The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 9, 1922, Page 16

BY MILTON BRONNER ST. VINCENT. SUR-JARD, France, Oct, 9—"France es _ eaped murder, She will not now ~~ commit suicide.” — In ~ Glemenceau, France's grand old man and one of the few really _, great men now living, summed up for me French history since I. He meant, of course, that his ~beloved country had escaped the murder ( planned for PE’ maintained an adequato army, it ‘Was because to disarm at present would be to invite German re- Yenge—in other words, suicide “France is not imperialiat, not Clemenceau Is Coming to America Next Week jermany is her, and that 4 France still | for the master, a kitchen and dining room. ‘The bedroom ts almost monastic tn | its barenerm—a little single bed, a washstand, a mirt re which to} ut all, | as some book-laden | work table, a few irs and a fireplace in| I was there, some fresh | eut logs were fragrantly burning. | The kitehen, over which old Marie presides, has those utensile whic tute the glory and pride of ) Cooks —a Complete Ket Of cop. per pote and pana, and everyone of them shining lke a Outside the house th u re e were a few The legend i» that Clemenceau came | MPrilitarist.” he said, “France is not B® hation of fools and only fools would | Want to burden thelr country with | Mitarism. I am going to America | November to tell America #0. *No one has spoken for France, 60 determined, unofficially and as a ate individual, to cross the ocean | “An my old age and do so, It is one of | the last and best services I can ren der my country “1 shall present no apology. France needs none! } . “I shall present no defense, | > France requires none! . “I shall ask nothing for | “ET shall present the facts | abow Europe and let Americans draw thelr own conclusions, and determine whether they should do anything, and what they ~ should do, “It may necessitate plain talk.” ‘The old man smiled grimly. © “Tt have ever bad the reputation f speaking my mind. But I shall) Bpeak in simple and friendly terms S-simple, because the Americans like What you call straight talk, friendly Wecause I feel your country is funda i tally friendly to mine. ““T have not prepared and am not to prepare any written | T have all the necessary | few leading propositions. | “I will not discuss the policies of mt Poincare, nor the matters | Sf reparations and tnteraliled debts “I will discuss the treaty of Versailles, the League @f Nations, the condition of Eu- - Pope, and the respective attitudes of France, England and America. “I believe in the continued unity ‘@f the allies. They served together | ington, Cleveland and St. Louls, but | ceau mused aloud ‘the war whose primary object was | secure peace. But peace is not | firmly established and we can win as we won the war ‘by unity. To fail in the peace, to another general conflict would to face the dark chapter of in- ruin for modern civiliza- Sent by Express! Coats wy Polaires and Bolivias | Rot intend to go farther west than | Chicago. three im the morning. pox ge From a New Children’s here, chose the spot, and drew a bis circle in the sand and turf with bis cane, Every three feet a stake was driven and a wire fence set up. Then dance of youth. His smile rev great number of sound teeth, they were not store teeth either. The only time I saw anything of the grim | ~~~ Clemenceau was when I asked him | halls that are too immense, because to write and sign a brief message to | | the American people, which we could | want t . THE SEATTLE STAR 'ACCUSE MAN OF [= ~ KIDNAPING GIRL School Teacher, 18, Victim! of Plot, Claim | PORT ORCHARD, Oct. 9 - Charged with kidnaping Miss Jennie! Blakely, 1%yearold e@chool teacher at Manchester, Theodore Johnson,! 