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Show SHANTUNG ISSUE" IN UPPER HOUSE WALSH DEMAND FOR INFORMA. TION ON CONFERENCE CRITI- ClSED BY UNDERWOOD Lodge Also Opposes Injection of Matter Into Senate as Dan. gerous Proceedings; Trouble In Expected Wnshlngljon.Tho Shantung contro versy, which played such nn Important part In the defeat of the Versailles treaty, sulked Into the senate Friday to menace ratification of the various pacts growing out of tho nrmamont conference, Senator Walsh of Montnna, Demo, crat, Introduced a resolution designed to bring tho Shnntung dispute, now raging between the Japanese and Chinese delegates, Into the (men. Tho resolution called upon President Harding Hard-ing to furnish the senato with the facts concerning the situation. Sen. ntor Walsh declnred that failure to ndjust tho difference between Japan and China would endanger ratification of tho four-jwwor pact and other agreements resulting from the conference. confer-ence. Senator Lodge, Republican lender, and- Senator Underwood, Democratic leador, dolegates to tho conference both happened to bo in tho senate when. Senator Walsh Introduced the resolution. They moved promptly nnd In perfect unison to squelch It. Each mndo a .speech opposing action on the men. Buro at this time. General debate ensued, In which Mr. Lodge and Mr. Underwood undertook to lay before tho senate n clear vlow of tho situation now beforo tho conference. con-ference. Tho debate brought out he-se salient facts. That tho conforenco is unalile to conclude its work because of the Shan, tung Issue. Thnt the American dolegntlon. keenly keen-ly appreciates the Importance uf a settlement of the Shantung question nnd that it realizes failure to settle set-tle would advorsely affect prospects of ratification of tho various pacts. That Japan is unwilling to permit other nations to Intervene In the con. troversy, nnd, under tho terms of the Versailles treaty, other nations nre powerless to compel Jnpan to submit the Shantung question to a plenary session. That tho delegates havo high hopes that n settlement of tho Shnntung question will ho renched. Senator Lodge told the, senate the American delegation had made every dffort to use Its good offices in behalf of China, but that Impenetrable barriers bar-riers linil been set up by the Ver. rallies pact. Senntor Lodge also stated jthnt ho doubted whether all tho details of the Shantung negotiations had boon laid beforo tho president. Senator Borah, Soimtor Johnson and Senator Brandegoe, "Irreconcllables," asked Senator Lodge numorous questions, ques-tions, all tending to show thnt the com. mitmonts of tho Versailles treaty wore mennclng the success of tho present conference. As the discussion began to take on n lively aspect, Soimtor Underwood said: "Any delegation or government In-trumentallty In-trumentallty which tried right now to throw this quoatlon Into n plenary session and force somebody's hand would be throwing a monkey wrench info a piece of machinery thnt may affect the worhl very seriously ; where, as, I think, if it. Is let alone for n short tlmo It will work Itsolf out fairly fair-ly satisfactorily at least, I linvo overy reason to hopo that it will nnd that a fairly reasonable settlement can bo arrived at." The resolution wns laid oh tho table until Saturday, when It probably will be referred to the foreign relations committee. |
