The sun., 1919-10-17


to induce Japae to drop her contention
for declaratitn Of race equality, and
when the President was asked how the
United states voted on that question OF
race equality, Mr. Brandegee recalled,
the President declined to answer
Says Correction Il Possible.
I'm voting against this amendment
we will vote to ratify this outrage on a
nation that has always been our friend.
of which we have been almost the
guardian. For myself never will stand
for that" said Mr.. Brandegee; treaty
| or no treaty, covenant or no covenant,
1 cannot consent to It.. 1t Is mere
fiction that amendment of any sort viii
| destroy the treaty. The peace confer
| ence Is still In session II 1T were not
note to the chancelleries of the ma
| lions would inform them of our wish as
to the amendment. Now is tie one
chance we will ever have to correct the
errors in this instrument"
Senator johnson (Cal) spoke briefly
but with much feeling. He showed the
effects of the exhaustion consequent on
| his long Western trip.
Everybody admits" he said, "that
this settlement of Shantung is an abomf-
nation. If 1t is an abominaton we
cannot dodge It by conceding that and
then protesting. Neither can we escape
our responsibility by admitting the
wrong and then voting fof IT, II Is q
wrong. a crime. an infamy, we all ad-
init 1t. Nobody defends II. NY sigma
ture never shall sign approval to IT
The amendment points the way to the
right and declares US for the right. II
says that wrong has been done, and
asserts that it shall be remedled. The
| only right settlement is that China be re-
stored the province. and that is what
the amendment proposes. / recognize
this will not be efficacious actually tc
restore the province, but that is no rea.
| son why we should not indicate oui
position and declare that If wrong hat
been done we will not be party to it
That is the bold, the courageous, the
righteous thing to do.
Condemns Secrecy of Allies.
1--WE have been told that there wa.
no reason why our Allies shoula have
Informed us about their secret agree
ments looking to this cesslon Of Shan
tung to Japan. From that l dissent
When we entered the war by their side
the duty was placed on them frankly
to tell us OF the arrangements they had
made among themselves for disposition
OF the earth. / cannot agree to theiI
right to accept all they did from US, and
then withhold the treaties they ha6
made, which were to constitute the basis
on which the peace should be made
This treaty represents the first PARTED.
patton OF the United States in the
despoilment of China. Our proudest
boast has been that we never despoiled
| a friend nor broke our plighted word
For the first time we are asked to dc
both 1t is not possible to convince any
real intelligence that, later, the wrone
may be righted. It would have to be
rtghted by the very parties that have
committed II, and by the benefciaries
Of it."
Senator Gerry Or. ID said few
words in refutation OF the charge OF
senator Williams against the Irish in
this country. asserting that through the
war they were absolutely loyal and self
sacrificing.
Mr. LaFollette (wis.) spoke in denun-
citation Of what he called a burglary of
Shantung. and Senator Fall On. M
surveyed the problem which confronted
the Foreign Relations Committee in deal
ing with this matter. explaining why the
amendment bad BEEN reported as the one
direct complete, effective way to deal
with the question.
At . 80 p NJ. with more than ninety
Senators in their seats the roll call was
ordered on the amendment 1t was the
largest attendance in the chamber in
many months The call was a perfectly
routine procedure, without dramatic set.
ting or even any tensity of interest. the
result being a foregone conclusion.