The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-14
R'A|N ! AN SEEKING
WORLD POWER,
LODGE ASSERTS
ShaOtung'S Return Date Not
Fixed, He Says,

ull' UllN'f'N w wv I'"h' ''N''' ff'
der which German rights in Shanlung
would be returned to China, lfs'cad
OF hcing awarded to Japan
Steadily and rclentlcsSlN Japan Is
gaining control OF China, Senator
Lodge said. and he predicted ,ha, she
would use Chlna's vast man-power 10
endanoer the safety Of both America
and Europe
Aiding Japanese Extension.
Ut is impossible to see said Sen
a,or Lodge how any conscientious
American can consent 10 any act or
treaty that. will extend the power OF
such a nation as Japan over a country
ike China. especially when the United
States deliberately drew China into
the war with a, least an implied, II
no, an express promise 10 give as
.istnncc and protection a, the peace
conference.
"The principal argument made by
those who sustained the delivery OF
control Of Shan,ung 10 Japan .
is tina, Japan has promised at difier-
en-, times to return II 10 China.
Whatever promises she ha, made 49,
were all marked by one vital otnis-
sion. In no instance do ! lind that
Japan ever fixed time when she
would actually return the province 20
its figh,iul owners. To determine
wha, Japan is likely to do il Is nece.-
Sary to consider what she has done
for twenty-five years"
Japan Doesn't Keep Pledges"
Japan was charged by Senator
Lodge with breaking innumerable
pledges regarding her course In China
and Korea; with violating the open
door" policy. destroying foreign COM
merce in Manchurla and Korea. Her
fundan~n,alsPolicy. lie said, had been
STEADY. relentless aiming 20 get ult-
mate control OF the vast population
and great territory of China
AS It has been in the past, 50 will
il he in the future IN regard to Shan
tunv." he continued Japan j, stepped
in German ideas and regards war as
an industry. She means 10 exploit
China and build herself up until she
becomes a power formidable to all the
world. She will use ultimately the
practically unlimited man-power oil
China for military purposes Just as
Germany and Austria used N the
armies the man-power OF the 9Hn.-
600 Silys who were utterly opposed 10
German domination. 10 promote their
schemes ot.compuot JaD3n will be
erahlcd 10 contract high pSwer
w,ich will threaten the safety Of the
world She IS altcady advancing in
Siberia and with her control there
u,d th."l developed as she means TO
develop ~ Size viii thrclieu Europe
Menace U. s, Most.
'I}u, the country that she would
menace most would be our own. and
unless We carefully maintain very
superior navy IN the Pacific. the day
will come when the United States will
take the place OF France in another
grea, war 10 preserve civilization
"Bu, there is one other reason even
more decisive TO my mind than this,
II is a great wrong, this giving shat
tmg over TO the control OF Japan.
Morally. il j, indeienslblc and i, is
no answer 20 say that We failed 70
object 10 the German seizure OF shan
'ung. As matter OF fact the open
door policy OF Mr.. Hay was the reply
to the German moyemen, and for the
time arrested il. The president has
gone out OF his way to say that US
so We trade with these stolen terri
tories, we are willing TO let them b
stolen. This attack Oh the dead
the most rcpul,iyc of all those at'acS
which the president has seen fl,
make II ever thete was a diSntcr
cted policy il was that OF Mr Ha
We 90, nothing from IL whatever III.
all the world did not get The inic
ton ol the policy was 10 save CHI
and prevent further extension Of f.
cign acquisitions OF Chinese terrific
But even il il had been otherwise.
would bc no answer 10 what il is u'.
proposed to do by this treaty, 10
that we would have in,criered in b
half OF Korea in 1904 Two wron'
never make a right"
After the outbreak of the war Il
Japanese, Mr. Lodge said. apparent
strengthened their methods OF tlosiu
an open door and have bee
more aggressive. il not TO say, in
solen, in their treatment OF the Chi
ncse"
Forced Mortgages.
In an effort to obtain control o
China, Japan has almost forced loan
on her. Mr.. Lodge declared
1T is the deliberate opinion OF bot
foreign and other observers he said
shat threats and bribery were delhi
era,e'y used The purpose clearly wa
to tie up in Japane. hands the bes
OF me resources OF China at a tim
when other nations were so occupied
tha, they could no, interfere. Unless
@somc change is made IN these records.
China will be seen 10 he largely mort
gagged TO the Japanese in such a way
r md to such an exten, that the al
: ready acquired rights OF other nations
will be seriously infringcd"
In conclusion, the republican leade
urged adoption Of the amendments
, transferring to China the rights in
shantung given japanese by the
treaty.
Award oi those rights to Japan, he
4 ad, was a wrong to man and TO the
sausc OF freedom, and Justice
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