The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-18
MORE SENATORS
TWIST PRESIDENT.
Conferences on the League
of Nations Continued at
the White House
UNANIMOUS
FOR CORRESPONDENCE
Wants to See American Protest Against
Shantung Grab-Senator Spencer
Asks Senate to Disapprove of This
Manifest Injustice.

ASKS Senate to Disapprove OF Thls
Manifest Injustice.
WASHINGTON, July 1s.-President
Wilson continued his conferences with
Republican senators today discussing
the peace treaty and the league of ma
tions covenant at length with Senators
Kenyon of Iowa and Kellogg of Mime
sofa. Later he talked with Senators
Capper of Kansas and MeNary of Ore
gon. Neither Senator Kenyon nor Sen
ator Kellogg would discuss their conver-
sation with the President but as he
went to the White House Senator Ken
yon said he intended to ask about the
statement of Senator Swanson, Demo
crat, of Virginia, in the senate recently
that the United States could withdraw
from the league of nations whenever it
desired
The senate took unanimous action
favorable to Senator Borah 5 resolu-
ton demanding from the President the
text of the protest against the Shan
Bliss and signed also by Secretary Ian
sing and Henry White of the peace com
mission yesterday.
Senator Spencer (Mo.) introduced a
resolution declaring the sense of the sen
ate on the Shantung deal TO be adverse
to the action to which the President had
committed America. 1t read as follows:
Resolved, That the senate expresses
In iSin Of ha
treaty (Sections 156. 157, 1851 which
transfer to Japan such broad rights
and powers and physical possession of
the territory and people in the Shan
tung peninsula of China as being alike
+, disregardful of the true rights and
| deep seated desires of the more than
36,000,000 of Chinese inhabiting the
peninsula, unjust to the Republic of
China and threatening to the future
peace of the world.
| 1t is the sincere hope of the United
States that this manifest injustice may
be speedily reconsidered and remedied
There is seemingly no diminution in
the confidence of the Republican lead
ers following on the President s first
day s activities as the Billy Sunday
of nations. The fact that The Presi
dent is, for the present, at least, ig
noring the leaders of the senate ma
iority and seeking out only such of the
erring as are suspected of being repent
ant, has served rather to solidify the op
position and render the components o.
that organization more firm.
In his address yesterday Senate
Borah boldly assailed the assertion tha
the masses of the people the world owe
desire establishment of the league as
safeguard against future wars. He de
clared that certainly the people of tn
subject countries, of China, India
Egypt, Ireland, would not find thei
, hearts breaking if the league failed II
contended, also, that world wide prop
, aganda of misrepresentation about put
lie opinion was going on, insisting tha
the expressions of the liberal press an
organizations throughout the worl
> demonstrate that they were dissatisfied
not only with the league of nations GOV
enant in its present form. but with tn
, terms of the peace itself, which the
: regard as unduly oppressive of Gel
many.
Senator Borah renewed his challene
to supporters of the league to join hil
in obtaining legislation for nation;
L referendum which, while not binding o
q the treaty making power, should pr,
D, duce an unquestionably accurate r.
Election of national opinion