te over a thousand such editorials.

Then came the great crisis, when the Huns were planning a final drive
that should win them the victory. Some one must be chosen who should
be able to prepare the armies to strike hard at the enemy. Clemenceau
was the man chosen. On October 17, 1917, he was once more made Premier
of France, though he was now seventy-eight years old. But his eyes
flashed keener, and his mind was more clever and daring than ever in
his youth. The man who even in the titles of his newspapers,--_Labor_,
_Justice_, _Dawn_, the _Free Man_,--had for years been shouting for
liberty, now had a share in the command of the forces of the Allies
which were to win the fierce struggle for democracy.

In the spring of 1918, when the French feared that they must lose the
war, it was Clemenceau who cheered them and urged them on and on in
their efforts to win, until at length he gave them the most cheering
message of all, "Hold the line, for America comes!"

Overcoming all obstacles, he led the nation to victory. Down into the
trenches he went, risking his life in the very front lines, that he
might go among his soldiers to cheer them, and to let them know that he
did not send his men where he would not go himself.

His behavior toward his would-be assassin, on February 19, 1919, was in
itself a striking example of his daring, fighting spirit. As he rode
home in his car from the Peace Conference, a man aimed and fired at
him. Instantly Premier Clemenceau pushed open the door of his car,
and, while the man continued firing, sprang upon him and grappled with
him until the police reached the spot and seized the offender. Five
bullets had been shot, only one of which lodged itself in the "Old
Tiger's" shoulder, and did no great harm.

Even those who opposed Clemenceau's political policies, strongly
denounced the attempt upon his life, which had been made by a supposed
Russian socialist. Thus this keen, jovial, loyal defender of liberty
has come into the love of all his people.

An unnamed poilu sent Premier Clemenceau his Croix de Guerre, with the
following letter:--

"You have not been given the Croix de Guerre. Here is mine, bearing
only two stars. You merit two palms."

Clemenceau is reported to have wept when he read the letter.

It gave him untold pleasure to serve as the nation's host during the
visit of President Wilson--with whom, as representative of the great
republic of the United States,