Joy and Suffering (July 21, 1919)
When Clemenceau received the telephone call in his office telling him of Germany’s
acceptance of the peace treaty, he was beside himself with joy. He stood up and shook
hands with the cabinet members and other officials in his office and said, “Messieurs!
China. Mao goes on to contrast this type of “republic” with that of Soviet Russia, which he calls (as in
the title of the regime he himself was to set up in 1949) gongheguo.
53 The editors of the Wengao suggest that the character for Hungary is a misprint for that representing Austria.