The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-15

in German ideas. and regards war as
an industry, because from war she has
secured all the extensions Of her empire.
She Is q Power armed and trained, con-
fronted by an unarmed and peaoefui
people. She means to exploit China ana
build herself up until she becomes a
Power formidable to all the world. II
Is not merely that she will close the
markets Of China and obtain enormous
commercial and economic advantages.
She will use ultimately the practically
unlimited man power OF China for mill
tary purposes Just as Germany and Aus
tria used IN their armies the man power
of the 26, 10000 Slavs, who were utterly
opposed to German domination. to pro-
mote their schemes of conquest. Japan
will be enabled to construct in that way
a Power which will threaten the safety
Of the world
."She Is already advancing In Siberia,
and with her control there and China
developed as she means to develop 1t she
will threaten Europe. But the country
that she would menace most would DO
our own. and unless we carefully main
tain a very superior navy In the Pacific
the day will come when the United
States will take the place of France In
another great war to preserve civ'liza-
ton. England allowed Germany for forty
years to build herself up in every direc-
ton, to rob Denmark, -ubdue Austria,
crush ana plumber France. At the end
OF forty years she had to make the
gigantic sacrifices to prevent the German
conquest of the world. 1t seems incred-
ible that Senators understanding this
subject ana looking out upon the future
should pursue a similar policy toward
japan, that we should be 80 shortsighted
as actually to leave Japan to become
peril TO America.
shantung Great Wrong.
"But there. Is one other reason even
more decisive to my mind than this, tx
is a great wrong, this giving of Shantung
over to the control Of Japan. Morally u
is indefensible, and II is no answer to say
that we failed to object to the Ger
man seizure Of Shantung. AS matter
Of fact the open door policy of Mr. Hay
was the reply to the German movement
and for the time arrested It The Pres
ident has gone out of his way to say that
Just so we could trade with these stolen
territories we are willing to let them be
stolen. This attack upon the dead is the
most repulsive Of all those attacks which
the President has seen At to make. IL
ever there was disinterested policy 1t
was that of Mr.. Hay, We got nothing
from It whatever that all the world did
not get ltl6 VI lHc poiSy was
to save China and prevent further extern
sions Of foreign acquisitions of Chinese
territory. But even II 1t had been 9TH
erwise II would be no answer to what II
is now proposed to do by this treaty to
say that we should have interfered in be-
half Of Corea in 1904.
Two wrongs never made a right. II
we passed by on the other side in 1904
neither then nor In the case of the Ger
man seizure OF China did we become an
active participant in the wrong. Here
we do become an active participant, we
put our signature and give our approval
to the control of Shantung by Japan. We
assent to having the territory of an as
ISOLATED Power. innocent and peace low
ing. handed over to another associated
Power. II Is not enemy territory that
we thus betray. 1t Is the territory of q
friend who helped us and the other
nations In the war against Germany. II
seems to me an intolerable wrong I de-
sire at least that my vote should record
for the benefit of those who come after
me that I in no way was associated with
this wrong to man and to the cause Of
freedom and Justice"