The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-09-03
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Senator McCumber Protests in
Senate Against Any Amend
'nent to Treaty.
AGAINST INTEREST OF tCHINA
Republican Senator Asserts That 0p.
ponents Of the Peace Treaty in
the Senate Are Trying
to Kill It.

Washington, Aug. Ex-senator Nc
Cumber, for 20 years Republican sen.
ator from North Dakota, in q speech
in the senate today, charged that the
majority Of the foreign relations COM
mittee 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 for
sign relations. In the present breach
Senator McCumber voted alone with
tho supporters of the treaty and
against the majority of the committee
which voted to strike out Japan" and
insert China" in the three sections
awarding Shantung peninsula.
Purpose Is Apparent.
"Why did the majority of this COM
mittee pause in the midst of their
hearings to make this particular
amendment" asked Senator McCum-
Der. 1.-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 = position where she can
not, without an appearance of being
coerced, do what she has promised to
do. 1t is to create trouble between
this country and Japan and thereby
send the first dagger thrust into the
body of this treaty.
Il am satisfied that no greater blow
interests of China than by such an
amendment,
lis it an act of true friendship to.
ward China or a mere political move
to defeat the treaty? If it's sponsors
now fail to come forward and openly
pledge that il 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 are betraying China
with false kiss
Would Be Inconsistent.
III, 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
ceived, then they are proclaiming a
policy which they have assailed as be-
ing the most wicked part of the
League of Nations, policy of inter-
ference with the quarrels of the old
world. Worse than that, while they
violently condemn joint agreement
with the other great white nations of
hn tn
races from humiliation, they would
send our sons to death to defend the
inferior yellow races whom we claim
to be so inferior as to be unfit to asso-
ciate with US.
either We will bring both Japan
and China into this League of Ma
tions, which by the very terms of it's
provisions will compel Japan to re.
turn to China all the German rights
acquired by Japan, not only by con-
Quest 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
lby Joining the League, and where she
Twill be holding the German territory
land all the German interests by the
fright of conquest and with the broken
WORD of China, she can work her way
Ito the very limit of subjugation of all
1.-THE Chinese territory not now within
the sphere of influence of other DOW
ers.
China Obtains Assurance.
with 90 AYo&}o~c
China obtains an assurance which is
tantamount to a guaranty by all the
world that not only will Japan return
to China what Germany wrested from
her in 1898, but henceforth and so
long as this League shall last no other
nation shall rob China of one inch of
her territory or exercise any control
over her people insistent with the
claims Of complete independence and
sovereignty"
Senator McCumber then recited the
v Tn1Gn J.; Iap an took over the German
' this e0 Ghna; He then said
Japan cannot be trusted to Keen sacred
her word, given not only to China alone
sus also tb gwen to the United States and
.ated declarations
But One Honorable Course.
There is but one honorable unrirht
and proper course to be pursued bv the
great nations of the world, Including
China and Japan. Let China keep her
DO what she has pledged her national
honor to do: cease this attempt to
iuGgle this country into war with ia
pan: defeat this proposed amendment
which arrogates to ourselves the right
to annul treaty between China and
Japan and sets At. nAught@ 4 treaty made
during the stress of battle between our
co-beiligerents and Japan before We en-
tered into the war bring Japan and
China into this world league and as
sure AZ the sun shall rise tomorrow
Japan will keep her pltghted faith and
China will receive complies present JUS
tice and assured future protection.
"On the other hand force this breach
Of contract by China; drive Japan out of
= this league by>insulting her honor; re-
lisvs her from her treaty by hrst break
fng It yourselves and thereby INSTALL
ing her in her lmpregnable position OF
right Of conquest and China ID. doomed.
4 The ether European nations cannot help
her because they are tied by their own
treaties, and you will not make war ON
Japan to help China after she has
n these Sc friends OF China, tAso
ii Ge4 0avO Ch1nA zrow her frlo0Aa. Z"
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