Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-09-18
WILSON PLEADS
SHANT UNG DEAL
AS CHINA 5 GAIN
Only Time in History
World Has Aided Her
President Says,
REACHES SAN FRANCISCO
SPEAKS At 4 LUNCHEON.

1Pthk1 Al \ LUnUHtUN!
San Francisco, Sept. 17.-President
Wilson arrived here at $50 o'clock, to-
day. on special ferryboat from the
Oakland MOLE
President and Mrs. Wilson came off,
the gailydecorated boat and slip into a.
square formed by detachments Of soldiers
from the Preside, the usual presidential
cavalry escort being conspicuous. Seat
ed In an open automobile driven by
Mayor Rolph's chauffeur, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilson We're driven slowly along Market
street to the civic center, the cheering
throngs that lined both sides of the
thoroughfare giving him an uproarous
welcome.
The procession up Market street was
Simple. Apart from the presidential
and committee automobiles. containing
the governor and the mayor and army
and navy notables, there was small
escort of cavalry marines and sailors.
American flags and pennants were the
only decoration scheme used along Mar
ket street. The civic center where the
president greeted San Franciscos school
children, was more gaily bedecked, how
ever. After brief stay there the party
went TO their quarters at the st. Francis
hotel
Fatigued from his 34-hour train ride
from Portland. the president decided to
rest during the afternoon instead of
taking an automobile ride which had
been arranged for him to Stanford uni
versitF. DR.. Grayson. the presidents
physician, said Mr.. Wilson was not ILL.,
but merely wanted to be free to spend
the afternoon quietly because of the
strenuous program ahead of him during
the next two days in San Francisco.
Discusses shantung.
Discussing the Shantung provision Of
the peace treaty, President Wilson said.
in an address, today, that he had been
assured by the great powers that, un-
der the league of nations there would
be q new international policy for the
protection of Chinese integrity.
America is under an overwhelming
moral compulsion to accept the peace
treaty. President Wilson declared. be
cause it was drawn up on American spec
ifications and marked the worlds accept
ance of American principles.
Even Germany had been forced TO ac
cept these principles. said the president.
and now some men were proposing that
the United States herself repudiate
them.
Spoke at Women's Luncheon.
Two addresses were on the presi-
dents program for the first day of his
stay here. He spoke first at a luncheon
given by various womens organizations
of California and was applauded again
and again when he declared it was in
the interest Of the women of the country
that the treaty be accepted.
The president was introduced at the
luncheon by Mrs. f. ]. Mott, president
Of the Collegiate alumae, and the 1900
women in the room stood up and cheer
ed for two minutes.
A few hours earlier he had been vel
coined to the city by crowds which kept
mp wave of cheering as he passed
through the downtown streets.
The president told the women there
we're no words strong enough to pic
ture properly the extent to which the
world was trusting to the leadership Of
America.
Trustees of Humanity.
I'VE cannot desert humanity he said.
eve are the trustees Of humanity. /
cannot conceive a motion adequate to
hold men off from this great enter
prise
Touching upon the Shansang provision
Of the treaty. be said he was not salts
fled with that settlement. but that it
was IRRATIONAL to propose to make
the situation better by the treaty's
He traced the growth of
japanese power in Shantuing. declaring
The original grant of the Shantung rights
10 Germany was the result of hypo-
critical demand by the German foreign
,ffice.
Yet at the time Of that demand. he
,ail, President Mckinley made no pro-
est on the part of the American gov
'rnment. Neitaer were protests made.
ae said, when other nations took parts
# Chinese territory.
Shantung Taken from Germany.
(Which II the gentlemen that are
low protesting he asked. were prom
nent in protesting against the original
grant to Germany? 1t makes my heart
,urn when some men are so late in do
ng Justice
1t is not China, but from German. the
president said that Shantung il taken.
There was applause when he added that
IN the other hand China's interests
sere protected by the league OF na-
ions.
'.It's ~ rst time in the history OF
he world" he asserted. that anything
las been done for China.
These pewers, said Mr.. Wilson, had
snan's promise to return Shantung to
nina and intended to see that it was
ulfilled under the league. He said he
ad asked his colleagues at Versailles
pecifically whether they meant under
he league TO inaugurate new policy
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