Arizona republican., 1919-10-15
SHANTUNC ARTICLE
CALLS FORTH FIERY
WORDS IN ARGUMENT
Republican A. p. Leased WireJ

WASHINGTON, Oct 14.-Bitter feel
ing engendered by the peace treaty's
Shantung provision got close to the
boiling point again today in the sem
ate. Repeatedly during a five hour de-
bate on the subject the gaveel sounded
to bring order out of confusion cross
fire of or oratorical projectiles, and
once it was ruled that language used
had violated the senate's rules by i'm
putting to senators conduct unworthy
and unbecoming.
The declaration to which formal OBJ
lection was taken was made by Senator
McCumber, republican, North Dakota,
in the course of a heated exchange with
Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri, and
had to do with charges that Japan was
acting in bad faith in the promise of
her statesmen to return Shantung prov
ince to China.
Japan was our associate in the war"
said the North Dakota senator, but
l know, now that the war practically
has ended, many senators prefer to
consider her as our enemy. Germany
seems to be more an object of solicit
tude than our friends who helped us
defeat Germany"
"If the senator means that" shouted
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the senators to whom he refers"
Senator McCumber retorted that he
would let recent utterances in the SEN
ate chamber speak for themselves, and
when he declined to yield to further
questioning by Senator Reed the lat
ter appealed to the chair, declaring
loudly while Senator McCumber con-
tinued his speech that the language
used had been supplementary.
When he had quieted the disputants,
Senator Ball, republican, of Delaware,
temporarily presiding, thumbed
through a senate rule book while half
dozen other members tried all at once
to get in q word of advice. Senator
Reed then withdrew his objection
whereupon Senator McCumber de-
clared he had no intention of taking
back what he had said and insisted that
the clerk read the passage of his speech
which had been questioned.
That brought a renewal of the Mis-
souri, senator's protest. Senator Bal
ruled the language out OF order and
Senator McCumber resumed the re-
mark that he hadn't in the least
changed his mind about the truth OF
what he had said.
Senator McCumber, republican
member of the foreign relations com
mittee, was speaking in reply to Chair
man Lodge of the committee, who had
just concluded prepared address sup
porting the Shantung amendment ano
declaring Japan was building in China
an empire menacing the United States
Japan relentlessly had broken hel
pledges and would continue to do so
in furtherance of her scheme fol
China's exploitation, Mr.. Lodge
asserted.
In replying Senator McCumber ar.
gued that the proposed amendment
would be of no avail because Shantuns
already was in Japan's possession anC
altering the treaty would not change
that possession. On the other hand
he said, the league of nations would
unite the civilized world with a girl
upon Japan's throat" to compel her Il
make good her promises to restore the
province to China.
Later Senator Reed made an extend.
ed argument against the league, as
serting that If 1t had the power to forct
Japan to give back Shantung it GER
tainly would have the power to compe
the United States to do whatever i
desired. He argued that the leagu'
; council assembly would not be judicia
bodies because every member would b.
/ an interested party in any big worlt
question.