The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-18

Armenian mountain passes and peas ant villages this winter. Help, if 1t is tO come, must be through public sen timent, diplomacy and immediate ac- ton by our government through the Peace Conference. While we are working Co prevent the destruction of the Covenant-the worlds greatest hope tOday-thcre are other matters on which all lovers of humanity should also concentrate attention. Turkeys arrogance and cruelty will abatc markedly if she shows that an impartial International commission under tho League is to administer to the affairs of Constantinople and the immediate hiuterlaud, raze all forts and guarantee free passage at all times to all sea craft through the Rozphorous and Daraaneles. Constan- tiuopio under a Greek mandatory. which Greece desires. would be in danger of being 8 hot bed of strife as the p0pU'7 ton is mixed Greek and AIoSlcul, This key city. magnificently placed between the lines of traffic that connect three continents should be the sacred charge of the League a Nations alone and never again be permitted to be the goal of any na- tional ambition, IL Is for Amersca at th3s 5uucturo to bring such public pressure 10 bear as slzau ensure it.
 Next, America must insist that the treaty with Turkey, still unfinished, shall be at least as drastic as regards aralaucnts as was that with Ger many. The best part Of the very faul- ty requirements made of Germany was that section V oE 7he treaty which will reduce her army to 1eO. .0OO, cur aI fza1 1t pE ornaments and require surrender of equipment, If a nation of 65,O0O,- OCO citizous is to be allowed but 10O, GOO soldiers, surely Turkey with less than one-third her population must Ne propOrtionateIy restricted. With out an armed Turkey, Armenia will be safe,
 In the meantime, a few months must clapse and Armenia cannot wait. Tho Peace Conference must act II seems presumptuous at this distance to sugg-est how, but certain " this powerful little body in Paris which drcw a cordon around Hun gary when it choose and overthrow ,rs government could find some pres sure to COCrce the Turk, and do it now I learn from the dquarters of the Arm cuian National Union Of America. that about 10000 Ameri- can-Arncnians who participated fin the war are available if needed to go again 10 guard their fatherland. With oae--ctic action by Great Britain and America through the Peace Confer encs, not even this force should be needed Tho newspaper report that T.nrIanl calls for us to send 200 900 troops 10 Armenia comes oppoTtune- 1y- to thos, who are trying to alarm r-,r people as to the fearful military burdens We shall incur if We enter rEe IsDag-e of Nations and accept r-ondatDrv- No such burdens are ne 4a-sas-v if the Peace Conference com rare not only the Turkish army but the Turkish people to surrender arms Those monsters of cruelty-knVer and Talaat must be surrendered and Turkey must be made 10 know that she will suffer heavy r=-Ia-tEse Tor years to come if she permits her bri- sands to attack Armenians now or hereafter
 Finally, public sentiment must pre- pare even before the ratification or the League makes our mandatory over Armenia possible. for America to stand ready to take charge of this down rrodden. little people Armenia asks this great republic which has planted 90 many schools and col Iegez in the east where the American missionary Is so loved and revered, 10 be her friend and helper
 Let no one, I reiterate, be alarm d lest 1t mean sending a host of boys in khaki 10 fight the Moslem- The Turks have not guns to fight with if Ee do our duty now Their cow ar,lly policy of the past, which meant every Turk armed and every Armen- ian unarrned- hears its end Our task
 will be 10 carry seed and tractors, school books and hammers; to help create products. open roads, cure tu- berculosis and help an ambitious and suhIirnely courageous people to re- babiIitate itself The Borah-Brande- gee type of patriot would have us look after our own interests and shirk resDonsibility for others That type
 does not thank God. represent the majority fn the land of Jefferson, of Lincoln. Of Wilson Hoover and the men who have made America honor ed and beloved What do you think of o17r country accepting a manda- tnry2- T inquired of that valiant son of Anersca-D-- Bliss. President of ! Beirut college on the light of help ! amid the bIackness of persecution and dangeE that threatened all peo- ple under Inc Turks fhralldom- Ills reply vas- '7Let America take ] all the rnandatories offered her" ! There spoke the true American
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