The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-10-24
SHANTuNG-FINls

/ the United States senate GnamDeF
with tears over Shantung at SO late
! a period in it's loss to China was the
plainest exhibition of hypocrisy Of
which we have any record, and after
| the final vote was taken it seems
that large majority of the senate
took the same view of it.
! AS far back as 1898 by force OF
arms Germany seized Shantung from
China and compelled that docile en-
pire to acquiesce in her conquest.
That high handed measure on the
part of the German kaiser in his mad
dream of world dominion did not
cause single weep" in the senate
chamber of the United States nor in
! the house of representatives Of
which Senator Lodge was mem
ber
| There was no outburst OF oratori
cal eloquence. Not a protest was
recorded.
| buL dALCl bAlC Apt0C u kAAOA y N+AN-AA
two decades, Japan wrests Shantung
from the clutches of Germany, we
are shown the spectacle of the Uni
ted States senate chamber being
inundated with tears, and when Sen
ator McCumber said on it's floor that
"since the war has practically closed
great many senators prefer now to
consider the Japanese as our enc
mics, and Germany seems to be more
an object of solicitude than our
friends who helped us defeat Ger
many"
This very mild rebuke brought
Senator Reed to his feet ami he ex-
claimed with great deal of feryor|
that he was unwilling that an in
situation that impugns the honor and
loyalty of the senate should be UNI
challenged
IL Senator Reeds honor was i'm
pugned and his loyalty doubted, he
has but himself to blame for it for
his speeches made inside and outside
the senate chamber were the basis
for Senator McCumber's mild but
timely rebuke.
Under an agreement entered into
by our allies-France and England
for Japan's help under the great
stress of war, it was agreed that he,
rights in Shantung would be pro-
tected.
That is all there is to it.
Japan carried out her agreement
She drove the German troops from
the Orient and in doing so, released
a great number of the allied troops
who were as speedily as possible
rushed to the front and helped in
keeping the German hordes at bay.
The wrestling of Shantung from
China. while regretful, are matters
of history and cannot be undone,
but largely through the influence of
President Wilson, this much was
done.
While gathered around the peace
table the following official notes
passed between the ENJOYS of the
Japanese and Chinese governments:
The Japanese minister wrote to the
Chinese envoy as follows:
EXCellency: In the name OF nv
government | have the honor to make
the following declaration TO the Chi
nese government:
When. after the termination OF the
present war the leased territory oil
kiaochow Bay is completely left at
the free disposal OF Japan, the Jap
aneSe government will restore the
said released territory TO China I'm.
der the following conditions:
Which are named Then the Chi
nese minister replies:
have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt OF your eXcellancv's note
Of this days date. in which YOU make
the following declaration in the name
Of your government:
Whom after the termination of the
present war. the leased territory nj
hi"cchow Bay is completely left 10
the free disposal of Japan. the japan
csc government will restore the said
leased territory 10 China under the
following conditions"
When the treaty OF peace is con
cludei and the league OF nations :
'orned. Japan will be held to her
agreement and Shantung will be re-
stored TO her own.
/ The vote in the senate was pro-
nounced and was just rebuke TO
Senator Lodge and his colleagues and
a fitting endorsement and vindication
OF the course of President Wilson