Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-18
WILSON TELLS OF SHANTUNG
 PROVISION OF PEACE TREATY

San Francisco. Sept. 17.-Discuss ing at length the Shantung provis- lon Of the peace treaty. President Wilson said in an address here today that he had been assured by the great powers that under the League of Ma tions there would be a new interna- tional policy for the protection of Chinese integrity.
 The powers, said Mir Wilson, had Japan's promise to return Shantung to China and intended to see that it was fulfilled under the league. He said he had asked his colleagues at Versailles specifically whether they meant under the leagu to inaugurate a new pol icy toward China and they told him they did.
 Far from being detrimental to China's interests. declared MT. Wilson. the treaty, really was the first in the worlds history to do something for China.'s benefit In all previous in stances Of acquisition of Chinese ter ritory. he said. the United States had not even protested.
 The presidents declarations were received with applause and cheers by the 1.60O women present at the wo There were cries of No. no" when he asked whether it would be wise to go to war over Shantung. There is no other way, he said. to secure the immediate return of the province to China.
 MT Wilson also discussed the Mon roe Doctrine. Article 10 and the right of withdra wal from the league. re- beating previous arguments against reservations on those points and de- claring some of the changes proposed involved merely a question of literary style.
 Turning to the ON ction that Great Britain has six votes in the league assembly, MT. Wilson said it so hap pened that 'our one vote is just as powerful as their six" There is no case in which the assembly could vote on any important subject except ad- mission of new members without a de- cision first having been made by the council in which there was an equal ity of votes.
 Denouncing "hyphenated Ameri- cans.'' the president repeated his charge that a pro-German propa gan da again was spreading in the United States. He said opponents of the treaty were desiring the same ends Germany was desiring but the presi- dent asserted his confidence that the treaty would be accepted
 The president told the luncheon guests that there were no words strong enough to picture properly the extent to which the world was trust ing to the leadership of America.
 "We cannot desert huma nifty, he said We are the trustees of hu- manity- T cannot conceive a motive adequate to hold men off from thIs great senl6IpIlSS
 MT Wilson said he was not satis- fled with the Shantung settlement, but that it was '.i-~o tiona1'' to propose to make the situation better by the trea- tvs amendment. He traced at length the growth of Japanese power Tn Shantung. declaring the original grant of the ShantuEg rights to Germany was the result of a hypocritica1 de- mand by the German foreign office.
 Yet, at the time of that demand, continued Mir. Wilson. President Me Kinley made no protest on the part of the American government Neither were protests made, he asserted. when othr nations took parts of Chinese ter ritory.
 (Which of the gentlemen that are now protesting he asked, were prominent in protesting against the original grant to Germany? It makes my heart burn when some men are so late in doing justice"
 It is not from China, but from Ger many, the president said, that Shan tung is taken by the treaty. There was applause when he added that on the hand China's interests were pro- tected by the League of Nations
 It's the first time in the history of the world" he asserted. that any thing has been done for China"