The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-13
yiscount Uchida Says Country
Is willing to Restore Dis
puted Territory.
CONFUSION IN SENATE
Alleged Unfair Propaganda in
United States Against jap
anese Discussed by Writer.
ny MILTON u. M'INTosH.

Eastern Section.
To those who possess common sense In
given the faculty Of placing everything In
It's proper rank
1t does not underestimate the value OF
sggerated Importance.
It permits US to consider fictitious rea-
sons with reservation and of resolutely
rejecting those that resort to the weapons
OF hypocrisy.
Persons who cultivate common sense
never refuse to admit their errors.
YORITOMO-TASHL
The old Japanese philosopher Yori-
tomo-Tashi who gave utterance to the
above only spoke that which character
lies the mental attitude of his people.
The message received few days ago
from Viscount Uchida is a striking ex-
ample of this. II reads:
ut appears that, in spite OF the Of
fetal statement which the japanese
delegation at Paris issued on May 8,
last, and which fully stated in an in
tervicw with the representatives of the
press on May II. Japan's policy respect
ing the Shantung question Is little un-
derstood or appreciated abroad.
at will be remembered that in the
ultimatum which the Japanese Govern
ment addressed to the German Govern
ment on August Is. 1914, they demanded
Of Germany to deliver on a date not later
thar September is. 1914, to the Imperial
authorities, without condition or compen-
sation, the entire leased territory of
Kiao-Chau with a view to eventual res
toration of the same to China. The
terms Of that demand have never ELECTED
any protest on the part of China or any
other allied or associated Powers.
willing to Restore Territory.
Following the same line of policy.
Japan now claims as one of the essential
conditions OF peace that the leased ter
rtcry of Kiao-Chau should be surrend-
cred to her without condition or COM
pensation, at the same time abiding
faithfully by the pledge which she gave
to China in 1915. She is quite willing
to restore to China the whole territory
in question and to enter upon negotia
tons with the Government at Pekin as
to the arrangement necessary to give
effect to that pledge as soon as possible
after the Treaty of Versailles shall have
beer ratified by Japan.
Nor has she any intention to retain
or TO claim any rights which affect the
territorial sovereignty of China in the
province of Shantung.
The significance of the clause an
pesring in Baron Makino's statement of
hsy that the policy of Japan Is to
hsnd back the Shantung Peninsula in
fu,l sovereignty to China, retaining only
the economic privileges granted to Ger
msny, must be clear to all.
Upon arrangement being arrived at
between Japan and China for the resti-
tuition OF kiao-Chau the Japanese troops
at present guarding that territory and
tbs Kiao-Chau-Tsinanfu Railway will
be completely withdrawn.
The -Tsinanfu Railway is
Intended to be operated as a joint Sino-
Japanese enterprise without any dis
elimination in treatment against the
people of any nation.
The Japanese Government has,
moreover under contemplation proposals
for the reestablishment in Tsingtao of a
general foreign settlement instead of the
exclusive Japanese settlement which by
the agreement of 1918 with China they
ere entitled to claim"
Senator Borah's Catechism.
Ever since the 9th Of June, when we
first received word of China's intention
not to sign the peace treaty, there has
been in the United States an increasing
outburst of antagonism against the
Japanese. they being featured in the
most Gespicable roles possible. In fact
so violo,ft has this become that soma of
Our writer's are giving out pictures of
tortured Coreans (these having been
taken some years back under Corean
rule) to incite US to a feeling of rage
and adherence for a people who are
trying to put down a revolution OF pre-
fectly good Christians: these pictures
purporting to represent what the Jap
anese were inhicting upon the Coreans,
who were merely expressing a hope that
they might have the principle Of self
determination extended to them. Than
comes Senator Borah on July Z with
his declaration: IF human testimony Is
worth anything 1t is in writing here that
Secretary Lansing. Gen. Bliss and Henry
White protested against the Shantung
provisions of the peace treaty. and that
their protests were disregarded."
This spectacular attempt on the part
of Senator Borah to discredit the actions
OF the trainers of the peace treaty IN
general and the President IN particular
in submitting untrustworthy material Is
disclosed by the testimony OF Robert
Lansing Secretary of State, when. on
August 6. he appeared before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee and in an
swer TO question from Senator Borah,
"Was it in the nature OF a protest
against what Is KnOWn rs lHe stttlSHiSHt
OF the Shantung AFFAIR." Secretary
Lansing replied, No"
This is cited only to illustrate that
nearly all the accusations made either
upon the trainers of the peace treaty or
upon the activities Of the Japanese peo-
pie have been made without due regard
TO their authenticity and that In giving
voice to these unfounded tales they have
materially weakened their argument
where even the truth creeps in.
The fact that Senator Borah or other
misguided Senators gave utterance to
statements which were subsequently as
oertained TO be false would not in itself
give rise to fears of possible interna-
uonal complications except that this pro-
gramme once embarked upon has. in its
determined effort to justify itself. em-
ployed language and made suggestions
which, were we dealing with a nation
whose philosophy was other than our
Japanese sage, Yoritomo- Tashl. has in
formed US, might have plunged our coun-
Try into difficulties. or even war.
Attacks on japan Here.
The methods of these few men in
washington have only proved how little
OF the international sense" exists there,
and will undoubtedly be understood by
Inc more seasoned peoples of the Orient,
who will pass them by with but a feel
Ing Of regret.
Tie text OF Viscount Uchida's state
meht above indicates that the Japanese
III answering a most outrageous assault
upon their integrity and national honor
raging for more than a month through
CUT ms country have simply reiterated