Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-10-02
But Mr.. Wilson, with clear logic and

But Mr.. Wilson, with clear logic and
with competing %eloquence, answered
to the entire satisfaction of Califor-
MAS people every objection which
Senator johnson had made to the
League. And thousands of the states
citizens deserted the Johnson stand
ard Immediately and rallied to the sup
port of the president. More than that,
they came forward and said, eve
were against you, Mr.. President, but
you have cleared everything up and
now we are with you heart and SOUL"
Still more than that, they let Senator
Johnson know that they were no
longer with him and that they disap-
proved of the speaking tour which he
himself was making in opposition to
the League and SO powerful was the
volume Of public opinion which reach
ed him, that the senator almost i'm
mediately abandoned his tour. The
Shan Tung question, because Of the
anti-Japanese feeling which undoubted-
ly exists along the Pacific coast was
Iu6 UuOSI SOI1OuS WulCA InO p4SoAoSAS
had to answer. He explained to the
people that he had been powerless to
prevent the rich peninsula from being
| given to Japan. England and France,
| through a secret treaty, had promised
it to Japan for entering the war and
remaining in it. That treaty had to
be carried out. Anyway it was not
China that was losing Shan Tung, but
Germany, which had seized the terri
tory from China in 1898 and held 1t
ever since. Japan had promised, the
president explained, to return Shan
Tung as soon as the peace treaty was
ratified and it was only through the
ratification of the treaty with the
League of Nations inclusion, that
China could ever expect to get her
former property back. And she surely
would get it back, he declared, through
the ratification of the League. There
fore, through the same fundamentally
no other nation could again prey upon
the "Great, patient, diligent. but help
less kingdom" AS to our being drawn
into any European conflict. The pres
ident pointed out that no direct action
such as the sending Of troops to any
part Of the world to maintain or re
store order could be taken by the
Council of the League without a unan1
nous vote Of the council members
therefore our vote could at once mega
tive any such proposition as sending
our soldiers where we did not wan
them sent. Besides, MI. Wilson argued
"If you have to quench q fire In Cal,
fornia you don't send for the fire de
partment of Utah." But, he argued
there probably never will be anothe
war, If the League is established, 10
the members promise either to arb
trate their difference and accept tn
decision of the arbitrator, lay the oil
ferences for discussion and publica
ton before the Council OF the Leagu
for a period Of six months, and ther
II possible, accept the councils advice
That failing, they agree to refrain froI
war for a further period OF q r
months and nine months of "coolin
off," the president commended, woui
prevent any armed conflict. These clea
explanations satisfied every ~reasonap'
hearer and destroyed the "Bugabooa
which Senator Johnson and others ma
raised against the League. Throug
rugged Nevada into Utah, the land {
Mormons, the president swept 10 IN
that those fine people were hearth
> with him for the League and . %
maneney OF peace.