, THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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THE SHANTUNG AFFAIR.
America was not treated frankly
and fairly by Britain and France
in the matter of their secret pact;
with Japan, declares Charlton Bates
Strayer, in an article waich appeared
in a recent issue of Leslie's Weekly.
This is not a trivial affair, he says,
for it was these secret pacts which
forced the Shantung settlement—
the black spot on the treaty of
peace. It was generally understood
that the United States had been
kept in ignorance of these secret
pledges to Japan, but the testimony
of Secretary of State Lansing be
fore the senate foreign relations
committee has officially established
that fact. Secretary Lansing testi
fied that his first knowledge of these
treaties, made by Britain, France.
Italy, and Russia with Japan, came
to him early in February of this
year. Yet Mr. Balfour had de
clared, in response to a question in
the house of commons, that “Presi
dent Wilson is being kept fully in
formed by the Allies” concerning
agreements made among themselves.
When former Premier Viviani of
France and former Foreign Minis
ter Balfour of Great Britain visited
us just after we went into the war,
neither, according to Mr. Lansing,
made any mention of secret agree
ments with Japan. Secretary Lan
sing did know there was an under
standing between Britain and Japan
regarding the Pacific islands taken
from Germany, the equator to be
the dividing line in the disposition
of the islands between the two pow
ers. He learned this from Spring
Rice. then British ambassador here,
in October, 1916, six months before
we declared war. In September.
1917, Viscount Ishii confirmed this
understanding about the islands, but
at the same time declared that Ja
pan Intended to return Kiao-Chau to
China. In reply to a question by
Senator Borah, Secretary Lansing
admitted that when the conversa
tions began leading to the Lansing
Ishii agreement, Viscount Ishii, eith
er intentionally or otherwise, con
cealed from him the existence of the
secret treaties in regard to Shan
tung. The more one hears about
the Shantung mess, the less one
likes it. President Wilson yielded
to the settlement in order to keep
Japan at the conference and to save
the League of Nations, but neithei
Japan nor our European allies
treated us fairly in concealing from
us until the peace econference was
fairly launched the secret treaties
upon which the settlement was pred
icated.
Japan can’t obscure the wrong
done China in the peace treaty by
crying out that only narrow par
tisanship opposes it. The disposition
of Shantung outrages the sense of
justice among men everywhere and
the Japanese press is much mis
taken in supposing that Republican
senators are using it simply for par
tisan attack upon President Wilson.
Mr. Wilson was opposed to Japan's
demands, but in the face of Japan’s
insistence upon the secret pacts, he
agreed to the treaty settlement as
the best compromise obtainable. The
majority in the senate are not per
suaded that this is a question that
can he compromised. Some are ask
in? why the President did not take
as firm a stand upon Shantung as
he did upon Fiume. We wish he
(haa. The statement of Viscount
Uchida, minister for foreign affairs,
and the comment of the President
: upon it have not greatly clarified
the situation. Uchida disclaims any
^intention on the part of Japan to
I retain any rights which affect the
'territorial sovereignty of China, and
(declares that Japan, “abiding faith
fully by the pledge which she gave
to China in 1915, is quite willing to
restore to China the whole territory
jin question.” President Wilson
! praises Uchida’s “frank statement,"
I but denies that Japan’s promise to
j restore Shantung was in any sense
'dependent upon the agreement of
! 1915. Japan’s boast is that she al
ways keeps her agreements, but
with the example of Korea before
them and the record of coercion
upon China, the Chinese put little
faith in Uchida's promises. At the
j beginning of the Russo-Japanese
Avar, Korea permitted Japan to oc
! cupy certain strategic points in
i Korea. Japan agreeing to “definitely
guarantee the independence and ter
ritorial rights of the Korean em
pire.” By successive steps Japan
jhas deprived Korea of both. The
!Chinese feel that instead of getting
out of Shantung, the ultimate pur
pose of Japan is to control all of
i China. Actual withdrawal from
! Shantung would be the best evi
| dence of sincerity on the part of
jJapan.
