Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-18
PRESIDENT HAS
BUSY DAY; TWO
TALKS SLATED
California Keeps Wilson
On Jump-Clears Up
Shantung Muddle.


San Francisco, Cal, Sept. 18.-A
program, almost as strenuous as
that of yesterday awaited Presi-
dent Wilson this morning. This is
the second day in the San Fran
cisco Bay region on his present
trip.
1t included a luncheon, drive
through Alameda county, across
the bay from here; reviews of
school children in Oakland and
Berkeley, and an address at the
Oakland civic auditorium tonight
Besides this the committee on
arrangements hoped the president
would find time for an automobile
tour of San Francisco, including a
visit to the Letterman general hos
pital, and a brief talk to the
wounded soldiers undergoing treat
ment there. Reservations were
made for 1900 persons at the
luncheon and arrangements were
made for the president to speak
briefly at it. Early in the after
noon his schedule called for him
to leave San Francisco for Oak
land. After the formalities of a
welcome from the mayor and a
committee of officials and promin-
ent citizens, it was arranged that
he drive through the city and then
inspect the buildings and Greek
theatre on the campus of the Uni
versity of California, at Berkeley.
No seats have been reserved in
the auditorium where the presi-
dent is to speak tonight. DR.. Au-
relia H. Reinhardt, president of
Mills college, Oakland is to pre-
side at the evening meeting.
At this meeting the president is
to present medals to II Alameda
county Boy Scouts in recognition
of their services in selling Liber-
ty bonds.
Tonight the president leaves for
the southern part OF the state His
next address is to be at San Diego
tomorrow.
Address Last Night.
Discussing at length the Shan
tung provision of the peace treaty,
President Wilson said in an ad-
dress here last night, he had been
assured by the great powers that
under the League of Nations there
would be new international pol
icy for the protection of Chinese
integrity.
These powers, said Mr.. Wilson,
had Japan's promise to return
Shantung to China, and intended 10
see that it was fulfilled under the
league. He said he had asked his
colleagues at Versailles specifically
whether they meant under the
league to inaugurate a new policy
toward China. and they told him
they did.
Far from being detrimental 70
China's interests, said Mr.. Wilson,
the treaty really was the first in
the worlds history to do something
for China's benefit. In all previous
instances of acquisition of Chinese
territory, he said, the United
States had not even protested.
u. S. Trustees Of Humanity.
The president told the luncheon
guests of the collegiate alumnae
there were no words strong enough
to picture properly the extent TO
which the world was trusting to
the leadership of America.
We cannot desert humanity" he
said. I'VE are the trustees of hu
manity. l cannot conceive a nc
tive adequate to hold men off from
this great enterprise"
Mr.. Wilson said he was not sat
isfed with the Shantung settle
ment. but it was irrational" to
propose to make the situation bet
ter by the treaty's amendment. He
traced at length the growth of
japanese power in Shantung, say
ing the original grant Of the Shan
suit of a hypocritical demand by
the German foreign office.
Yet. at the time Of the demand,
continued MIR. Wilson, President
made no protest on the
part of the American government
Neither were protests made. he
said, when other nations took parts
of Chinese territory.
Late In Doing Justice.
(which of the gentlemen that
are now protesting" he asked,
were prominent in protesting
against the original grant to Ger
many? 1t makes my heart burn
when some men are so late IN
doing justice"
The presidents words were re-
ceived with applause and cheers
by the 1900 women present at the
women's luncheon at which he
spoke. There were cries of mo,
no." when he asked whether it
would be wise to go TO war over
There was no other
way, he said, to obtain the imme-
diate return of the province -
China.
Mr.. Wilson also discussed the
doctrine, article 10, and the
right of withdrawal from the
league. repeating previous argu-
ments against reservations on those
points and asserting some of the
changes proposed involved merely