Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-08

GEORGE 4. NHTSR
STEAKS OF Nj|lllulle
That the first nesting of the Omen
FORUM this season shouie hsve hnfs
az 0I1ennance lha1 Practically fiI}ad
Inc cnurcn On such a diBaE-eoahIs.
rAiny AFTERNOON as that Of Sunfzy.
certainly testified I'd the insr,rurinn.s
popularity The speaker was Hnn.
George A SweerHer of Bosrun and
me subject. The ShHntuux Quee-
llnn- The nesting WIS opened win
a nrlef PRAYER by Rev NJ. G. Fnlsnm
and followed with singing by the an
oience- with ". I. Guild directing
anc Miss Alice Richarcs III the piano.
The speaker was introduced py
Chairman Henry Racna-ds. Mr..
Sweetser prefRced his remnrks nv
pointing out On a mnp the places and
ioc1Iicns with which his srhjec, hac
I'd oeRl, Port Arthur, Corea and 9TH
er points. anG then said that the
SnaiaIung question: Was one frauehr
with The greatest possibilities for the
good OF evil of the East udAuy tina.
had arisen for many years He be-
hsved that II WIS a Epon siKn that
the people were getting together n
The olc-fashioned way 70 hear these
problems discussed.
One dad not have To 20 very TAR
back MD the history Of China and
Japan To understand how the ques-
-inn should arise. ShaurunE was
drought into the hmehgnt in 1894,
when in orler To queH one Of the I'D
riEings tha- were as frequent N Co
rea as they were II Mexico the ruler
OF Curea appealed To China 70 send
Troops To assist his followers IN maiu-
tanning order. China responded by
sending 5000 men and japan dl6 like
WISE, the reason Of protection Of her
interests there being given The IL
urnne OF Japan was such that war
between China and Japan was
brought on. the latter being victuri-
GUS. By this means Japan came into
control of Cprea and d portion Of
Manchuria. The island OF Formosa
and the Riu Kin islands were ceedec
I'd Japan and payment of S135,-
98B, 08b MADE bv China To japan.
Russia, England. France and Ger
many made certain representations
I'd Japan and she deemed II uuwiss
10 press her claim In 1898 an On
siauEhr was made On China py these
same powers and all obtained Ger
tain ceasinns from China Germany
laEer secured the Shanrung PENN
suiaI. certain ports and the right 70
cnns-uct q railroad. This brought
rhe matter ID the attention of the L.
6 government and a year later Sec
rotary Hay presented his famous
/ open door" note, and obtained the
! consent Of the other nations I'd II u
order Id preserve the integrity Of
/ China
] In 1894 came the Japanese RUSSIAN
; war which resulted II the conces-
I sions thai RUSSIA had obtained II
+ China being yielded ID Japan by the
! treaty Of 1905, anC she Immediately
! began To develop these possessions.
/ II 1874 she presented what was
virtually an ulrIuaIum 10 Germany
lion IL China Of this area. She stat
ed To the United States that she
had no Interior motives When japan
declared war on Germany she In1me-
Gia-afy took possessfDn Of me Shan
tung peninsuiar and II this she was
aided by England IN q measure In
the following year. when things look
&c dark for the Allies. Japan present
ed I'd China her famous 81 demands
China was in no position I'd refuse
some OF these and as a result a
treaty was made, though some Of
the demands were not pressed The
American Chamber OF Commerce q
Shanghai protested To the Ameri-
can minister that Il would mean the
dea1h Of foreign trade
In 1917 Japan MADE secret treaties
with Russia, England and France
N which each of THESE nHIinns
agreed To support JapAn's Claims
when peace WIS made. OF These
treaties the United States was Ig-
npraut and kept II ignorance Until
they were brought OUT al the peace
conference President Wilson IL FIRST
took the ground thai the Shanrune
province should be restored tl
China China had already been ad-
vised that Shanrung should 60 back
! TO her.
, The question periof followed Eon
q. 3. Clasun asked whether Japan
when the treaty WIS being discussed
would simply give up the lease Sc
cured from Germany or the cession
itself. Nj. SEeerser replied that no
bDdr knew what Japan intended TIC
dn. Eon. J. S. Maxcy aakec what
would have been the result Il the Q
8 had refused TO sanction these Sc
c-ar treaties and insisted that Shan
! runs be gwen back ID China The
speaker replied that he believed thai
botn Japau and China would nave