Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-09-04
GOD SAVE CHINA !
FROM FRIENDS
Senator McCumber Protests
Against Shantung Amend
ment to Treaty.
AGAINST INTEREST OF CHINA
Republican Senator Asserts That op.
ponents Of the Peace Treaty in
the Senate Are Trying
to Kill It. =

the Senate fare Trying
to Kill 1t.
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Washington, Aug. 2.-Senator Nc
Cumber, for twenty years Republican
senator from North Dakota, in a
speech in the senate today, charged
that the majority of the foreign rela-
lions committee is trying to kill the
peace treaty and the league of nations.
Senator McCumber spoke after his
second breach with the opponents Of
the treaty on the senate committee on
foreign relations. In the present
breach Senator McCumber voted alone
with the supporters Of the treaty and
against the majority Of the committee
which voted to strike out Japan" n
insert China in the three sections
awarding the Shantung peninsula.
"Why did the majority of this COM
| mittee pause in the midst OF their
hearings to make this particular
amendments" asked Senator McCum-
Der. "The purpose is apparent. 1t is
to signify to the country that the SEN
ate is hostile to this treaty. 1t is to
put Japan in a position where h
not without an appearance of being
coerced do what she has promised to
do. It is to create trouble between
this country and Japan n thereby
send the first dagger thrust into the
body of this treaty.
81 am satisfied that nc greater blow
could ever be struck against the real
interests of China than by such an
amendment.
as it an act Of, true friendship to-
ward China or a mere political move
to defeat the treaty? If its sponsors
now fail to come forward and openly
pledge that if Japan is driven out of
this treaty then the United States will
proceed single-handed and alone to
drive Japan out of China-Will renew
this world-war and send our soldiers
into the orient to fight for her. then by
this act they axe betrayins China with
q false kiss.
~If, on the other hand, they declare
they will make war to drive Japan out
of China, to prevent Japan receiving
only those rights which the other
great nations OF the world have re-
ceived, then they are proclaiming a
policy which they have asSalled as
being the most wicked part of the
league of nations-a policy of inter-
ference with the quarre!S of the old
world. Worse than that, while they
violently condemn q Joint agreement
with the other great white nations Of
the world to shield the greater white
races from annihi1ation they would
send our sons to death to defend the
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to be so inferior as to Ice unfit to assoc
ciate with us.
either we will bring both Japan
and China into this league of nations
which by the very terms of It's pro-
visions will compel Japan to return to
Chine all the German rights acquired
by Japan, rot only by conquest but
by the solemn agreement made by her
with China herself, or you will drive
Japan out Of this treaty wherein she
will not be bound by the obligations
which she should assume by joining
the league, and where she will be hold
ing the German territory and all the
German interests by the right Of con-
quest and with the broken word Of
China, she can work her way to the
very limit of s%utjugation of all the
Chinese territory not now within the
sphere of influence of other powers
with this league Of nations China
obtains an assurance which is tanta-
mount to a guaranty by all the world
that not only will Japen return to
China what Germany wrested from her
in 1898 but henceforth n so long as
this league shall last no other nation
shall rob China of one inch of her ter
ritory or exercise any control over her
people inconsistent with the claims
of complete independence and SOW
ereignty."
Senator McCumber then recited the
history of the several treaties under
which Japan took over the German
rights in S%hantung, promising to re-
store them to China. He her said:
"By this amendment you declare
that Japan annot be trusted to keep
sacred her word, given not only to
China alone but also given to the
United States and every other import
ant nation by reiterated declarations.
"There is but one honorable, upright
and proper course to be pursued by the
great nations of the world, including
China and Japan. Let China keep her
treaty; give Japan an opportunity to
do what she has pledged her ma
LlOudl ilOuOT W W cease IulS attempt
to juggle this country into wal with
Japan; defeat this proposed amend
ment which %arrogates to ourselves the
right to annul a treaty between China
and Japan and sets at naught a treaty
made during the stress of battle be-
tween our co-belligerents and Japan
before we entered into the war; bring
Japan and China into this world league
and as sure as the u shall rise to-
morrow Japan will keep her plighted
faith and China will receive complete
present Justice and assured future
protection.
ION the other hand force this breach
Of contract by China /; drive Japan out
of this league by insulting her honor
relieve her from her treaty by first
breaking it yourselves and thereby in
'stalllng her in her %impregnable posi-
ton of right of conquest and China is
doomed. The other European nations
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