The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-08-29
PARTlSANS GETTING EVEN
WITH THE PRESIDENT

The senate foreign relations com
mittee. by a majority Of one vote, has
amended the German peace treaty
BY atriking out the word Japan"
and Inserting the word China In the
section relating to the province of
ShaAtuAg. II the senate uphoids the
action OF the committee league OF
nations will be an utter impossible
ity and the United States win be un.
der the necessity OF making a sep.
arate peace with Germany. Shantung,
however. will not be restored to Chi
ma unless the United States forces
Japan TO let 70 at the point OF the
Sword, which means another war In
the near future. urder the terms OF
the treaty the Japanse were obligat.
ed to restore Chinese sovereignty. II
the senate fails to ratify the pact
containing this provision japan will
also refuse to ratify. and the last
hope for China will be gone unless
she is able to defend herself. There.
fore, the talk of restoring" Shan
tung to China Is worse. than non
sense.
Here of late we have heard much
about the senate being In favor of
the league covenant with more or
less drastic reservations. Now the
mask has been removed 30 far AZ
the foreign relations committee II
concerned, and we find Lodge. Knox
tBrandegee, Moses, Fall New and
Harding voting with Borah and
Johnson. the two Aast sena
tors being against any kind OF .
league. When the proposition comes
L.. he of hA uanots 4
there will be a general unmasking
and We shall see how many sen
ators who claimed to be for ratifica
ton with certain reservations mean
what they said, for to amend tn
treaty means to kill IL end wreck tn
whole plan TO bring peace TO tn
world. As TO our friendship for CHI
ma, the New York Journal of Com
merce and Commercial Bulletin r.
Gently said:
But for the transparent insincerit
and deplorable ignorance underlyin
the outbursts of sympathy for Chin
In the United States senate, on
might be tempted TO hope that II II
dicated a disposition to make repai
alton for years OF injustice, and
substitute for a policy Of evasion an
false pretense one OF resolution an
honesty. But China has only too o,
yIously been made stalking hors
behind which TO discharge the shaft
of a malignant partisanship--to tr
: TO hit the president by destroying IN
= work for whose fruition p war-wea
; led world In anxiously waiting. tn
! entire debate over Shantung ba
: been conducted on low level of II
telllgenee, with reckless disregar
, Of the controlling facts Of the rel
. tions between China and Japan. an
a stiIl manifest neglect OF the pa
, attitude and policy Of the Unite
Z States toward the entire subject
2 Chairman Lodge was member
; the United States senate when Ge
: many took possession of Shantun
. and forced China 10 make conce
/. sjong. II the Massachusetts, senate
, made any outcry against the wron
p or expressed any sympathy Tor VI
Chinese, there IL no record OF IN
fact. To she'd tears al this late ds
because japan has sncehedsd 10 u
i. allage,. rights of Germany leaves al
onen to ,he charge OF hypocrisy. Nv
. IDENTIFY Mr.. Lodge does not care
( long as the work done at Nersaiil'
4 Is rendered null and void. But IN
= Is not staiesmanship. Neither IL II
/ exhibition OF good sense u is or
|. .hing To down President Wilson. b.
4 cutie another thing 10 deliberate
. and with malice aforethouEht iea'
n apen the wawwwffffmmmmmppsF'
: onen the way for future world wa
!. -.bue hundreds OF millions OF me
= IS children are PRAYING II
/. ,be binding OF the nations tosetn'
il in order TO bring about lasting peae
Il We do not believe a majority
. ,ho senators will back I'D senat
r Lodge. now tina, his purpose 70 pr 2,
vent ratification OF the treat! "a \,
a hean fully exposed Certainly tho'
e VINO have declared for nssr. .. N.,,' .,,,'
. cannot vote for the amendment ,s Ss
3 out stultifying th.n'se'''
Lake Tribune.