Show ALTER PROVISION AS TO SHANTUNG mm SENATE COMMITTEE VOTES VO ES TO AMEND TREATY TO RESTORE PROVINCE TO CHINA first direct action taken take n on peace tr treaty e aty one republican P n voting with democrats against proposed change washington Washing toli tho decision of t tile the parts peace conference r reversed by the benitto foreign relations relation committee on oil august 23 21 lly ily u vote vole of 1 0 to 8 the lio committee deel decided filed to Ill illila Ild tile the treaty to provide for tit the restoration of Shan king to china tile the vIl illige made was vils extremely simple it gnei merely ely strikes strike 4 out tile ho word captin 11 lilt ciul substitutes the word china chin a 11 in ili it the full disposes of Gerni anyS former rights in ill tile ling dolila euln senator yeii McClun ber north Is dakota republican voted the democrats against tile the shantung otherwise the lio vote was of it strict party linture I 1 action presages further furthers 1 delay the effect of tile the action if sustained by the senate will be to solid send the lie treaty back to tile lie other principal allied powers As in japan according to pi aident Wil allson soll refused to sign lie file treaty unless given shantung and as france great britain find and italy are anre bound by their secret treaties to support the lie japanese claims to shantung it Is considered extremely probable that aliat the amendment ani elid if sustained 11 in tile senate would croato create it a deadlock among the lie powers says senate will reverse action senator pomerene Io Por merene nerene of oc ohio democratic member of the lie foreign relations declared the lie committees action had no significance and predict if the senate would reverse it senator johnson of california lie pub publican ilean praised the action of tile committee in ili wiping out the proposal to guarantee the infamy of the shan tung settlement by our treasury and by our blood |