Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-09-05
Senator McCumber Protests
in Senate Against Shantung
Amendment to Treaty.
AGAINST INTEREST OF CHINA
Republican Senator Asserts That
Opponents of the Peace Treaty
In the Senate Are Trying
to Kill IL.


jority of the foreign relations commit
tee 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
foreign relations. In the present
breach Senator McCumber voted alone
with the supporters of the treaty and
against the majority of the committee
which voted to strike out Japan"
and insert China" in the three sec
tons awarding the Shantung PENN
sula.
"Why did the majOrity of this com
mittee pause in the midst of their
hearings to make this particular
amendment asked Senator McCum-
Der. '"rhe purpose Is apparent. Ii
/ Is to signify to the country that the
senate is hostile to this treaty. 1t
is to put Japan in position where she
cannot without an appearance of be-
| ing coerced, do what she has prom
Used to do. 1t Is to create doubt be-
! tween this country and japan and
thereby send the first dagger thrust
into the body of this treaty.
IL am satisfied that no greater blow
could ever be struck against the real
interests of China than by such an
amendment.
"Is 1t an act of true friendship
toward China or a mere political move
to defeat the treaty? If its sponsors
now fail to come forward and openly
pledge that If 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.
IF on the other hand they declare
they will make war to drive Japan
out of China, to prevent Japan re-
ceiving only those rights which the
other great nations of the world have
reserved, then they are prOclaiming
policy which they have assailed as
being the most wicked part of the
league of nations-a 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
the world to shield the greater white
send our sons to death to defend the
inferior yellow races whom they claim
10 he so inferior as to be unfit to
associate with us.
EITHER we will bring both Japan
and China into this league of nations,
which by the very terms of its pro-
visions will compel Japan to return to
China all the German rights acquired
| by Japan, not only by conquest 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 would assume by joining
| the league, and where she will be
| holding the German territory and all
the German interests by the right of
conquest and with the broken word
of China, she can work her way to
the very limit of subjugation of all
the Chinese territory not now within
the sphere of influence of other pow
ers.
with this league of nations China
obtains an assurance which Is tanta-
mount TO 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 rs this league shall last no other
nation shall rob China of one inch of
her. territory or exercise any control
over her people Inconsistent with the
claims uf complete independence and
sovereignty
Scnutur McCumber then recited the
history ot the several treaties under
which Japan took over the German
rights IN Shanjung. promising TO re
store them to China. He then said:
"Ry This amendment you declare
that Japan cannot be trusted to keep
sacred her word, given not only To-
China alone but also given to the
United states and every other lmpor
tant nation by reiterated declarations
There Is but one honorable, upright
and proper course to be pursued by
all the great nations of the world
including China and Japan, Let China
kee,, her treaty; give Japan an oppOr-
tunity To do what she has pledged her
national honor to do; cease this at
tempt to Iuggle this country into war
with Japan; defeat this proposed
amendment which arrogates to our
selves the right To annul n treaty be-
tween China and Japan and sets AT
naught IL treaty made during the stress
of battle between our cO-belllgerents
and japan before we entered into the
war; bring Japan and China into this
world league and MS sure ms the sun
shall rise tomorrow Japan will keep
her plighted faith. China will receive
complete present justice and assured
future protection.
ION the other hand, force this
breach of contract by China; drive
Japan out of this league by insulting
her honor; relieve her from her treaty
by first breaking It yourselves and
thereby Installing her in her impreg
nahlc position of right Of conquest
ana China is doomed. The other Euro
pean nations cannot help her because
they are tied by their own treaties and
You viii not make war on Japan to
help China after she has broken her
treaty.
III these he friends OF China, then
God save China from her friends"