Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-06
ATTACKS sHANrUNo TREATY.

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ATTACKS sHANrUNo TREATY.
Asks Senate 10 Refuse TO Ratify Yer.
saiIlss Agreement.
Washington, Aug. 6.--Declaring the
history OF German and Japanese nc-
QUESTIONS in Shantung had been one
wrong heaped upon another, Senator
, Watson, republican, OF Indiana, asked
the senate to reject that provision OF
the Versailles treaty, which gives Jap
IN control in Shantung peninsula.
The original Shantung rights, Sena-
tor Watson said. were taken from
China by Germany in 1898 thru de-
mand enforced by fleet OF battle
ships, and had been expanded to en-
brace complete economic possession
Of Shantung" thru supplemental treat
les In 1899, 1900 and 1905. These ex-
banded rights, he said. had been taken
from Germany In the present war by
Japan, who had sought TO reinforce
her. position by q treaty obtained by
force" from China in 1905. and by Sc
cret agreements Established by fraud
consummated with the allies In 1917.
Can 1t be said that faint no longer
vitiates titlc?" asked the Indiana SEN
ator. Does wrong ever become right?
Can duress piled upon duress, can
force added to force. make unrisht-
eousness holy? Can the German wrons
in China, plus the japanese wrong In
China. plus the Japanese wrong with
the allies. ever come to the full fruition
Of perfect right?
We went to war, in part, to undo
the wrong wrought by Germany. and
surely here Ia one thn. enlists the SYM
pathy and challenges the attention OF
our country. aye and Of civilization. Tor
ii seeks to perpetuate one Of the most
fragrant wrongs ever committed py
the agents of the kaiser upon help
less and unoffending people"
Replying to declarations that the
German concessions seized by Japan
concerned only n narrow strip Of ter
ritory. Senator Watson said that new
ertheless Japan had sent military
force entirely thru the province OF
Shantung," had established railroads,
mines and garrisons everywhere. and
now was in complete military ana
economic possession" of the whole pro-
vince with It's population Of 3s.o0o'ooo
Chinese.
The president recently has stated
he continued. that Japan intends 10
return Shantung to China. II that be
true, why Is II not so written In the
contract? Japan waged two wars with
the announced purpose of ensuring the
independence Of Korea. And yet hav-
ing won in both wars, she very speed
lily annexed Korea. and In 1910 made
her a part of the Japanese empire One
Of Japan's alleged reasons for waging
war with Russia was that she wanted
to save Manchuria for China. Man
churia is to all intents and purposes
Japanese colony.
THE whole story of the treatment OF
China by Japan furnishes ample illus'
tration of tn. fact that Japan intends
to cling to Shantung. and that her
protestations Of good faith are not to
be believed. Why was so monstrous
wrong thus recognized? Simply be-
cause 1t had to be done to save the
league.
President Wilson wanted the league.
1t was his sole object Of his going to
France, and for 1t he was and is Will
ing to make great sacrifices Of either
foreign rights or American independ-
ence. Japan. seeing his attitude, took
advantage OF him, and forced him to
indorse this wrong to China by the
threat that II 1t were not done she
would withdraw from the conference,
and would decline to ratify the league.
And he yielded, and is now endeavor-
ing to have our nation ratify this
treaty, and condone this wiring. Japan
coerced him into that concession. That
country sold her signature for the I'D
critics Of $4,000. 900 Of human beings,
and Wilson. Lloyd George and Glenn
enceau approved the bargain, and rat
flied the sale.
The most rema rkable, the most in
defensible feature Of this entire trans
action is that as a result OF war SAID
TO nave been waged to make the woriu
safe for democracy We enforce the
| spoliation Of the whole republic in the
orient. we ratify the previous robbery
| of friendly people by the nation we
| went to war to overthrow for such
acts, and we turn the result OF the
| larceny over to the most autocratic
| government that now EXISTS on earth
| the counterpart OF Germany in the
! east.
And 1t can never be forgotten thai
every nation whose representatives sal
around the table at the peace confer
ence and sanctioned this oriental crime
every one of them-had a treaty WITH
| China to protect the territorial 1nteg'
| rity Of her empire.
| "J belieye that the secret treaty MADE
| by Japan with the allies in 1917 should
not be countenancde by them or by VI
at this time. because 1t rests on wrong
and is estab 1ished on fraud. 1t was
fraud on China because by the terms
OF that understanding Japan 90 China
into the war. And the secret treaty
was as we'll fraud on our govern
ment. When by the Lansing Ishi
agreements in 1917 the United States
recognized that Japan has special IN
terests in China neither President VII
son nor Secretary lansing knew tina
Japan had secret treaties with the al
lies by the terms Of which she was Il
hold Shantung after the war;
The people of China believed in tn
United States. We have been her on
great and only friend. The presiden
willingly throws aside the work
Burlingame, casts the efforts Of Ha.
upon the scrap heap, and not only con
sents to the robbins Of China by Jap
an. but seeks to force US to fight +
sustain the robbery and protect tn
robbers. It can not be denied that J
the people Of Shantung revolt agains
the CALLING yoke Of Japan, and II Chin
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