New-York tribune., 1919-07-22
been fulfilled at the time of its
withdrawal.
Records Shantung Protest

Records Shantung Protest
In thus ratifying the treaty of .
peace with the reservations herein
above set out, the Senate cannot re
frain from expressing its deep re-
erct at the provisions of the treaty
(Sections 1856, 157, 1881, which trans
fers to Japan such broad rights and
powers and phys cal possession over
the territory and people in the shan
tung peninsula Of China, as being
alike dsregardful Of the true rights
than $4,000, 600 of Chinese inhabit
ing the peninsula, unjust to the Re
public Of China and threatening to
the future peace of the world.
1t is the sincere hope Of the United
States that this manifest injustice
may be speedily rcconsdered and
remedied.
Fight. on Resolution
Senator Williams then offered tho
following resolutions:
"Resolved, That we recognize no
jurisdiction in the members Of this
committee as committee over the
subject matter in its present status,
but we think the President has the
power to appoint the American com
completion of the details of the pro-
posed treaty"
Senator Harding at once drafted tn;
substitute:
"Movcd, That the chairman be in
structed to reply to the Prcsd dent
that in the judgment OF the Foreign
Relations Committee neither the
committee nor the Senate has any
authority to take action in respect
to any treaty provision until said
treaty becomes effective through
ratification"
Senator Hitchcock proposed as an
amendment to Senator Iardings reso-
luton:
after the word ratification add
the following: And assumes that the
President alone can take necessary
action to have the United States
temporarily represented on any com
mission of reparatio1. set up by the
common action of the nations to act
Professionally during the period re
quired to reach treaty ratification.
Senator Knox moved following sub
sttute to the Harding notion:
at is the judgment of the COM
mittee that until the treaty is rati-
fed no power exists either in the
President or Congress to execute any
provision in the proposed treaty
either Professionally or otherwise y
Members Picked, Says Rumor
1t was rumored here that President
Wilson as matter of fact had al
ready selected the American member.
Of this commission, and that his con.
sultation of the Foreign Relation.
Committee was similar to his "justid
cation resolution which passed the
Senate some hours after troops LANDED
at Vera Cruz, or to his spectacular
consultation Of Senators on the Ger
man situation some hours after ne mac
secretly sent his answer to Germany.
Opponents Of the league in its pres
ent form are much encouraged over tho
advances being made from the Admin
istration side. With the President
forces talking compromise they fec
confident that the reservation pro
gremme will 60 through without ;
hitch. Some of those who would re
ject the league of nations in its en-
tirety have been SO buoycd UP by tn,
turn in events that they believe i
will be possible not only to mak'
reservations but to amend the GOV
enant. To the observer, however, tn,
sentiment seems to be strongly 70
ratification with reservations, as IA
as the league is concerned, with th
possibility Of amendments to the Shan
tung sections Of the treaty,