The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-16
THE SHANTUNG TREATY

THE NEWSPAPERS, this morning, appear comment up two items of wide interest. Mr. Ford estifying in his libel against the Chicago Tribune tries explain his attitude and soldiers. He thinks is bad He thinks professional soldering is murder He thinks that long is necessary soldiers necessary.
 Mr. Ford merely berays Inc usual mental confusion that thoughtful minds when ideals confronted by the cold facts of a partially civilized world.
 Religion teaches that those who good to Heav and happy here much happier than earth The logical thing e do the death of good would be to give three cheers for his excellent luck.
 But in fact dread death and avoid it-aside from few abnormal persons who commit suicdas long they when good dies his friends and speak as if a misfortune had overtaken him.
 The commandment says that shall not kill. To the dea this means any sort of killing in war or elsewhere
 Religion enjons that they love their neghbors themselves No wants to be killed by his neighbor Is a violation of this commandment.
 The deasc Christian side of Ford recognizes not practical worldly side of Ford is willing to fight long actually exists.
 world is full of just this sort of mixed mental states.
 The ideal is to ride there in nice imousne but we walk if we must.
 The the senatorial dis cussion of Shanung clauses of the Peace Treaty.
 Twenty-one years ago Germany took the Shantung Pen nsula China. When Germany made Japan joined the Allies and acquired military possession of the peninsula agreeing to give it up at period
 Allies made the treaty they left Japan possession of ShantunF
 By this action nothing taken from China. Japan kept
 This a practical action. The senators who ideal ists and the senators who merely partisan treat as very They that America ought to have compelled the other natons joined with it in the to turn Shantung to China.
 From the point O would been the cor thing to do. perfectly Christian perfectly ideal blaze of the great would correct evil of which could hear.
 But nations perfectly Chrislan perfectly ideal If they league nations would be and would be impossible.
 Shantung given Japan under conditions to insure the of the peninsula China, induce Japans pari cipation the side of the Allies.
 This not ideal transaction, but it a practical transaction Here the in death grappe strug gling for the right to exist
 Each by alliances aid or
 Every must be of two mnds this subject. As a deas he will regret the necessity such things He will be that the golden rule is not better observed the practical side of his mind will admit the necessity self preservation by the available
 Those and understandings which ed by the Allies to strengthen themselves the notr readily repudiated by those
 It is not argument the Shantung that it the bargain fighting It is to the practical mind, argument for keeping it.
 us" say the Allies to Japan, you have Shanung from Germans"
 saved" the Allies, shall what promised you This might ideal rational
 is ideal The settlements that not Those who expected the conference to friends and Allies to conquered foes, mixed in their minds
 The self determination of small nations within terri tory of the conquered foe practical measure
 ideast attempt to compel self determination in armed friends not practical conference didn't attempt it.
 conference had attempted such arrangements the fighting and the toll of dead mounting now, and the demand upon American treasure would by have exinguished private property
 all practical regard IS murder, it will be possible peace conference to deal with it's friends deals with it's enemies.
 The Treaty is step, long step toward ideal tons among the peoples It does not correct all known wrongs the better for that Nothing is fatal to success any agreement saute treaty the tempt to right too many wrongs at one time.
 THE RIGHT THING