow Wilson and tho 14 I points. ' Whnf were those 14 points?" he demanded. I "Pleadings set forth before all mankind. man-kind. The 14 points were the soul of I America," At this Juncture Clemenceau brought th great audience to Its feel when he exclaimed: "Xo one coud have labored with a greater heart than Woodrow Wilson." Wil-son." "Your Declaration of Independence said "Equal rights, pursuit of happiness, happi-ness, for every man liberty." The former premier continued: "That was beautiful for them to fight for in 17 70. It came from America to Europe again and you may be proud thai this armistice and treaty had as its front the 14 points which were nothing but the translation transla-tion of the Declaration of Independ-rnce." Independ-rnce." I "The American people 1 ;innot bei great today and small tomorrow," the ex-premler declared. "A country cannot can-not be great and appeal lo the Ideals of mankind one day and then the next day aay, "What does that mean " I do not know that. It means nothing to me." RECOUNTS HUGE LOSSES. Clemenceau dwelt at length upon the losses In blood and material suffered suf-fered by France in the world war. Twenty thousand factories were destroyed, de-stroyed, mines were flooded and fi.000.000 French men killed or mutilated. mu-tilated. "Out of a population of 3S,000.000 that Is something," said the "Tiger" with a gesture of his gloved hand. ."Now today th peace has not been Insured and you did not go on. I did not inquire why and how that is your business, not mine. I want to show you the effect of your haying left us upon our own." "Germany took courage when! France was deserted by EnRland and America." Clemenceau 6ald. "and since then has been dolnc everything possible to avoid paying Indemnities." J He said In one of the 14 points there, was a line "damages repaid." the speaker exclaimed. "It was writ-j tn iiRain In an address of President Wilson to congress and the conclusion "If such a peace Is not assured wo will po on " "I do not complain so much of America having left us as I do of America having left without a. word, without any proposal for some nr-rangexnent nr-rangexnent of adjusting matters, so that we might all have signed the treaty with Germany." he continued. "Of courso, after the war. having been humiliated by tho treaty of peace, their delegates did not miss telling us so In Versailles. How could It be otherwlso than that the Germans should take courage by roing back of America?" Clemenceau said be did not believe tho treaty wns too harsh upon Ger-l Ger-l many, "which is the thlnp T hear so much " IIo repealed that through the I lforts of I,loyd Oeorgo Franco had abandoned i7 pr ent of her Indemnities. Indem-nities. He -aid the Germans were hard customers" ond lhat the one fatal mistake of the allies was in rnaklnp concessions. 'They have made a treaty with Russian anarchy and with Turkish barbarity " he said, "and thero is a contra. -t between th old Russian Musscnpotterhoff and Krupp, tho great German artillery manufactur-i er, ond now these guns are made freei Iv and we have no control." I The French have a "feeling that they got tho better of th Germans in the wat." the "Tiger" said, "and in peace they are not willinj; to get the worst of It " DOESN'T Y M PIT1 The "Titfor" said he did not come here to ask for pity, "I do not want to get your mom y. your pity, your prolectlon, your help. I simply want to state the case before you so when I am pono you may llldge for vour-self vour-self and do whatever you ph-a-si-." Speaking of tho league of nation". Clemenceau said he didn't bellrve it would end war. "That society of nations exists there, somewhere In Geneva," he said. "It has already done good It has dons (talking. It has aci-nmpllshed something some-thing in the case ,,f Austria. Lloyd George sent a telegram to one of his friends in Washington, who. I thlnl' is a member of the present cabinet and told him 'You OOme to the society of nallons. He did not speak of Prance. 1 speak of England. 1 say, if you think fit to como, you come, You will be well received and we will work together, French. Iiiitish and Americans. 1 "That Is my program. If you choose to come. I will be glad because I hope you will not remain without doing anything You know --mall beginnings begin-nings may have great endings. If you choose to get Into the family of the society of nations, that is your business, but under the ClroURlSt&nd I, I dare say you will uo obliged to come one way or another and you had better take care that It won't be too late." The "Tlcer" had a busy day. Through IS miles of St. iouls streets he was escorted in an automobile, a detachment of Infantry in the van and the streets lined with cheering thousands. thou-sands. Ho wa.s received at both St Louis and Washington universities and the degree of doctor of laws was conferred on him at the latter Institution. Institu-tion. 00 |