The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-08-08
THE sHANTUNG AFFAIR.

America is not going to war
with Japan but her failure to do
SO will not be the fault Of the
few senators whose Incorporate
utterances directly tend to EN-
broi us with Il friendly power.
With only superficial knowledge
of the facts involved in the case,
these senator's have not hesitated
to shoot off their mouths in a
manner which inevitably arouses
hostile feeling between the peo-
pies of the two countris In
view of the attitude Of these SEN
ators, President Wilson 5 state
ment relative to the Shantung al
fair should serve to clarity mat
ters. The president S statement,
issued through the state depart
ment this week, is as follows:
'"The government Of the United
States has noted with the great
est interest the frank statement
made by Viscount Uchida with re-
gard to Japan s future policy re
garding Shantung. The state
ment ought to serve to remove
many of the MISUNDERSTANDING
which had begun to accumulate
about this question. But there
are references in the statement to
an agreement entered into be-
tween Japan and China in 1915, |
which might be misleading, if not
commented upon in the light Of
what occurred in Paris when the
clauses Of the treaty affecting
Shantung were under discussion.
| therefore take the liberty of
supplementing Viscount Uchida 5
statement with the following
"In the conference Of the Both !
! Of April, last, where this matter
was brought to a conclusion |
among the heads of the principal |
allied and associated powers, the |
japanese delegates, Baron MAXI |
no and Viscount China, in reply |
to question put by myself, 'le
clared that
'The policy Of Japan is to
hand back the Shantung penlnsu-
la in full sovereignty to China, /
retaining only the economic priv
ileges granted to Germany, and I
the right to establish a settlement
under the usual conditions at
Using g-Tao.
The owners of the railway
will use special police only to inn
sure security for traffic. They
will be used for no other purpose.
The police forces, which will
be composed Of Chinese and such
japanese instructors as the direc-
tors of the railway may select,
will be appointed by the Chinese
government
:" No reference was made to this
policy being in any way depend
ent upon the execution Of the
agreement of 1915 to which
Count Uchida appears to have re-
ferred. Indeed, | feel it my duty
to say that nothing that | agreed
to must be construed as an ac-
quiescence on the part Of the gov
ernment of the United States in
the policy of notes exchanged be-
tween China and Japan in 1915
and 1918; and reference was
made in the discussion to the en-
forcemeat of the agreements Of
1915 and 1918 only in case China
failed to cooperate fully in ear
rying out the policy outlined in
the statement of Baron Maxine
and Viseount Chinda.
81 have, of course, no doubt
that Viseount Uchida had been
appraised of all the particulars
of the discussion in Paris, and /
am not making this statement
with the idea Of correcting his,
but only TO throw a fuller light Of
Qualification upon situation
which ought to be relieved of
every shadow of obseurity or mis-
--O-----
STILL TRAMPLING PRO