Though Provence was generally conservative, it often elected reformist leaders ; Prime Minister Léon Gambetta was the son of a Marseille grocer, and future prime minister Georges Clemenceau was elected deputy from the Var in 1885.

The Poilu had great respect for Clemenceau and his disregard for danger as he often visited soldiers only yards away from German frontlines.

Clemenceau was however sceptical about some other points, including those concerning the League of Nations, as he believed that the latter could succeed only in a utopian society.

There was increasing discontent among Clemenceau, Lloyd George and Woodrow Wilson about slow progress and information leaks surrounding the Council of Ten.

Czernin persuaded Charles to send a ' Word of Honour ' to Austria's allies saying that Sixtus had not been authorised to show the letter to the French Government, that Belgium had not been mentioned, and Clemenceau had lied about the mentioning of the Alsace.

Not long after this Violet Cecil met Clemenceau and she wrote down what he had said to her about the meeting:

Clemenceau was in the chair ( 1 December 1917 ), and his speech, drafted by Hankey, tasked the military representatives with studying the prospects for the 1918 campaign, and in particular whether German defeat would be best brought about by attacks on her allies.

His lack of financial acumen was noted years earlier by Clemenceau, who reportedly commented " My finance minister is the only Jew in Europe who knows nothing about money.

However, this never came about because Spears played his ace card – the close relationship which he enjoyed with Georges Clemenceau.

That month Wilson defended Haig to Clemenceau and Foch, both of whom wanted him removed ( Clemenceau preferred Allenby as Haig ’ s replacement, Foch preferred Plumer ), telling Clemenceau that Haig was the right man for the “ bad times ” which were coming, although he was critical of Robertson.

* 2006 – The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal.

* September 28 – Georges Clemenceau, French statesman ( d. 1929 )

At the beginning of his political career, the future French statesman Georges Clemenceau ( 1841 – 1929 ) was mayor of Montmartre.

Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (; ( 28 September 1841 – 24 November 1929 ) was a French journalist, physician, and statesman.

His father Benjamin Clemenceau ( 1810 – 1897 ) came from a long line of physicians, but he lived off his lands and investments and did not practice medicine.

Portrait of Clemenceau by Edouard Manet, c. 1879 – 80.

As the situation worsened in early 1918, Clemenceau continued to support the policy of total war – " We present ourselves before you with the single thought of total war " – and the policy of " la guerre jusqu ' au bout " ( war until the end ).

On 11 November an armistice with Germany was signed – Clemenceau saw this was Germany's admission of defeat.

* Georges Clemenceau – President of the Council and Minister of the Interior

* Georges Clemenceau – President of the Council and Minister of War

Station Charles de Gaulle – Étoile is at the street's west end, and there are three stations with entrances on the street itself ; from west to east these are: George V by the Hôtel George-V, Franklin D. Roosevelt at the rond-point des Champs-Élysées, and Champs-Élysées – Clemenceau at place Clemenceau.

Clemenceau said ...‘ I am totally opposed to you – we both recognise a great danger and you are ... reducing your army and weakening your navy .’ ‘ Ah ’ said Bannerman ‘ but that is for economy !’... then said that he thought the English ought to have some kind of military service, at which Bannerman nearly fainted ...‘ It comes to this ’ said Clemenceau ‘ in the event of your supporting us against Germany are you ready to abide by the plans agreed upon between our War Offices and to land 110, 000 men on the coast while Italy marches with us in the ranks ?’ Then came the crowning touch of the interview.

It was negotiated between British Prime Minister Lloyd George and French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau and rendered many of the guarantees in the Hussein – McMahon agreement invalid.

# REDIRECT Champs-Élysées – Clemenceau ( Paris Métro )

It was the southern terminus of line 13 until its extension to Champs-Élysées – Clemenceau on 18 February 1975.

* December 21 – The first aircraft carrier designed as such to be launched in France, Clemenceau, is launched by the Brest Arsenal at Brest .< ref > Gardiner, Robert, Conways All the Worlds Fighting Ships 1947-1982, Part One: The Western Powers, < Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1983, ISBN 0-87021-418-7, p. 28 .</ ref >

* Georges Clemenceau, was a politician of Draguignan: deputy of the district of Draguignan ( 1885 – 1893 ) and senator of the same district ( 1902 – 1920 ), French prime minister in 1906-1909 and 1917 – 1920

Lloyd George replied: “ Well, was not that always our traditional policy ?” He was joking but after reflection Clemenceau took it seriously.

After Lloyd George's fall from power in 1922 Clemenceau remarked: “ As for France, it is a real enemy who disappears.

Wilson defended Haig ’ s position to the War Cabinet ( 6 March ) and blamed Clemenceau and Petain ( both of whom disliked Foch ) and wrote in his diary that the British government had little choice but to back Haig “ wrong as I believe him to be ”.

This confidence began to spread from the trenches to the home front and it was said " We believed in Clemenceau rather in the way that our ancestors believed in Joan of Arc.

Clemenceau said to Lloyd George in June: " We need a barrier behind which, in the years to come, our people can work in security to rebuild its ruins.

There were sceptics, however, that believed that Clemenceau, like other war time leaders, would have a short time in office.

Clemenceau believed, in the words of Jean Ybarnégaray, that Caillaux's crime " was not to have believed in victory to have gambled on his nation's defeat ".

Clemenceau replied that the alliance with America and Britain was of more value than an isolated France which held onto the Rhineland: " In fifteen years I will be dead, but if you do me the honour of visiting my tomb, you will be able to say that the Germans have not fulfilled all the clauses of the treaty, and that we are still on the Rhine ".

Clemenceau wanted to have Foch ( French Army Chief of Staff ) as French Military Representative on the Supreme War Council ( formally established 7 November 1917 ), to increase French control over the Western Front, but was persuaded to appoint Weygand as a more independent general instead.

Thus, Henri could be mockingly hailed by republicans such as Georges Clemenceau as " the French Washington " — the one man without whom the Republic could not have been founded.

George Clemenceau's epitaph of Faure, in the same trend, was " Il voulait être César, il ne fut que Pompée " ( another wordplay in French ; could mean both " he wished to be Caesar, but ended up as Pompey ", or " he wished to be Caesar and ended up being blown ": the verb " pomper " in French is also slang for performing oral sex on a man ); Clemenceau, who was also editor of the newspaper l ' Aurore, wrote that " upon entering the void, he must have felt home ".< ref >

The idea attracted the International Commission, but have fallen due to protest the French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau and the representative of France-Grenard.

Spears became aware of Clemenceau ’ s ruthlessness – ‘ probably the most difficult and dangerous man I have ever met ’ – and told London that he was ‘ out to wreck ’ the Supreme War Council at Versailles, France being bent on its domination.

One bullet hit Clemenceau between the ribs, just missing his vital organs.

Rather than recognizing territories of the Austrian-Hungarian empire solely within the principles of self-determination, Clemenceau sought to weaken Hungary just as Germany and remove the threat of such a large power within Central Europe.