Show but mr wilson wi with th clear logic a and ad with compelling eloquence answered to the entire satisfaction ot of califor nias people every object objection ioa which senator johnson had made to the 0 league And thousands ot of the states citizens deserted the johnson standard immediately and rallied to the support ot of the president more than that they came forward and said wo we were ere against you mr president but i you yen have cleared everything up and now we are with you heart and soul still more than that they let senator johnson know that they bere were dol no longer with him and that a t the they y disapproved ot of the speaking tour which hol ho himself was making in opposition tol to the league and so powerful was the volume of 0 public opinion which reached him that the senator almost immediately abandoned his tour the shan tung question because ot of the anti japanese feeling which undoubtedly exists along the pacific coast wan waa the most serious which the president I 1 had to answer ho he explained to til th people that he had been powerless to prevent the rich peninsula from beier given to japan england and france through a secret treaty had promised it to cipan J tor for entering the war and remaining in it that treaty had bad to be carried out anyway it was not china that was losing shan tung but germany which had seized the territory from china in 1898 and held it ever since japan had bad promised the president explained to return shan tung as soon as the peace treat treaty awas was ratified and it was only through the ratification of 0 the treaty with the league ot of nations inclusion that china could ever expect to get her former property back and she surely would get imback it lack he declared through the ratification of 0 the league therefore through the same instrumentality no other nation could again prey upon the great patient diligent but helpless kingdom As to our being drawn into any european conflict the president pointed out that no direct action such as the sending ot of troops to any part ot of the world to maintain or restore renters order could be taken by tile the council of the league without a unanimous vote ot of the council members therefore our vote could at once nega tave any such proposition as sending our soldiers where we did not want them sent besides mr wilson argued it if you have to quench a fire in california you dont swid send lor for the fire alre do department part ment of 0 utah but he argued there probably never will be abnot another her war it if t the lie league la Is established tor for the members promise either to arbitrate their difference and ana accept the decision ot of the arbitrator lay the dlf dif feren ferencek eren ces for or discussion and publication before the council ot of the leagea tor for a period of 0 six months and then it if possible accept the councils that tailing failing they agree to retrain refrain from further period ot of three war tor for a months and nine months ot of cooling offe ott the president contended would prevent any armed conflict these clear explanations satisfied every reasonable hearer and destroyed the bugaboos Buga boos which senator johnson and others had raised against the league through rugged nevada into utah the land of 0 mormons cormons Mor mons the president swept t to find that those fine people were wera heartily with him tor for theLO the league aVO and ft per m encl ot of pec I 1 |