Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-10-11
with clear logic and
seloQuence, answered

~ I4tioQueucc, dnsWereu
70 tae 81 "a ssfactioB Of Califor-
"a inntas " Ne arsssetth'sca "a icb
Sen vs.ars bse 9sspr e.nade to the
League. AM md pussands Of the states
citizens deseAqefi the johnson stand.
ard iinmediatelssnnd rallied to the sup.
port Of the presif Dent. MORE than that,
they came forst'ard and said 1--WE
were against ydlp, MI President. but
you have cleartkid everything up and
now we are witt YEA heart and soul"
Still more than gthsf, they let Senator
Johnson know 3shat they were no
longer with him and that they disap
proved of the sc Sea1ing tour which he
himself was mas king in opposition to
the League and so powerful was the
volume Of puhlicA opinion which reach
ed him, that thlsie senator almost i'm
mediately abaneiioned his tour. The
Shan Tung Que;sstion, because OF the
anti-Japanese fee Hing which undoubted
ly exists along Fftte Pacific coast was
the most seriou{ a which the president
had to answer. He explained to the
people that he fRad been powerless &c
prevent the rich peninsula from being
given to Japan. England and France
through a secrets treaty, had promised
It to Japan for tehtering the war and
remaining In IT. That treaty had tc
be carried cut. / Anyway 1t vas not
China that was losing Shan Tung, but
Germany, which, had seized the terri
tory from China IN 1893 and held II
ever since. jap Jan had promised. the
president expla tned, to return Shat
Tung as soon as the peace treaty was
ratified and 1t u tas only through the
ratification Of Il be treaty with the
League Of Nat hons inclusion, that
China could evl er expect to get hei
former property back. And she surely
would get it bacB /, he declared, through
the ratification bftthe League. There
fore, through thsi same i1strumentality
nc other nation ireould again prey upon
the Great, patio Int. diligent, but help
less kingdom" Eks to cur being drawn
into any Europe hn conflict The pres
ident pointed ou i that no direct action
such as the SEN ding of troops to any
part Of the woy Id to maintain or rs
store order cou id be taken by the
Council of the Ii hague without unani
nous vote OF I. be council members
therefore cur vc he could at once mega
tive any such r,lroposition' as sending
our soldiers VIII ere we did not want
them sent. Bssid jes, Mr.. Wilson argued
'If you have 70 s..auench fire in Call
fornia you DON'T send for the fire de
partmeht Of Ut All" But, he argued,
there probably lever will be another
war, II the Leafgue is established, fol
the members OF omise either to arbf
trate their diffe -rencs and accept The
decision OF the 3 rbitfstef, lay the dif'
fsrenees for dis ssussion and publica
item before the ECouncil of the League
for q period Of six months, and then,
II possible, aeceHst the councils advice
That falling, theflF agree to refrain froia
war for a flutf ser period OF three
months and nl1'le months of cooling
off" the presifaknt eoEtended, would
prevent any ain 20 conflict. These clear
explanations sste iSfed every reasonable
heafer ana dssf tuyed the "Busaboos"
which Senator y SAMSON and others had
raised against 10 League. Through
rugged Nevada;l Into Utah, tho land OF
Mefmens, the b Resident swept to find
that those anc people we're heartily
with him for u 10 League and q per
mansncy Of peae u,