Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-10-02

But Mr.. Wilson, with clear logic and
with compelling eloquence, answered
to the entire satisfaction of Calfor-
MAS people every objection which
Senator Johnson had made to the
League. And thousands of the states
citizens deserted the Johnson stand
ard Immediately and rallied to the sup.
port of the president. More than that,
they came forward and said, I'VE
were against you, Mr.. President, but
you have cleared everything up ard
now we are with you heart and soul"
Still more than that, they let Senator
Johnson know that they were no
longer with him and that they disap.
proved of the speaking tour which he
himself was making in opposition to
the League and so powerful was the
volume of public opinion which reach
ed him, that the senator almost i'm
mediately abandoned his tour. The
Shan Tung question, because Of the
anti-Japanese feeling which undoubt9d'
ly exists along the Pacific coast was
the most serious which the president
had to answer. He explained to the
people that he had been powerless to
prevent the rich peninsula from being
given to Japan. England and France,
through secret treaty, had promised
it to Japan for entering the war and
remaining in it. That treaty had to
be carried out. Anyway it was not
China that was losing Shan Tung, but
Germany, which had seized the terri
tory from China in 1898 and held it
ever since. Japan had promised, the
president explained, to return Shan
Tung as soon as the peace treaty was
ratified and it was only through the
ratification of the treaty with tho
League Of Nations inclusion, that
China could ever expect to get her
former property back. And she surely
would get it back, he declared, through
the ratification of the League. There
fore, through the same instrumentallty
no other nation could again prey upon
the Great, patient, dtligent, but help'
less kingdom" AS to our being drawn
into any European conflict. The pres
lQ6nI oul tIit@I nv NAi ~ NO>-O-~
such as the sending of troops to any
part of the world to maintain or re-
store order could be taken by the
Council of the League without unanl-
nous vote of the council members,
therefore our vote could at once mega
tive any such proposition as sending
our soldiers where we did not want
them sent. Besides, Mr.. Wilson argued,
If you have to quench a fire in Call
,ornia you don't send for the fire de-
nartment of Utah." But, he argued,
here probably never will be another
var, If the League Is established, for
he members promise either 10 arDl-
rate their difference and accept ne
lecision of the arbitrator, lay the dlf-
farences for discussion and publ1ca-
ion before the Council of the League
For period Of six months, and then,
If possible, accept the councils advice.
that failing, they agree TO refrain from
yar for a further period OF three
oonths and nine months OF cooling
,F." the president contended, would
,reyent any armed conflict. These clear
xplanations satisfied every reasonable
carer and destroyed the "Bugaboos'
which Senator Johnson and others had
raised against the League. Through
.ugged Nevada into Utah, the land of
Mormons, the president swept to hnd
that those fine people were heartily
with him for the League and per-
manency of peace.