THE SHANTUNG AGREEMENT
ACCEPTANCE BY AMERICA. DECISION OF THE SENATE. AVOIDING FUTURE TROUBLE By Teleeraph—Press AssociationCopjrisht. (Received 55 p.m.) A. and N.Z. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. In announcing in the Senate the acceptance of the Shantung agreement, Mr. J. D. Phelan said he hoped Shantung would help to rid the United States of the Japanese incubus. If the Japanese were allowed to expand in China the Japanese would no longer trouble the United States. Japan must be kept a member of the League of Nations in order to prevent her forcible expansion in the future. Mr. Phelan said that if the uncompromising attitude of the Senate forced France and Britain to stand by Japan, the United States might jeopardise the League of Nations. Japan and China, united for war purposes, might menace the world peace. The best diplomacy would be be to keep Japan and China apart as Shantung actually did. Mr. Johnson said the Shantung agreement was immoral and infamous. Britain and France had violated their solemn engagements by not informing the United States in advance of the secret agreement with Japan.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17294, 18 October 1919, Page 11
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