San Juan Record | 1919-02-26 | Page 6 | Clemenceau Shot by an Anarchist

clemenceau SHOT BY blan AN mm ANARCHIST AGED FRENCH STATESMAN A VICTIM OF AN ATTEMPT AT assassination three shots take effect in body of prime minister but none hit vital spot assailant captured and confesses he Is guilty paris premier ler georges clemen benu characterized by lloyd george us its frances grand young man mail wits was attacked on oil february 10 19 by nn an anarchist emile cottin known knon us as allou seven shots were fired three of which struck the ille premier one bullet lodged lodge in the muscles clos of the shoulder det penetrating deeply but not injuring the spine or penetrating to the awo 10 bullets bruised the right arm and hand while two other bullets tire reported to to have passed through gli the premiers clothing at the time of the attempted ilsan assassination sl al Clemenc onu had just left ills home to drive in a motor car to it conference with colonel edward 11 house of the american peace delegation and arthur J balfour british secretary for foreign affairs though bleeding profusely BI was able to return to ills home where lie ro reassured assured tile inen members ibers of ills his household I and waved aside anxious inquirers with it Is nothing cottin whom the police believed bellev cil to be a somewhat harmless person associating with anarchists and aiding in their propaganda declared that lie had planned to kill the premier because all clemenceau wits was the jim enemy of huni humanity anity and wits was preparing for another war georges hils has been one of the leading statesmen of france for decades but it was not until tile critical stages of the great war came tind and he took the reins and guided the country through to the end of the struggle that he became the world renowned figure that lie he Is today