Word: shantung
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...German in this country was in the United States Senate. Senator Borah, with his horrid fears that poor Germany was going to be crushed; Senator Reed, who was elected by the Germans of St. Louis; Senator Johnson, who apparently preferred, as long as the dear Germans could not keep Shantung, to do anything rather than let the "despicable Japanese" have what was promised them--all of them played into Germany's hands. If there be any doubt of this, one only need listen to the exultation from Berlin at the killing of the Treaty...
...China this year the students went into politics for the first time. The cession of Shantung to Japan had stunned the country. A military clique controlled the government, and the people, without means of expression, waited...
...Secretary sent for me.....Mr. Lansing then said that he too considered many parts of the treaty thoroughly bad, particularly those dealing with Shantung and the League of Nations. He said...