29, Clam Ray, was tn jall here to} 4 statement| that hoe is guilty and that he ts! very sorry.” i Johnson is satd to have told Dep uty Sheriff Amos Corliss, when the |stunted pines, a row of sunflowers | latter arrested him, that a woman jand some thick clumps of heather.yhad paid him $100 to kidnap the girl, He refused to divulee the woman's identity ‘The kidnaping took place Wednes | day, but Miss Blakely said her ab lthe house was built in the center, |@etor had threatened her, and that When he received me he was clothed | *¢ had been afraid to report the in @ rusty old brown suit and was| Matter until Saturday wearing brown leather gaiters. On| She sald she was acoosted by| aay hen ine tone hat and} Johnson while on her way home| m hie haude were ¢ ‘ous gray |frem school, foreed to ac " se i tori part of | Sim to a cabin in the w |the modern history of France 4 mile away, and kept a p The Tiger neither bit nor snarled, | fF four s. At the end of this He was most delightful, most human | Perlod. # =, Johnson released His gray eyes danced with the true | her and fed her home A aim! on Was reported here @ year ago, but Johnson was not living here at that time. while my voloe in still good, I don’t ereech. I shall talk tn Eng reproduce. lish, ©: uree, That i» why I am “No, no, nol’ he growled. “No! | coming. I want to carry @ message If 1 ever started that, there | personally to Americans, to establiah would be no end to It.” jan intimate contact with my audi Then he smiled impishly: “Ask me for nothing and you will get it.” “Get what?” I asked. “Nothing!” He told me his plane for the trip| | ences: “While in America I expect to eall upon President Harding, my old friend Pershing, and, of course, Wilson,” I asked him what he did, waking! to America | Up at a quarter to three in the morn “I shall sail in November accom: | !na- panied only by my man servant who | in my head and will #fick to a| knows my ways, my tastes and de. | good deal more. sires. Many close friends have urged | me to let them accompany me, but I have declined. I am ing to take the advice of American friends as to where I shall speak. I will talk In New York and Chicago. That much I have decided. Boston, may be, be cause Boston js stil an American | moral metropolis. “Cities I have in mind are Wash nothing is definite, except that I do} I want no banquets, no big formal dinners. My tour ts to be a very plain, businesslike affair, I shall try to lead aa simple a life as Ido here. I go to bed at eight every night ard wake up at a quarter to| New York. meetings. WHO “THE when the defeatist policy had begun His refusal to consider any peace ot! ruthless insistence on the terms of devoted friends and bitter enemies. His sardonic humor brought him ¢ a four years’ residence in America. became prime minister 1906-1909. For Sixty-Four Months We Have Given Greater Bargains, —for the Next Sixty-Four We'll Endeavor to Give Still Greater Bargains the wind the Parisian editors who jhe had no business to go I won't be) scrapers now Table to go to bed quite that soon in|is one thing I will recognise—the America if I wish to addreas night | Hudson river.” I don’t want to talk tn (Copyright, 1 Georges Clemenceau embodied the spirit of undefeatable France when he became prime minister of war In the dark days of 1917, his tron determination that Germany be punished to the limit, his political career, which began when he returned to Paris tn 1869 after He was a member of the chamber of deputies from 1476-1993. 1902 he returned to politics, was again elected to the chamber and “Oh, I read some, and write a An autoblograpny? | No indeed! Retired statesmen who | write their memoirs usually defend | themselves and apologize for their} policies. I intend to do neither, Pouft for my diligent critics! And with that he whistled cown © now once more bitterly saying America. As I said good-bye to him, Clemen “It will be a very strange ex- perience coming back to Amer. fea. I left it in 1969—53 years ago. And just the other day I celebrated my Sist birthday and hardly anybody knew it. “I used to live in Seventh street, | I suppose it is all aky But I daresay there N. KE. A. Service) TIGER” IS to undermine the French morale. } her than a surrender of Germany, tho treaty of Versailles made him he title of “The Tiger” tn his long || In Tailored for little folks on mannish lines, just like big folks’ coats, some with throw collars, saddle pockets, and some with slash pockets. Nearly as many styles as there are coats. Sizes 7 to 14 years. Polaire Sport Coats sport pockets. Sizes New Lot—Just Unboxed! Plaid and Striped Plaited Sport $9.89 Skirts Cut the cost of making—new skirts and a complete color range to choose from. 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