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Show SENATORS CLASH I IN FW DEBATE Senator McCumber Defends Award of Shantung to Japan. By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. WASHINGTON', D. C. Oct. 14. With Senator Lodc uttering a warning against helping to aggrandize' Japan, tho Prussia of the Orient, into a great, formidable power which sooner or later will clash with the United States, and with Senator McCumber defending the award of Shantung Shan-tung to Japan, debate on the peace treaty amendment to return tho provinco directly di-rectly to China came to a head in the senate this afternoon. Asserting that Japan had broken faith repeatedly in the past. Senator Lodge advised tiie senate to place no reliance on tiie promise of Tokio to restore Shantung Shan-tung to Chiim, tho acquisition oi' this promise constituting an important link In Japanese plans for the absorption of China and the domination of the Far East. Heated debate broke out following Senator Sen-ator Judge's speech. There were red-hot red-hot tilts between Senator Reed, of Missouri. Mis-souri. "Democrat; Senator McCumber, of North Dakota, HopubUean, and Senator Hitchcock, t lie ad ministration leader. Senator Reed Inquired of Senator lxdf;e whether efforts had been made Ly the foreign relations committee to obtain from the president complete tnj'onna Lion about the Shantung settlement. Senator Sena-tor Lodgo replied that many efforts had been made, but that in practically every caoe they had been met by blunt refusal re-fusal of the president to furnish the Information In-formation necessary to an intelligent consideration of the award. "Then," said Senator Reed, "I think j consideration of the treaty ought to be laid asldo absolutely until tho executive places the senate in possession o' the papers. They have been withheld wj th-uut th-uut precedent or justification. To expect ex-pect the senate to puss upon an im por-tant por-tant document without knowing she facts is to epect the senate to submit at being made a fool. T urn tired of dealing deal-ing uiih the ca-o without tlie papers, and T think- the senate ought to tako that at titude." Senator McCumber rose to the defence of the Shantung settlement. He urged (Continued on Pago i, Column 3.) SENATORS CLASH IN PACT DEBATE (Continued From Page One.) the senate to place entire faith in Japan's promises to givo Shantung back to China. ! Senator McCormlek, of Illinois, asked the senator how ho could expect the senate to take such an attitude, in view of Japan's broken pied yes to Korea. Senator Sena-tor Mc Cumber insisted the eases were not parallel. The Xorth Dakota senator then launched such a vehement tirade against the senators supporting the amendment that Senator Reed demanded he be called to order. Senator McCumber declared some senators sen-ators opposing tho treaty seemed to have suddenly grown "most solicitous of Germany's Ger-many's welfare." Senator Reed was on his feet in an instant, declaring that Senator McCumber McCum-ber was impugning the motives of Senator Sena-tor Lodge. Senator McCumber insisted that recent speeches in the senate had been filled with "hatred for Great Britain," and that attempts were being made to "prevent the adoption of the league of nations covenant by proposals that we must so guard ourselves In every particular that there could not be a decision against us, even if we were wrong." "This cry of pro-Germanism has become be-come very frequent here," retorted Senator Sen-ator Reed, and he demanded Senator McCumber retract his statement. Senator Sena-tor McCumber refused. Senator Reed thereupon made a point of order against bis remarks. Senator Ball, of Delaware, then presiding, ruled in Senator Reed's favor. The Missouri senator then gracefully grace-fully withdrew the point and permitted Senator McCumber to proceed, A few minutes later Senator Reed clashed violently with Senator Hitchcock. Senator Hitchcock has boon asserting that one of the pale elements opposing the peace treaty was pro-Germanism. Senator Reed recalled that Senator Hitchcock, even after the Pinking of the Lusttania, introduced and urged the passage pas-sage of a bill laying an embargo on munitions muni-tions to tho allies. Senator Hitchcock challenged the statement, and called upon Senator Reed to prove that he had introduced in-troduced such a bill after the Lusitania had been sunk. Senator Reed promptly accepted the challenge and produced proof immediately tha.t Senator Hitchcock had introduced an embargo bill seven months after tho Lusitania had been sunk. "I will never apologize for that bill," shouted Senator Hitchcock, angrily, "I introduced it in the interest of neutrality." neutral-ity." "Yes." retorted Senator Reed, "the senator sen-ator wanted to keep us out of war then. : even though the Lusitania had gone down, and now he wants us to stay in i for all time and get into all the rows and quarrels of Europe forever." The debate today brought the Shantung Shan-tung fight close to a "show-fiown." Senator Sen-ator Lodge predicted a vote Thursday. Indications are that the amendment will be defeated by a majority of a dozen or more votes. There is every reason to believe, however, that the senate will place its stamp of disapproval on the award in the form of a reservation in thu resolution of ratification. |
