Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-08-30
GOD SAVE CHINA
FROM FRIENDS
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.

Washington, d. C.-Senatof McCurn-
her, for twenty years Republican sen
ator from North Dakota, in a speech
| in the senate. charged that the ma
jority of the foreign relations commit
lee 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 relat lions. 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
lions 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-
| ber The purpose is apparent. Ii
! Is to signify to the country that the
senate Is hostile TO this treaty. II
! is to put Japan in position where she
| cannot without an appearance OF be
| ing coereed, 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.
lis ii an act of true friendship
| toward China or a mere political move
| to defeat the treaty? Ii its sponsors
now fail to come forward and openly
pledge that ii 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 fer her, then
| by this act they are betraying China
with false kiss.
III 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
a 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 Il joint agreement
with the other great white nations OF
the world to shield the greater white
races from annihiiation. they would
send our sons to death to defend the
inferior yellow races whom they claim
to be so inferior as to be unfit to
associate with us.
Either we will bring both Japan
md 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 subiugation 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 as 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 of complete independence and
sovereignty
Senator McCumber then recited the
history of the several treaties under
which Japan took over the German
rights in Siantung, promising to re-
store them to China. He then said;
by 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 impor-
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
keep her treaty; give Japan an oppor
tunity TO do what she has pledged her
national honor to do; cease this at
tempt to juggle this country into war
with Japan; defeat this proposed
amendment which arrogates to our
selves the right to annul Il treaty be
tween China and Japan and sets at
naught a treaty made during the stress
of battle between our eo-helligcrents
and Japan before we entered into the
war: bring Japan and China into this
world league and as sure as the sun
shall rise tomorrow Japan will keen
her phi GIFTED faith. China will receive
complete present justice and assured
future protection.
"On 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 IL yourselves and
thereby installing her in her impreg-
nable position of right of conquest.
and China is doomed. The other Euro
pean nations cannot help her because
they are tied by their own treaties and
you will not make war on Japan to
help China after she has broken her