The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-14
Japan A PERIL TO AMERICA
DECLARES LODGE
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and telephone administrations, the abb
solute ownership and control of the
Pennsylvania Railway through to Chi
cago, with the right to extend it at
least as far west as Kansas City: the
prior right to finance or build and
furnish supplies to all railroads; of
Iompritant mines, present and future. in
that territory; and any other improve
ments that our people through this
government might contemplate max
ing in any form of that territory north
of Washington and east of Chicago.
provided Great Britain would perform
this work for us as cheaply as any
other responsible bidder.
Before acceding TO this section of
the peace treaty the Senate should
carefully note what such q grin of
Great Britain would mean not only to
the United States but to all other ma
tons of the world wishing to do bust
ness with the United States"
Emphasizing that the principal argu
ment in defense of the Shantung award
was that China would lose nothing as
Japan merely secured rights formerly
held by Germany, Senator Lodge said
People shut their eyes to the moral
issue and the methods employed by
Japan to get this claim. and do not
realize its economic and political sign
nlficance Attention is frequently CALI
ed to the fact that the German con.
cession does not include the entire
province of Shantung, some 35 600
square miles (about the size of ILL
nois), with population of some 40
millions, but only the territory sur.
rounding the Bay of Kiaochow. some
zoo square miles in extent. with a non.
ulation of 1876. O00 and it is further
added that Japan has promised to re-
store to China the political rights
over even this territory CT Kiaochow.
retaining only the economic rights
The Japanese seem to have scrupul-
ously avoided calling attention to the
most significant single fact; that is.
| that IN the agreement which they fore
| ed China to acceed to In connection
with this settlement. they reserved a
| Japanese settlement selected by them.
selves, to remain under the absolute
/ control and direction of Japan.
hpan's settlement rights, the major.
lty leader stated, include wharves. rail
road terminals, telegraph and cable
offices. postal facilities, customs
houses and exclusive railroad develop.
ment rights into the heart of China
and outside of Shantung.
Certainly this is no very small hold
on 4O,OOO,000 people" he argued.
After the outbreak of war the japan.
csc, Mr. Lodge said, apparently
strengthened their methods of closing
an open door and . have been
more aggressive if not say insolent
in their treatment of the Chinese
In an effort to obtain control OF
China Japan has almost forced loans
on her, Mr. Lodge declared.
1T is the deliberate opinion of both
foreign and other observers" he stat
ed, that threats and bribery were de-
liberately used. The purpose clearly
was to tie up in Japanese hands the
best of the resources of China at a
time when other nations were so oc,
cupied that they could not interfere
Unless some change is made in these
records, China will be seen to be large
~ mortgaged to the Japanese in such
a way and TO such an extent that the
u already acquired rights OF, other ma
tions will be seriously. infringed."
In conclusion, the Republican Lead
er urged adoption of the amendments
transferring to China the rights in
Shantung given to Japan by the treaty
Award CT those rights to Japan, he
said was "a wrong to man and to the
s. use of freedom and Justice"