The sun., 1919-10-14
WILSON IGNORED
SHANTUNGP
NORRIS PROVES
Senator Says President Re-
peatedly Reiterated Error
Of Japan's Grab.
QUOTES FROM SPEECHES
st. Louis Statement, He Pro-
tested, Made at Four Other
Points on Tour.
spectal pespdicA to Tns suS.

Special Despatch to THs suS
4 WASHINGTON, oct. 13.-President Will
son not only grossly misstated the
facts about Japan's participation in
the war, but admitted that he had mis-
stated them; then he went On and in
speech after speech during his tour of
the country repeated the misstate-
ment, according to assertions made on
: the floor of the Senate to-day by SEN
! etor Norris (Neb.). Official documents
!, were produced as proof by the Sena-
tor. who said
II can hardly conceive how any
nnan-oh, I cannot conceive how the
President of the United States-shouh
deliberately state and restate again
and again something that he not only
knows but has acknowledged to be
wrong on an extreme and very impor-
tant matter pertaining to the treaty"
The Senator from Nebraska made
his charges Of direct and intentional
untruthfulness against the President
in connection with his address on the
ehantung settlement provided in the
peace treaty. He had occupied most
OF the sittings on Friday and Saturday
on that subject. and again took the
Moor to-day as soon as the unfinished
business was reached to conclude his
speech.
Repeated His Assertion.
Senator Norris first referred to tho
Presidents misrepresentation In this
matter last week. He showed that the
President at the beginning OF his tour,
a.. o,.tn arfa al a
the Entente Powers were compelled to
promise Shantung to Japan. In order to
get Japan to participate in the war.
Senator Norris reading this in the
newspaper reports of the speech. tele-
Eraphed the President that 1t was en-
tirely erroneous. because Japan entered
the war two and a half years before
the Shantung arrangement was made
with the Entente Powers.
This telegram brought from the Presi-
Dent reply, acknowledging the error
and thanking the Senator for the cor
rection.
All this part of the story was told TO
the Senate last week. This morning
Senator Norris received a volume of the
speeches delivered by the President dur
Ing his trip, published at Government
expense at the Government Printing
once, and was amazed to find out that,
day after day. in his speeches subse-
qiient to admitting his rnisstatement, Mr..
Wilson persistently repeated that mis-
statement.
Senator Norris spoke with the utmost
composure. presenting the facts and
quoting the Presidents telegram and
then the excerpts from subsequent
speeches in which the acknowledged mis-
= statement was reiterated.
"On Saptaynher hakrap Nnrrio
.'the President at st, Louis said: Great
Britain and another. as everybody
knows, in order to make 1t more certain
that Japan would come into the war to
assist to clear the Pacific OF the German
heet, had promised that any rights Ger
many had in China should in case of
victory Of the Allies pass to Japan.
ION the next day after the President
made that speech at st. Louis 1 called
attention in the Sonata 70 the error.
Shortly after | got telegram that
have already read:
"'GARRIsoN, Mon, Sept. 12.-Hon. G.
W. Norris. L. S. Senate, Washington !:
I thank you for correcting an uninten-
tional inaccuracy in one of my recent
speeches WOODROW WILSON
THE President in making the correc-
ton did it in a private telegram to me
and I did not give that telegram to the
public until he had finished his tour
because / have hoped. ] expected, that
II he wanted to be fair with the Ameri-
can people he himself would make the
correction in as public a manner as he
had made the misetatement OF a very
material matter in connection with the
treaty. This morning some one gave
me an Official copy of the addresses of
President Nilsson. They have been
printed by the Government. I had as
TUNED that though the President had
not made public correction of the inn
portsnt mistake and nisstatement of
fact he would at least not repeat the
rnisstatement In other speeches to the
American people. l was dumbfounded
when Just q few moments ago I found
four instances where the President since
he sent that telegram to me made prac-
tically the same statement that he had
made at st. Louis.
Where Repetitions Were Made.
AT Los Angeles on September 20,
Notwithstanding his telegram of Septem-
Der ~ to me, the President said: In
the meantime, after the present war be-
gan. England and France, not at the
same time but successfully, feeling that
II was essential that they should have
the assistance of Japan on the Pacific.
agreed that If Japan would go into this
war and take whatever Germany had in
the Pacific she could retain everything
north of the equator which had belonged
TO Germany
Again on September % at Reno.
New, the President said Not only
there but in the meantime, since the
war began, Great Britain and France
entered into a solemn covenant or treaty
with Japan that II she would come into
M har
against Germany in the Pacific they
would lend their whole influence and