The Washington herald., 1919-10-16
SHANTUNG VOTE
TODAY In SENATE
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were adopted he would vote to reject
the entire treaty.
\ speech which caused consider
able alarm to the Democratic side
was that of Senator John K. Shields
DemocraO. of Tennessee. a mem
Der Of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee- Senator Shields declared he
would vote for the Johnson amend
ment to raise the voting power of
the United States in the league Of
nations to an equality with that Of
the British Empire. and would also
support the committee reservations
on Article X and other portions Of
the treaty.
Shields Announces Stand.
The Senator said he would not
vote for the Shantung amendnent,
beczuse adoption Of the amendment
would involve the United States in
the settlement Of purely foreign
questions. the very thing which the
reservations are designed to pre-
vent He announced, however, that
he would support a reservation to
state Americas position with refer
enoe to the return of Shantung to
N~nAA11 h6lAfcE I1dn 10 Japan
II you permit this infarny to be
contaminated. If You permit Japan to
build up great empire such as she
now plans to build, if she is permitted
to Japanize these people of the
Chinese race as she Is planning to do,
you will have created a yellow peril
indeed You will have brought to-
gether these yellow races, you will
have created menace which not only
the United States. but the whole of
the civilized world will have to fear.
Scores Jap Policy.
The long line of international
treachery which the world has wit
messed ought to give us a lesson. ia
pan has repeatedly promised to re-
turn this province to China and she
has broken every promise she has
made to China and to the rest of the
world The history of the world is
that when nations get possession OF
territories they keep them IL they
have the force to do it"
Senator Reed scathingfy arraiAhed
those Senators who fear to take any
decisive step toward assisting China
oecznse Of the belief that il might
offend Japan. He said:
n b a singular thing to find the
Senate Of the United States solemnly
considering whether II Is helpless. 1t
- a singular thing to find the Senate
debating whether it should do the
rtght thing or not for fear of Offend
ing Japan For my part, I have no
fear OF Japan. but IL you make her
the master OF the Orient, and her
emperor the emperor of the amalga-
maned yellow races Of the world. you
WIN create q power before which the
whole civilized world may tremble. II
IL q shameless thing to stand here
and say this Is a great wrong, and
then vote to condone that wrong
In another part Of his speech Sena-
tor Reed said: .-what we need is a
httle more American nerve and a little
iess scouSescence in the desires Of
other nations"
wafzh Questions Reed
Senator walsh. of Montana, in
quired whether the Senator was not
nned with some anxiety as to
whether Germany would be willing
to make separate treaty and give
the Omitted States an the things It
GefS under the present treaty" SEN
ator Reed replied:
No. I have not q bit of anxiety
because we get nothing at all under
this treaty
Senator Lodge answered the Mon
tana Senator'S question by saying:
We VIII never see the day when
Europe VIII refuse to let the United
Hztes come into this tresty on
Whafsver terms We may choose.
without the Omitted States this
tre1fy Is house Of cards.
Senator Borah pointed out that the
German rights In Shantung were
only leasehold and were not con-
cessions For this reason, he said,
Eh9- TIE lease was Terminated by