Arizona republican., 1919-07-17
THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, THURSDAY MORNING. JULY IT, 1919
Senator Norris BombsheII

 ing the Japanese understanding with refer to China was bombshen whose resoundins roar has overwhelmed the explanation of the presi- dents friends that his unwilling the Shan tung outrage necessary to secure Japans sigma ture o the peace treaty. naturally drawn public attention away from the other of the treaty in which we had only curious, detached in- and it has robbed the controversy the covenant of the League of Nations of much of it's acuteness Before proceed anything ese decide what we are going to do about the Shantung infamy.
 As the picture is drawn by the Nebraska senator this constitutes black page, for comparison with which, search closely history without find ing blacker one one more replete with injustice and treachery.
 The Shantung affair appeared sufficiently bad without this disclosure by MT. Norris who has pro- ddced the goods" in the shape of the correspondence between the allies and Japan looking to the inveig ling of China into the to be rewarded by being deprived of a great province. That to be the price of Japan for beraying China into the hands of the entente in the belief that it to be made ally. China was made to believe that it was to be given place among forward nations and its reward to be relief from its German oppressor. The peace treaty turns it to Japan under more galling bondage than that in which the country had been held by the Germans
 This disposition of Shantung if there had been nothing behind it would have been indefensible any possible theory, The disclosure of the motive for it. the previous agreement to betray China makes it execrable It was made known to the president only after the peace conference convened that there understanding between Japan and the allies with reference to such secret agreement It supposed to have been forced by the necessity of the entente for the assistance of Japan which now know not material on either land We also know that there continual fear the part o the allies of turning O pan to Ger many.
 But know that between Great Britain Japan it was a secret treaty of conquest and as between Japan and France treaty of treachery against China The president could known this the he signed the peace treaty but the senate and the American people know it now.
 The defenders of the treaty weakly condone the Shantung affair the ground that the treaty gives to Japan only what Germany had obtained from China by concession That is untruthful for the treaty gives Japan territory which Germany had yet claimed Omission is made also of the fact that the German concession was forced from China.
 The only plea that be made for the ratifica- ton of this provision be the ground that it is necessary to the great world peace plan; that necessary to the cooperation of Japan in world peace scheme. Can any one believe that any peace plan be maintained on a basis of treachery and iniquity? Or that peace assured by the assistance of a robber nation side and on the other by nations which approve his crimes and par ticipate in it.
 We do not believe that the American people will approve peace secured and uncertainty to be maintained. Paraphrasing Patrick Henry. "Is peace dear to be purchased at the price of national dshonor?"