The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-09-25
LEAGU D ! OF D !: NATIONS ! 4 !
IS CH|NA|'s HOPE.
Senator Mccumber Explains
Why he. Voted Against
Amending Treaty.
FAITH. + A 4 IN JAPA Al WORD D
Agrees With President Wilson
That China Will Get Square
.... Deal Under Treaty.

i Washington, Aug. 26.-Senator Nc
| Cumber, Republican, Of North Dakota,
\ In response to inquiry as to his reasons
1 for voting in the senate committee on
4 foreign relations against the motion, OF
Senator Lodge to strike out Japan
and substitute China in the articles
awarding Shantung to Japan, in q
statement which tonight he authorized
the Washington bureau of the League
4 to Enforce Peace to make public, said:
Il voted against what is known as
i the Shantung amendment because
under the covenant and treaty as 1t
stands all the nations of the world In
joining it agree no longer to rob China,
and for this and other reasons as good
I believe in the early ratification of
| the instrument unchanged because it
substitutes justice for war in settling
/ International wrongs, of which China
! has suffered many.
First: Japan has not yet a title to
the territory. She holds it as part of
the results of the war until it's dispO-
sition is decided by this treaty.
| Seconds, Japan has promised pub
licly in her treaty with China to, sur
render the leasehold right over this
territory which Germany held under
it's treaty with China, not at some in
definite future time, not thousand
years hence, but as soon as Japan has
acquired these rights under the pend
ing treaty. ~ 1T
Third: japan renewed this promise
at Paris through it's mission and has
repeated the promise to the president
of. the United States who has every
reason to believe that Japan will
scrupulously keep her pledged word. ]
agree absolutely in this belief and
faith of the president in the sincerity
Of Japan. i A,a $
Fourth: II Japan should fail to
keep the treaty with China then under
the preamble Of the league which pro-
vides that all joining it shall maintain
Il scrupulous respect for all treaty
obligations China can go before the
council OF the league, and all the
nations of the world will unite to force
Japan to surrender the territory In
question to China.
1 Fifth: If this treaty be amended as
proposed in the matter Of Shantung,
Japan is deprived of the privilege 1of
giving to China as the fruits of her
victory, the victorious possession Of
the rights held by Germany. BY this
course, a PROUD and high spirited peo-
! Die would be affronted, and in the pub
lie opinion Of Japan opposition would
be aroused to this act of justice by the
manner in which it is proposed to
!. sorce Japan to act, after it's spontane-
GUS promise to do right. ..,
| Then would arise Il most serious
situation. Japan would refuse to COM
plete her membership in the league of
nations by refusing to ratify the treaty
| signed by her commissioners at Yer
saflles and would deal with China as
one nation with another. In this event
Japan would inevitably impose more
severe conditions which China would
'Jt.S powerless to resist. The only
! course then would be to use force
Asalnst Japan. and Japan would meet
force with force. @
sNOr does it lie with those who. OBJ
Ject; to our interference in European
Affairs to propose that we should 20 to
war to right differences between the
yellow races. ass%
'All Japan asks in Shant,ing is a
small piece Of ground for residences
for her nationals where they can live
under their own government and the
control Of their own nation, right
already enjoyed by the nationals of
other powers" 5.g. Is
& In answer to question as to the |
economic interests" retained by Japan,
ance held by Germany in Shantung re-
lating to railroads and mines, Senator
AcCumber pointed out that under the I
:leagae for the first time in long
series of similar attempts ut economic
spoilatfon of the Chinese people, China
could appeal for protection a. ainst any
wrongs, under the eleventh article of
the covenant. This article confers the
right on each member Of the league to
bring; to the attention of the assembly
OF the council any circumstance what
ever affecting international relations
which threatens TO disturb internationa
peace or the good understanding be-
tween nations upon which peace de-
pentls',