Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-19
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public in Picking he said, the clause
by which the United States recognized
Japans special interest" in China
was translated into both Japanese and
Chinese 'in a way to amount to a |
recognition of Japan's paramount in
terest in China"
Japan stuck to her Interpretation
and we stuck to ours" continued the
witness, land there the matter has
stood. China threw up her hands and
said, The United States will not back
us up and we must do the best we
cam
President Wilson, Millard said, |
after an attempt to get Japan to re-
cede from her Shantung claims, in
formed the Chinese the Japanese had
taken an incorporating attitude, |
| amounting to a threat to bolt the
tons" ~
'"The president" added the>%itness,
| Seemed to be about the only one
who did not think this was pure
bluff on the part of Japan
| Chinese delegates told him it was
en- the advice of the United States
! that the Chinese did not raise ques-
! hons of extra territoriality, future
| CO-ODtIdllOIl III 1DlHd, anu
/ abrogation of the twenty or more
regional understandings" The
! American government was fully
sympathetic" with Chinas stand on
these subjects, Mi1lard said, but
thought it might "be-fog the issue"
/ if matters not directly connected with
the peace settlements were intro
duced.
| japan Shows Teeth.
when the Shantung question
arose, President Wilson, Millard said,
he had been informed, suggested il
be left for the league of nations.
Japan Directing revealed for the first
time the secret agreement by which
the allies were to support the Shan
tunG claims
On April 1913, Willard continued,
China submitted compromise pro-
posal that she would consent to cede
German rights In 'Shantung to Japan
if the other four members of the
council Of five would agree to stand
in the position OF ''co-trustees" for
eventual return of the province to
China; that China would reimburse
Japan for her expense in taking kiao
Chow; that Esin-Tao should be made
an international port; Nand that
Japan should definitely promise to re-
turn Shantung within a specific time
, IF this issue doesn't lead to war
between the United States and Japan
within ten years." said the witness,
'the ice will at least get so thin that
we wont know whether we can get
over or not"
4 Mr.. Milard said he had been told
by both British and French officials
that a great difficulty in determining
on any definite policy in the far east
was that the United States seemed 20
have no stable attitude in regard 10
the situation.
The witness gave it as his opinion
that the promises made by Japan 10
return Shantung were not to be taken
as a serious guarantee Japan, ne
said, constantly had practiced ''equlv-
ocal" diplomatic promises and had
promptly "wiggled out of fulfillmenf
Dangerous Elements.
Asked how the Shantung agree
ment might lead to war between
Japan and the United States, the
witness said there were many dan
gerous elements involved. AS an eX-
ample, he said, the cumulative effect
of Japans successes in emma might
easily encourage her to assume conf
mercial rights which would trespass
on the Hay open door policy, or on
the special commercial treaties the
United States has with China,
The Japanese situation" he said, :"
has been creeping up on us Just as the
German situation crept up on Europe,
and you are going to have to beat It,
and you can't beat 1t with words.
You'll have to fight.
ut may start with a fight between
Japanese and Chinese. But American
missionaries will be killed and AM
erican rights violated and sooner or
later we will be swept in"
Mr.. Willard said he believed the sem
ate could overcome the Shantung fea
ture without touching a word of
comma in the treaty. He suggested
that there be covenant in connec-
ton with the special defensive treaty
with France which would bind France
and Great Britain to stand with the
UNITED States il the Hay policy IN the
far east ever was threatened.
The word tweed as applied to
cloth really means "twflled," and has
nothing to do with the River Tweed,
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