Winning a Cause: World War StoriesThompson, John G. (John Gilbert)
History
Winning a Cause: World War Stories
Thompson, John G. (John Gilbert)
Readers -- History; Readers -- World War, 1914-1918
Yet Lloyd George was a warm-hearted Welshman who loved the people.
Even in war time, he was a jovial, home-loving man. At the royal
house, at 11 Downing Street, he lived in sweet companionship with his
wife and two daughters, Olwen and Megan--one a young lady, the other a
little girl of twelve years. His two sons fought in France. Nor did
he forget his aged uncle now past ninety, who staked all that he had
for the boy's education. As Premier of England, Lloyd George gladly
welcomed him to his royal home. No other name in the past few years,
save that of President Wilson, has been so often and so affectionately
upon the lips of people in every land as has the name of David Lloyd
George. He is a hero worthy of any boy's admiration and emulation. He
has made some glorious pages in English history. At the peace table,
in all his kindliness and power, he determined to see justice meted out
to poor, unfortunate people in all lands.
Georges Clemenceau, Premier of France, is another who stands for
justice and liberty. He has upheld these virtues with such fierce
determination that he has come to be known in France as the "Old Tiger."
His father in the days of Napoleon III was a leader of the revolution
and aided in the attempts to establish a republic in place of the
kingdom. He was thrown into prison, but his son, Georges Clemenceau,
became an even greater worker in the cause of freedom. As a young man
he, too, was cast into prison because in the midst of an imperial
celebration, he shouted on the streets of Paris "Vive la Republique."
After he was released, he realized that he would be treated practically
as an exile, and so he came to America. Here for a few years he was
instructor in French in a school for girls. After marrying one of his
students, he returned with her to France.
Through his writings and speeches, he became widely known in Paris for
his democratic ideas upon all public questions. At one time a young
military officer, Captain Dreyfus, was about to be condemned for high
treason. Clemenceau believed him innocent, and proved that the trial
was unjust. By his newspaper editorials, he so aroused the people of
Paris--those of society as well as the working classes and university
students--that a new trial was finally secured for the prisoner. The
whole nation was interested in the Dreyfus case, and the youth of
France especially hailed Clemenceau as a leader of justice.
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