The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-09-06
OPPONENTS TO
LEAGUE START
TOUR SEPT. 10
Borah and Johnson to Begin
Campaign Wednesday -
Norris Gives Allegory.
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-With the
hearings by the foreign relations COM
mittee on the peace treaty closed, at
tention turned today to efforts of the
so-called mild" and drastic" reserva-
ton advocates to reach an agreement
on the form the proposed reservation
clauses and amendments should take.
In the meantime Chairman Lodge
and Senator Hitchcock, leader Of the
Democratic ratification forces were at
work preparing the majority and
minority reports, respectively, which
they hope to have ready next week.
Republican leaders of the factions
opposed to unreserved ratification of
the treaty will begin a campaign of
speech making in reply to the prest'
dent Wednesday. Senators Johnson,
Borah and Mccormick. will address a
mass meeting in Chicago on that date
and Senator Johnson plans to speak in
Indianapolis, Thursday, st. Louis, Fri
day and Kansas City, Saturday. Sen
ator Reed will deliver an address at
Akron, O., Sunday and next week Sen
ator Wadsworth will speak at Salem,
N Y. Senator Poindexter plans an
address for Dunkirk N. Y, Thursday
and later will speak at Pittsburgh and
New York City.
In announcing plans for the speech
making the Republican leaders said
there was no intention to trail the
| President but that is was proposed to
reply to his speeches both on the floor
of the Senate and elsewhere.
Norris Tells story.
Senator Norris, Republican, of Ne
braska, speaking in the senate today
on the claims of China to Shantung.
said the president would not tell the
| facts regarding the disposition Of that
province because it would cast some
| reflection upon the peace conference"
| Supporters of the administration, he
said, dare not because it would incur
the displeasure of their great leader
so the senator announced he himself
would relate the story of the
troubled community"
| In narrative form that usually be-
gins "Once upon time," Senator Nor
ris told the story Of Shantung
Throughout his speech which was
never changed from its allegorical
style, nations were referred to as in
dividuals, Germany being styled Bill
Kaiser; Japan, Mr.. Jap; Great Britain
| France and Italy, as John Bull, Mr.
French and Mr.. Italiano, respectively
while the United States was named
Miss Columbia.
| Bill Kaiser, pictured as husky fel
low who trained himself in the use OF
| fire arms with the idea of despoiline
his neighbors, the senator said, forci
bly, took the "Shantung farm" from
John Chinaman, and how later. when
the other members of the community
we're engaged in Furnishing Bill Kaiser
Mr. Jap, taking advantage Of Bill
Kaiser's preoccupation in other fields
seized the property.
Complaint Against v. S.
The senator's story of the sittings
of the peace conference included a
satirical account of the Journeys ano
methods of Miss Columbia, one who
possessed a beautiful voice and had
a wonderful command of language
adding that she surpassed by fai
the greatest of her sex in her ability
to talk"
Senator Norris declared that China
had greater cause for complaint
against the United States than any
of the other judges for the seizure
of shantung makes it impossible fol
China to brig products from Other
parts of the county without submit
ting to the rules and regulations tha
may be imposed by Japan.