4 JANUARY 1919, Page 3

hi. Clemenceau, speaking in the French Chamber last Swale'', expressed

very clearly the French attitude towards peace terms and a League of Nation!. France, he said, had borne the brunt of the war, because she was Germany's neighbour. America was far off. It was all very well to say that such a war must not recur, but France required security against the risk of its repetition. IL Clemeneeau admitted that he himself still believed in well-defended frontiers and a balance of Powers. If America, Great Britain, France, and Italy had been leagued for defence before 1914, the war would not have come. He would make every sacrifice to maintain that Quadruple Entente, though he desired that France should be left free to organize her own military defence.