Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-08-29
Senator MeCumber Protests in
Senate Against Amend
ment to Treaty.
AGAINST INTEREST OF CHINA
Republican Senator Asserts That OPP
moments of the Peace Treaty in
the Senate Are Trying
/ to Kill It

We qton. Senator McCumber,
FOR twenty years Republican senator
from North Dakota, in a speech IN the
senate charged that the MAJOR
itv of the foreign relations committee
is irving to kill the peace treaty anu
the league of nations. Senator NC
Cumber spoke after his second preach
with the opponents Of the treaty on
+he senate committee on foreign re-
%lations. In the present preach oena-
tor McCumber voted alone with the
supporters of the treaty and against
the majority of the committee whlcn
voted to strike u Japan" ana IN
sert "China'' in the three sections
awarding the Shantung peninsula.
"Why did the majority Of this com
mittee pause in the midst OF their
hearings to make this particular
amendments" Senator McCumber ask
ed. ''The purpose is apparent. 1t
Is to signify to the country that the
senate is hostile to this treaty. 1t is
to put Japan in a position where n
cannot without an appearance OF be-
ing coerced do what she has promised
to do. It is to Great trouble between
this country and Japan and thereby
send the first dagger thrust into the
body of this treaty.
~ am satisfied that no greater blow
could aver be struck against the real
interests of China han by such an
amendment.
rs it an act of true friendship
toward China or a mere political move
to defeat the treaty? If it's sponsors
now fail to come forward and openly
pledge that if Japan is not driven out
of the treaty then the United States
will proceed single handed and alone
to drive Japan out of China, will re-
new this world war and send our sol
diers into the Orient to fight for her,
then by this act they are betraying
China with a false kiss.
IF on the other hand, they declare
they will make war to drive Japan out
of China to prevent Japan receiving
only those rights which the other great
nations of the world have received,
then they are prociaiming a policy
which they have asSailed as being the
most wicked part of the league of ma
tions-a policy of interference with
the quarrels of the old world. Worse
than that, while they violently con-
denim d joint agreement with the other
great white nations of the world to
shield the greater white races from
humiliation they would send our sons
to death to defend the inferior yellow
races whom we claim to be so inferior
as TO be unfit to associate with us.
Either we will bring both Japan
and China into this league Of nations,
which by the very terms of its provis-
ions 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
h 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 sub1ugation Of all
LIN AhS hOL ~ W1tA11
the sphere Of influence of other pow
erS.
with this league of nations China
obtains an assurance which is tanta-
mount to d guaranty by all the world
that not only Will Japan return to
China what Germany wrested from
her In 1895, but henceforIh 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 reviewed
the history of the several treaties
under which Japan took over the Ger
man rights in Shantung, promising to
restore them to China. He then said
IA by this amendment you declare
That Japan cannot be trusted to keep
her word, given not only to China
alone, but also given to the United
States and every other important ma
ton by reiterated declarations.
There is but one honorable, up
right and proper course to be pur-
sued by all the great nations of the
world, including China and Japan. Let
China keep her treaty give Japan an
opportunity to do what she has pledg-
ed Der national honor to do; a
this attempt to juggle this country in
TO war with Japan defeat this pro-
posed amendment which a~rrogates to
ourselves the right to annul a treaty
between China and Japan and sets at
naught a treaty made during the
stress of battle between our co-bellig-
erents 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 keep her plighted faith. China
will receive complete present justice
and assured future protection.
ION 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 it yourselves
and thereby installing her in her i'm
%pregnable position of right of CON
quest and China is doomed. The other
European nations cannot help her be-
cafse they are tied by their own
treaties, and you will not make war
On Japan to help China after she has
broken her treaty.
IF these be friends of China, TIM
Cod caUo har from hor Ar;o,J.,s