Undoubtedly the peace conference,
with the peace treaty hanging fire,
• is growing weaker. In numerous in
stances its decisions have been de
fied. One of the most pointed case?
i is that of one of the Allies—Ru
mania—which gives defiance to the
• Paris conference bv failing to an
’swer its notes, while its victorious
army takes possession of the Hun
garian capital. It would hardly be
correct to say that this is a failure
of the League of Nations, since the
league, as such, has not really be
gun to function. Whether or not
there will be a League of Nations
worthy the name depends largely
upon the action, still deferred, of
the United States senate. The im
mediate trouble seems to be that
the peace conference issues decrees,
but possesses no power to compel
, their fulfillment. Germany, the
chief offender, was compelled to sign
the treaty because of the steadily
increasing economic blockade, and
because the Allies and America had
military forces all ready to invade
Germany if she failed to sign. There
is no such power available behind
,the other decrees of the conference.
.This lack, combined with uncertainty
• as to the League of Nations, has
robbed the conference of much of
! its authority.
Frank H. Simonds, an excellent
authority, fears another world crisis
;as the result of the national and
• racial rivalries of the small Europe
jan nations. He points out that while
ithe new frontiers have been drawn
' with proper regard to race and ge
ography, many decisions have been
disputed, and that usually the “Paris
conference has made enemies of
both contestants without arriving at
any settlement whatever.” Force
is the one authority these warring
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1 factions would respect, but this the '
' Paris conference is not able to com- ,
I mand. Mr. Simonds is right in say
j.ing there must be either a concert j
|of powers enjoying the unqualified |
moral support of all, each ready to
accept its decisions even when con
trary to a nation’s selfish interests,
or a superstate with an adequate j
police force. At present we have
neither. Mr. Simonds finds the
whole conception of the League of;
Nations breaking down in Europe .
in the face of the rivalries of small , *
nations, and expresses the fear that j
before the Washington battle is over i
the league “will be as dead as the ,
Holy Alliance of unblessed memory.” jj
Both extreme positions on the >
League of Nations will have to give j
way before the demand that the _
country be put speedily on a peace 1
basis. Louis Seibold, one of the
most trustworthy correspondents of j
the New York World, has made a j
thorough investigation of sentiment
in Pittsburgh and Buffalo and finds
the people have completed their
study of the League of Nations
and are now interested chiefly in i j
the high cost of living and indus- j
trial reconstruction problems. The;
President has declared he will ac- j
cept no reservations to any portion j
of the treaty. Extreme opponents j
to the treaty have demanded amend- ! i
ments or outright rejection. Signs :;
point to a willingness on the part 1 j
of the latter class to consider in- j s
terpretations, clarifications, reserva
tions, call it what you will, that will j
safeguard the interests of the Unit-!
ed States without actually amend- ■ ■
ing the treaty. Such prominent ‘
league advocates as Oscar S. Strauss, j!
Talcott Williams and President Low- 1
ell have now reached this position. :
Names of senators may not be men-; ‘
tioned in this connection as yet, but 1
when sufficient have agreed to rati-,
fication on this basis the President
will be informed and will in all
probability yield to the situation.
The latest speech of Senator Lodge,
which was one of his best, is in ‘
harmony with such a program. He
argued for definite protection of
American interests. All the reserva
tions he advocated may be made
without endangering the League of
Nations. Secretary Lansing admit
ted that under Article X we would
be under “moral” obligation to sup-;
port the decrees of the league with
military forces. By the Constitution
that power rests solely with Con- j
gress. With great clearness Senator
Lodge pointed out that he made no
distinction between legal and moral
obligation in a treaty, and that ulti-;
mately treaties rest upon moral ob
ligations. A reservation upon Article
X would square all moral obliga
tions with the Constitution and harm !
no one.
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