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THE SHANTUNG QUESTION.

AN AMERICAN SENATOR SPEAKS OUT.

Washington, Augum 5-De- claring the history of German and Japanese acquisitions, în Shantung bad been one wrong heaped upon another, Senator Watson, Republican, Indiana, asked the Senate to-day to reject that provision of the Versailles treaty which gives Japan control : in Shantung Peninsula.

The original Shantang rights, Senator Watson said, were taken from China by Gerraany in 1898 through a demand enforced by a fleet of battleships and had been expanded to embrace "a complete economic possession of Shan- tung" through supplemental treaties in 1899, 1990 and 1905. These expanded rights, he said. had been taken from Germany in the present war by Japan, who had sought to reinforce her position by a treaty obtained

by force from China in 1916 and by secret agreements "estäblish- ed on fraud consummated with the Allies in 1917.

Can it be said that tain: no- longer vitiates title?" asked the Indiana Senator. "Does Wrong ever become right? Can duress piled upon duress.

can force

added to force make unright- eousness boly? Can the German wrong in China, plus the Japanese wrong with the Allies, ever come to the full fruition of a perfect right?

We went to war. in part to undo the wrong wrought by Germany, and surely here is one that enlists the sympathy and challenges the

atten-

tion of our country; aye, and of civilisation, for it seeks to per- petutate one of the most flagrant wrongs ever committed by the agents of the Kaiser upon a help less and unoffending people."

Replying to declarations that the German concessions seized by Japan concerned only a narrow strip of territory, Senator Watson said that nevertheless Japan had sent a military force *entirely through the province of Shan- tung," had established railroads, miner and garrisons everywhere. and now was in "complete mil- itary and economic possession "of the whole province with its population of 36,000,000 Chinese.

The President recently has stated," he continued, "that Japan intends to returu Shantung to China. If that be true, why is it: not so written in the contract? Japan waged two wars with the announced purpose of insuring the independence of Korea. And yet, having won in both wars, she very speedily annexed Korea, and in 1910 made her a part of the Japanese empire. Oce of Japan's; alleged reasons for waging war with Russia was that she wanted to save Manchuria for China.) Manchuria is to all intents and purposes a Japanese colony.

"The whole story of the treat- ment of China by Japan furnishes ample illustration of the fact that Japan intends to cling to Shan- tung and that her protestations of good faith are not to be believed. Why was so monstrous & wrong thus recognised? Simply because it had to be done to save the League.

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"President Wilson wanted the League. It was the sole object of his going to France, and for it he was and is willing to make great sacrifices of foreign rights

either President Wilson nor Secretary permanent contracts with those or American Lansing knew that Japan had sec-whose good conduct and loyalty independence. Japan, seeing his ret treaties with the Allies by the were not in doubt. Whether per- attitude, took advantage of him terms of which she was to hold sons of enemy origin should be and forced him to endorse this Shantung after the war.

appointed in future was an en- wrong to China by the, threat "The people of China believed tirely different question. In this that, if it were not done she in the United States. We have case they were justified in laying would withdrew from the Con- been her one great and only down new rules, and were doing ference and would decline to friend. The President willingly

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ratify the Leagua. And be yield-throws aside the work of Bur: DE VALERA AND A CANADIAN ed, and is now endeavouring to lingame, casts the efforts of Hay have our nation ratify this treats upon the scrap heap, and not only and condone this wrong. Japan consents to the robbing of China of Irishmen in Montreal was Toronto, July 28-A meeting coerced him into that concession: by Japan, but seeks to force us to divided over the advisability of That country sold her signature fight to sustain the robbery and inviting Mr. de Valera to visit for the liberties of 35,000,000 of protect robbers. It cannot be Canada. Some fear was express- human beings, and Wilson, Lloyd denied that if the people of Shan-ed that if he spoke in Montreal George and Clemenceau approved tung revolt against the galling he would expose himself to the the bargain and ratified the sale. yoke of Japan, and if China shall danger of arrest. It was finally The most remarkable, the rise to defend her own people, resolved that an invitation be most indefensible feature of this then by the provisions of Article sent to the Interational Commit- entire transaction is that, as a Xwe shall be compelled to send tee at New York, and to leave in result of a war said to have been American waged to make the world safe for China.

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Valera should visit the Dominion. spoliation of the only republic in to teach the principles of the the Orient, we ratify the previous Christian religion. And we do

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It was stated, on inquiry at the . and right. But it ill becomes us to Ministry of Food recently, that we turn the result of the larceny sanction an over to the most autocratic Gov-will fasten upon them the rule of information available at present arrangement that while there there was no fresh erment that now exists on earth, a nation that is opposed to with regard to a new rationing the counterpart of Germany in Christianity, that has systematic-system, it was obvious that such the East "6

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introduced before the ensuing - to be "I do not believe that the treaty winter, so that the Ministry may sentatives sat around the table at should be ratified unless and regulate distribution in the Peace Conference had a treaty, until Japan either withdraws cordance with the original intent- with China to protect the territori- from China or states in un-ion of the existing system, which equivocal terms that she will has become largely inoperative withdraw, or, better still, fixes a with regard to different articles, definite date of withdrawal; for I Many people will have to be believe this to be as monstrous a registered again, and the new proposition as has ever been system will operate for all articles proposed to civilization,"

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