Arizona republican., 1919-10-09
JAPAN COULD BLOCK
 SHANTUNG' RETURN
 DECLARES JOHNSON
China Has Little to4Hope for In Way of Future League Action on the Peninsula, He Tells Tacoma Audi ence

TACOMA, Wash, Oct. S.-China's chances of regaining the Shantung pen insula through future action of the league of nations. if adopted as now drawn, would be remote, United States Senator Hiram w. Johnson told crowd which filled Tacomas larges, theater today.
 The very four nations which took Shantung from China, the California senator asserted, would vote on the question of its return.
 President Wilson's signature to the peace treaty in Paris marks the first time the United States ever despoiied another country or broke its word to a friend. he declared.
 Japan Could Block Return
 Japan took more of China's rights in Shantung than Germany ever thought of taking, he insisted, and pointed out that the single vote of Japan could block the return of the peninsula to it's former owner.
 Do you think Japan will vote to give it up the speaker asked and was answered by laughter from the audi ence
 Introducing Senator Johnson at the theater, Mrs. Emma smith Devoe, suf- frage leader, declared Senator Johnson was lifting the ideals of the nation to a loftier conception of Americanism and hailed him as the next president
 The senator declared that the Amer ican people had approved when the 1 president went to Paris, but later were grieved to see the flabbiness of his good intentions yield to the cynicism oi European diplomacy" The United States, he declared was | forced to yield to the distributions of lands and peoples agreed upon by our European CO., belligerents before this country ever entered the war.
 What we rebel against and what We say shall not be- asserted the senator lis that your blood and my blood shal | guarantee to the British and Japanese empires for all times the possessions l they have gained from past treaties and from the war"
 | This is not league of nations; il | does not touch the peoples but forms an oligarchy of power to make ths | nation hear the burden of all those 1 other nations which profited by the l war My position is that this country ought not to go to war except at tho l behest of the American congress and the American people.
 All for Europe Last week in Omaha I saw a re cruiting sign stating that 5O.0O0 sol 1 diers were wanted for service in Eu- rope That's the league of nations fol you; taking khaki-clad boys across the sea. You're not going to Americanizt Europe with your league of nations You are going to Europeanize America When they talk to you about dis i armament under the league they do not mean disarmament for this country | They mean that the United States vii supply the deficiency of all the othei l nations" s.+...
 Just one nation, Senator Johnson declared was not represented. excep perhaps by men with misty concep. i tions of internationalism.
 We were there" he declared. "witI beautiful phrases, eloquently pieced to- gether The others knew just wha | they wanted and when it was all ovel we had still our eloquent phrases an, they had just exactly what they wanted
 ! H- nave observed recently that those | who talk most of the fatherhood 0 God and the brotherhood of man, ar, most, intolerant of those who talk jus plain pure Americanism." Senator Johnson left for Seattle where. he is to speak tonight
 Before departing for Seattle, Sen ator Johnson said:
 When I was told back in Washing ton that people out here were in favo of ratification without reservations O amendments, I could not believe it. NJ nasty trip has shown me these report
 were untrue. There is the same un deriving sentiment in all parts of th
 country.
 Not Just Ideals We all agree with the lofty senti
 ments expressed by our president an, with his splendid idealism.' the sen
 ator later declared to the press 9Th difference is. however. that out her on the Pacific coast we have writte
 our ideals into laws
 Persons of all shades of political be
 liefs were among those to extend to tn
 senator his first welcome {
 Washington.