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New International Policy under
League of Nations Will Insure
Her Integrity, Declares Presi-
dent Wilson
SPEAKS AT SAN FRANCISCO
He Asserts That the Allied Powers
Have Jnpnn's Promise Relative to
Shnntung and Intend 10 See II Full
filled

San Francisco, Sept. 17.-Discussing at
length the Shantung provision of the
peace treaty, President Wilson said in
| an address here to-day that he had been
assured by the great powers that under
| the League of Nations there would be
new international policy for the pro-
lection of Chinese integrity.
| The powers, said Mr.. 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 league to inaugurate a new policy
toward China and they told him they did
| Far from being detrimental to China 8
| interests. declared Mr.. Wilson. the treaty
really was the first in the worlds his
tory to do something for China's benefit
In all previous instances of acquisition
of Chinese territory. he said the United
| states had not even protested.
, The Presidents declarations were re-
ceived with applause and cheers by the
1000 women present at the women's lun-
cheon at which he spoke. There were
cries of mo, No." when he asked wheth-
er it would be wise to go to war over
Shantuns There is no other way he
said, to secure the immediate return of
the province to China
| Mr. Wilson also discussed the Monroe
doctrine, article 10, and the right of with
drawal from the league repeating previ-
Gus arguments against reservations on
those points and declaring some Of the
changes proposed involved merely a ques-
ton of literary style.
| Turning to the objection that Great
Britain has six votes in the league as
sembly, Mr.. Wilson said 1t SO happened
that our one vote, Is just as powerful
as their six" There is no case in which
the assembly could vote on any impor-
tant subject except admission of new
members without a decision first having
been made by the council in which there
was an equality of votes.
The President was introduced by Mrs.
f. j. Mott, president of the collegiate
alumnae, and the 1,sco women in the
room stood up and cheered for two min
utcs, a few hours earlier he had been
welcomed to the city by crowds which
Kept up wave of cheering as he pass
ed through the down town streets
Mr.. Wilson said he was not satisfied
| with the ShantunE settlement, but
that 1t was "irrational' to propose to
make the situation better by the
treaty's amendment. He traced at
| length the growth of Japenese power
| in Shantung declaring the original
grant OF the Shantung rights to Ger
many was the result of a hypocrtical
demand by the German foreign office.
| Yet, at the time of that demand, con
tinued Mr.. Wilson, President McKin-
ley made no protest on the part OF
the American government. Neither
were protests made, he asserted. when
other nations took parts of Chinese
| territory.
| which of the gentlemen that are
now protesting" he asked, were
prominent in protesting against the
original grant to Germany? 1t makes
my heart burn when some men are
so late in doing Justice
| 1t 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 other hand China's interests were
protected 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"