Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-18
FOR cHINA'S GOOD


F-esidsnt Declares ia Frisco Aarrsss
-o'scasaes at Length Shantunu
F-esssaon-Grezt Powers to Furrn
~s~ lnasrnstianal Policy far Pro.
faction chinsss integrity
San Franc SGD. Sept. 17.-DlscuEsing II
ienstn he shRutzang pruvisirn CT tas
peace lraaty, President Wilson sad IN
AZ address here to-day that ne had hssn
assured By the great powers that under
Ina League Of Nations there would 10
q new International pniicv for the pro-
rsrfaon Vi Chinese integrity.
Inc pUwers- sand M Wilson. had
JA5i1n promise te return ShAnIung 70
ChlnA ana inIsndled II see that II was
zaaln4laa unuer the league. he Eaad he
nao asked nis colleagues al Versailles
specifically whether they meant anrie-
ne league % Inangura1e a new policy
Upward china anu they told him thes
d.d.
F'ar rom being detrimental u China .
n s'e-Is deciale- Nj Wilson, the trea-
y really WIS The first IN the world
history 20 DO something 1pr China S
benefit IN all previous instances ~
acquisition Of Chinese territory he saie
he United States had not even been
consulted
The resident S declarations were re-
caiuen with applause and cheers by rne
4bN women pre-ent a. the woman :
luncheon al winch he spoke. There
were cries Of No. m" when ne aske-i
whether i would be wise 10 80 10 war
over ShGuIung. ThEre Is M other WAY.
HI sa L. 70 secure TIRE immediate return
&; tins p-ovince 70 China
M wilson also discussed the Monroe
DOCTRINE. Article Y and the right OF
Withdrawal. from the leREue. repeating
previous arguments against raserpa
Inns on rhuEs points and declaring
some O me changes proposed involved
merely question Of literary style
Turning % the objection that GreR--
Britain mas SIX votes IN the league as
semaly. Mr. wilson SAID II SO happened
IfRt our one vote IS Just as powerful
The assembly cpuid vote On any imppr-
TINT SUBJECT except admission Of new
members without a decision first hEv-
ing been maze Z = the council, n which
;hsre Il al equality Of votes.
DenUuncins ''hy-phenHted Americans"
he President repeated ms charge thar
{ pro-zerrnEn propaganda again was
sprARd ny n the United .ra-es- He sRl /
uuqnnenls Of me treaty were desiring
me same ENDS Germany was desiring,
hui asserted mis- confidence that the
treaty would ne accspfed-
/ Two addresses We're On Inc Pres
pdsut's program Tor Inc first Gay Of
ha stay In San Francisco. He spoke
81 al the woEnan's luncheon, given
4 ~ ~Arlous women's organizations of
+ California. and was appiaGde.i again
and asslin when he declared thai IL
was in the interest ot the women Of
the aDaufIy that the trent be- ar
ceplea The President was intro
duced oy hrs. Z. J. Moi president
CT the Collegiate Aiurnnae- and 1900
women N the room stood Ia. and
cheeren far TWO minutes. A few
hours earlier ne mad been wE-cumeu
70 the cry by crowds which came
up a wave Oh cheering as he PASSED
through The downtown sTreeLs
The 9resanenI told luncheon guests
lnR- there were no words strong
enough 10 picture properly -Ec ex-
tent 20 WHICH the world vas trusting
70 the leadership 81 America.
We cannot desert humAnlt! he
SAID. We are the trustees If hn-
mainly ! cannot conceive u mo
I'VE adequate ID hnid men on from
TINS Erear enterprise
Mr.. wilson said ne was -pt SANS
ned win the ShanrIng ser1jeinerT but
that Il Vas irrational" % Propose
70 MAKE the situation better by the
CreRtTs amendment Es traLEd al
length the growth of Japanese power
N Shanrung, declaring tfa- tite orig
lnal grant of the shRntung rights 10
German was the result of a hypo-
eign Office.
Yet, at the time Of thai demand.
continued Mr. Wilson. President Nc
kinney made no protest on the part
Of the American government. Meth
er we're protests made, he asserted.
when other nations took i;arts of
Chinese TERRITORY.
Which of the gentlemen tliHt are
now protesting" he asked were
prominent in protesting agains1 the
original grant ID Germany" II makes
my heart burn when some r1en ara
so late in doing Justice"
II is not from China. ..Gt from
German, he said. 1har Shantang is
taken by the t,eaty- Thale VIZ ap-
plRuse when he added tina, on the
other hand. China's interests were
protected by the League If Nations.
II is the FIRST time in thr history
Of the world" he asserted that any
thing has been done for China"