The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-11-08
MAY Recognize H.
ARAFAT NAjV
Kansas Congressman Start
Move Toward Armenian .
Republic.
Louisville Herald.

Louisville Herald.
Washington, Nov. 2.-On
mountain where Noah decended ID
the ark and defied the waters WI
covered the earth. today sturdy |,
pie stands defying the Turks to ID
them off.
Mt. Ararat is the center of a Cid
tian republic. inhabited by seve
million Armenians.
Its freedom has been organized.
the Turks. the unspeakable oppf
sors. who for hundred centuI
have tortured its people, and by
Germans.
Resolution Introduced.
In the behalf that America and/
allies should encourage all nation
their ambition to be free, Con y
man, Edward G. Little. of X
City. Kan. has introduced ID
House the following resolution ~
That the American people ~
titled to be a free and indepen
nation. with access to the sea
with opportunity to develop all
resources of the region they 'nhu
and secure all the advantages ~ d
Christian CIVILIZATION for which d
have endured martyrdom for a TN
sand years. and the republic of Ard
should be given universal recognitl
as one OF the governments of
earth
Congressman Little. who was did
matte agent to Egypt a number
years ago. is probably the best
formed authority on Armenian afa
In the United States. Re has mad,
close study OF the pc 'rle and III,
country for 25 years or more. and
is in close touch with Armenians be
abroad aud in America
Want L. =. Troops Sent.
He wants the United SiNCr, to ..e
10000 American troops TO Arm u
TO help drive the Turks back into I
AnatOlia and assure he republic
Ararat a free place among .ndcpcu
ent nations.
IF we had sent that army III
the Suez Canal last spring" he said
an interview they would be in I'D
um and Baku nav. and there wou
not be a Turkish soldier left in Md
potamia, Palestine. Syria or ArnVl
AN army of nearly 100000 "a
every soldier of themt
spired by his ambition to make h
country forever free. has been fgluIl
the Turks for three years, and
actually succeeded in making the
tan recognize their nation as am
dependent republic.
"a little army of 10000 Arnic
lans. led by General Bagradouni, u
was chief of staff in Kerensky's ard
has duplicated the feat of the CZECH
Slovaks in Siberia. and fought
way through the Tartar hordes
Southern Russia to Baku. the famo
oil city. They held the city until
month ago. when the Turkish RED
lars came to the rescue of the Tarta
and drove them out, together WI
3. 200 British soldiers who had cod
mp from Bagdad.
ut was loudly heralded that THO
British had occupied Baku; but I'd
had merely Joined the Armeniar
who were already in possession. II
army is now holding u
van. a modern city of 10000 peop|
he present capital OF the Ararat I
public. Il
This republic not more than
miles long by $50 miles wide,
Turks have recognized as the REF
ic of Ararat. because they do
wish to give it the name of Arm D
md so recognize the Armenian y
But when the Turks power over<Q
pressed nations is gone, Armenia.
AXE its own name.
1T will embrace territory as lar
is France, extending from the Ge01
an republic, in the Caucasus, to
Mediterranean at Mesina, and as n
EAST as the border of Persia. II n
include the important port of TrS
zond on the Black Sea, and probab
3aku on the Caspian. Ezerum VI
De its capital. II will be the domiII
ing nation of Asia Minor, for 1
people are the most intelligent al
'usiness-like in the Orient"