Bisbee daily review., 1919-10-09
JAPAN NEVER WILL RETURN
 SHAN I UNG'

TACOMA, Wn., Oct 8.-China's chances of regaining the Shantung peninsula through future action of the league of nations, if adopted as now drawn, would be remote, United States Senator Hiram w. Johnson told a crowd which filled Tacoma's largest 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 despoiled another country or broke its word to a friend, he declared.
 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 senator asked and was answered by laughter from the aud fence.
 Introducing Senator Johnson at the theater, Mrs. Emma Smith Devoe de- clared Senator Johnson was lifting the ideals of the nation to a loftier con- eeption of Americanism and hailed him as "the next president"
 The senator declared that the American people had approved when the president went to Paris. but later were grieved to see "the flabbiness of his good intentions yield to the cyni- cism of 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 sen ator, ''is that your blood and my blood shall guarantee to the British and Jap anese empires for all time the posses sions they have gained from past treat ies from the war"
 This is not league of nations; it does not touch the people, but forms an oligarchy of power to make this na- tion bear the burdens of all those other nations which profited by the war. My position is that this country ought not to go to war except at the behest of the American congress and the American people.
 Last week in Omaha I saw re- cruiting sign stating that 50000 sold iers were wanted for service in Flu rope That's the league of nations for you; taking khaki-clad boys across the sea. You're not going to Americanize Europe by sending soldiers there. You are going to EuropeaniZe America. When they talk to you about disarma- ment under the league they do not mean disarmament TOT this country. They mean that the United States will supply the deficiency of all the other nations"
 Just one nation, Senator Johnson declared, was not represented, except perhaps by men with misty concep- tions of internationalism.
 We were there," he declared, with beautiful phrases, eloquently pieced together. The others knew just what they wanted and when it was all over we had still our eloquent phrases and they had just exactly what they wanted.
 q have observed recently that those who talk most Of the ratherhood of God and the brotherhood of man, are most intolerant of those who talk just plain pure Americanism."
 Senator Johnson left for Seattle, where he is to speak tonight
 Before departing for Seattle, Sena- tor Johnson said:
 When I was told back in Wash ington that people out here were in favor of ratification without reserva- .tions or amendments, could not be- lieve it. My hasty trip has shown me