Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-07-26
PACT FIGHT
SHIFTS IN SENATE
Breaks With New Fury About the
Provision Giving Shantung
to Japanese.
ACCUSATION OF OPPONENTS.
All Peace Data Asked for-Lodge Com
mittee Wants Pres dent to Submit
Everything Considered at
Paris.

Washington After an acrimonious
drbnte the senate adopted he rrSolu-
ton. offered Il few day, ago by sen
atnr Lodge Of Massachusetts, calling
upon President Wilson for q copy Of
an alleged treaty entered into between
Germany and japan last October by
which the two nations are said 10 hay"
undertaken To engage III an ind"pend
cnt peace pact Under the alleged
treaty, Japan Is said 10 have agreed To
try 10 obtain commercial advantages
for GrrmnnN in RUSSIA. while allowing
Germany to participate in Jnpans
rights In the Shantune Peninsula.
The scnate adopted the resolution by
a vlvr vocc vote. only few scatter ne
noes being registered against H. IN"
vote came after Il vigorous protest ny
Senator Hitchcock Of Nebraska. that
the senate was ovcrstcppins the pro
prieticS In assuming that Japan,
friendly nation, had entered INTO
.ecre, engagement with III" enemy for
a separate peace Mr. Hitchcock re-
marked that Mr. Lodges resolution
was based upon press ASSOCIATION
Omitted Press) report from bucharest
and that the association had taken
as It's basis an unsubstantinl wireless
rcpnrt from the Soviet government at
Moscow.
The debate ran into the award to
JAPAN under the peace treaty OF the
commercial rights formerly held by
Germany In the Shantung Peninsula.
Senator Lodge became involved In an
animated exchange with Sen Hitch
cock. the Massachusetts senator de-
rlorlug that Germany had forced
China. under threat OF attack. In lS'S.
TO grant rights In ShantunS TO the
Germnnlc Empire after some German
missionaries had been killed on the
peninsula The granting of these
rights 10 japan under the peace treaty
he characterized rs price pald 10
Toxic for signing the treaty Admin
lstration supporters contcnded that II
was necessary to yield To lapan's de-
mand for Shantung In order I" bring
about world peace.
senator Hitchcock argued that the
United States. France. Great Britain
and other nations had recognized the
original grant of the Shantuns PENN
sula To Germany. Acknowledgement or
Il. he said, was made by Theodore
Roosevelt during his presidency
Jupnn fell heir to Gcrmanys rights,
Mr. Hitchcock said, through treaty
with China In 1913. II was this treaty
brought forward by Japan. that had
induced the Peace Conference 10 make
the award In the treaty of peace Sen
ntor Lodge characterized the treaty or
1915 ~ "cxtortion."
Before the debate was over. senator
Bornh OF Idaho had plunged into II,
along with Senators Moses of New
Hampshire, Norris Of Nebraska. Me
Cormlck of Illinois. and Fall of New
Mexico. while senator Williams.
Democrat. Of Mississippi. Joined the
forces in defense of the ShantunG
award. senator Williams told the
senate he understood that the shan
tung privileges had been given tn
japan by the Peace Conference so MS
to keep Japan from carrying out
thrent not tn sign the peace treaty
He warned the Republican majority
that IL they persisted IN stirring mp the
Shantung matter and making insinua-
tons against the integrity Of Japan,
there WAS danger OF bringing on
grave juncture with the Mlkado's gov
eminent,
To this Senator Borah replied that
the threat Of war issue with Japan
had been held out long enough. II
japan felt ii wanted to challenge the
United States for declining To uphold
a "har.ain that meant the slavery
OF lO.0oOW0 Chinese IN Shantung."