The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-07
Will Make Arrangement for Con.
gress of Armenians to Draft
Statement to Powers.

Statement to Powers.
BY LA MARQUIsE DE FoN'rENoY.
I'D oGHOs NUBAR PAsHA. son of
ID that celebrated Oriental states
man who. OF Armenian birth
was the Prime Minister OF Khedives
Ismall and Tewfk, and on several oc-
casions regent OF Egypt during their
absence in Europe. Is at present in
London for the purpose Of making pre-
iminary arrangements for congress
| OF Armenians to draft q statement to
be submitted to 1.-THE great powers
Nubar and his fellow leaders of the
Armenian race lay great stress upon
SIR Edward Grey's recent statement
In the House OF Commons, that the
two cardinal points of Great Britain's
policy arc the territorial Integrity of
Turkey In Asia, and the solvency of
the Ottoman Empire
What they have In view Is not the
creation OF an independent Armenian
Kingdom. They are perfectly satisfied
| to remain under Turkish rule. provided
they can obtain n guarantee OF re-
forms They revive, with certain
| changes, the proposals made by the
! British. French and Russian govern
merits in 1895, chief OF which Ia the
/ appointment OF a European Christian
| governor by the Porte, on the nomi-
nation OF the powers. and guarantees
| by the latter OF administrative mea-
sures on the part of Turkey to secure
Justice for the Armenians against the
Kurds. They point out that the future
| capacity OF Turkey to discharge her
| financial obligations to Europe de-
ponds very largely upon the economic
| development OF Armenia, which Is the
most active trading and Industrial
community under the Turkish flag
! In this movement Nubar Is support
| ed by the big and influential Armenian
| colonies in France. IN England and in
| Egypt, as we'll as by the members OF
their race at Constantinople, where
| they play a very notable role in the
| haute finance, and In all commercial
and industrial enterprises. There are
very many Armenians in the new
world: many. indeed, that several
prosperous newspapers are being
| printed in the Armenian language over
here for their use.
| All sorts of legal trouble has arisen
in connection with the disposal OF the
marvellous collection of paintings
| which had been left by the late Sir
Henry Layard to his widow for life,
and which adorned the walls OF the
T Cappello Palace. her residence at Ven
| ice. until her deaIh last year. In
| the first place, there Is a difference
OF opinion as to which OF the paintings
belong to the heirs OF Sir Henry and
Lady I.ayard, and which to the Ma
tional Gallery, in London Moreover,
the italian government insists that no
matter whether the paintings become
the property OF the National Gallery
| or OF Sir Henry and Lady Iayard's
heirs. they cannot leave Venice, OF
rather I should say the italian king
dom, owing to the terms of tho Pasca
| law.
! Meanwhile the entire collection OF
| pictures has been removed by the
government auth critics at Venice from
the Cappello Palace to the City Muse
um, where they are placed under the
| care OF Signor F'ogolari. the director
| Of the Royal Galleries of Painting in
Italy, and OF DR.. Sorinzi, the director
| Of the museum The pictures are all
hung in one gallery. and their ulti-
mate destination is one Of the prob
| lens Of the hour.
| will are somewhat conflicting. Ono
clause says. "tha, portraits in my gal
lery are to become the exclusive prop
| erty Of my heirs" chief among whom
Is Miss olivia Blanche Du Cane, niece
| Of the late Lady Iayard, and actual
| owner OF the Cappello Palace. But
| other clauses of the will direct that
his pictures, including the world
| famed portrait of the Turkish Sultan.
Mohammed IL, the conqueror OF Con-
stantinople, by the Venetian painter
Gentile Bellini; the st. Ursula: by Car
| paccio, SO dear to Ruskin, and some
beautiful examples of Vatican. OF
Moroni and of Beccacino, should pass
(! to the British nation, for preservation
| in the National Gallery.
| Now the heirs claim all the portraits.
| including those OF Sultan Mohammed
and others; whereas the National Gal
lery argues that the portraits be-
| queathed to the heirs are restricted to
| the portraits OF Sir Henry Layard. OF
his wife and of one or two other men,
bers of sthe family: paintings Of no
| particular artistic value
How tho matter will end 1T is DIM
! cult to say. AT any rate. 1t will In
olive considerable litigation, as we'll
as prolonged negotiations with tho
italian government, which will cer-
talnly not consent to permit BellinPs
painting OF Sultan Mohammed leaving
| the Kingdom. IT had been bal,nved
that Sir Henry, before his demise.
made an agreement with the italian
government to suspend, in the case OF
his paintings, the action Of the pasca