Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-11-30
MAN REPUBLIC E EEARNESTLy FOR |ERICAN MANDATE:
Many Natives Will Re and Help Build Up
 New Nation.

o1 The prime minister of
 C Capital Armenian Repub- blic, M. Khatitlans, todaX re re ,soss e s' and talked freely con
 +be lusO proposal of 3 Unlte1
 andate for Armenia.
 a, nanage to live through the ss raceiye the recognition Of a together with the help of
 j said the prime mln5stef,
 her Armenians scattered the
 war var will come to us and we
 ske our republic a prosperous
 now being proposed, l hear,
 rs no together with the Turks.
 for e death to rule under the
 Tn in the past we lived togeth-
 naaster , and slave. Now we
 he ,ls' right to live alone, away
 a Turks. We want the peace
 nce m to set aside 3 section of
 " for us and then the Turks
 ye us. It is a matter of fife
 ath for us right along. The
 imfion M pissible is to define ouE
 rs and if the United States,
 Tbom we place our case and i'll
 ,,Gn1 aione we trust, will help US
 and and materially for twenty
 We will pay back moneys ex-
 V" with the wealth of our iana.
 b haIp is not given then we
 wander over the earth live
 without 3 home"
 Premier Forea&sll.
 'ier Bha5itan, Wa5 aaDears 10
 rrliae f0rae ii Armenia, %as Nv mayor e. t+flls log 2 a5
 fen seass serving ss q 8u- bfGeia I5 js raEslcial by ksi9n. Short, D@l3, b.ack-ega Ct, beard, 'he looks a3 Russian as Armenian, and diff h appearance from the iaJ1iliar |sh Armenian type. He inspires Hence in his statements by Q re- H firm manner. While not a landing figure, either physically telleetually, he seems to do the The can for his country, fully ling the fragile thread by which hgs to life.
 garding the question if Armenia Submit to be ruled under 6 blan- mandate, as part of Asia Minor, aid: "Whatever America decides st for us we will follow out. We satisfied America has only our ests at heart. However, we be- our frontiers should be detern- now, no matter when we are set to walk alone as an independent
 If Americans will consent to us, to establish order in our ry, to take over the administra- of our affairs, we shall be satis- We love in this world but three s: freedom, work and educa- When we are given the chance m these we will show Am efica i've are capable of. We are now tering little government, we req hat we are weak, that the fire ave gone through has crippled lightly, that the citizens here Vorn out or are not our best ma , but with time we shall i'm
 People Intelligent.
 must be recognized that both in y and in Russia, Armenians always furnished a large class ;elligent public officials, bankers, rs and farmers, and those of us are left, from massacres, togetll- lth our educated people now in t, France, England, Bulgaria, orm a good nucleus for a pros s state. ] have here long list mes of those Armen;ans in Am representing half billion dol ,apital, who have declared their slon of returning to live here circumstances will permit. Ied whether, if the Unit ed 5 took a mandate to Armenia, Ing thereby practically a miIi- protectorate, the Armenic ns not soon be tired of their r H. who would be quite differ snt missionaries, Premier Khat:;sian
 There is a big colony of our in America who meet all $, and there are none of item do not entertain deep affe :tion merlca and regard her as :. mo-
 | saw last winter three nun dead per day on the stree 5 of city and if America had not q feed our hungry there .rould been a half million Arme .ians 'i Starvation. After such rela- It IS our dream to have Lmer- here, and if they don't come it De our end"
 ked if reconstructed Russia not demand back any territory 'eace conference might new set to form an Armenian sts 5e, he
 Faith In The U. s.
 stlaqcaons must be made be- G5orgia, A2erbaiian and Ar | 0ld Russia wanted an Ar. ] reaching to the Mediterrane aa % tHeI might have the outlet e5oul1ht get except by posses ol oonat4ntinople. New Russia not wish to opprass 9 state So ,ent in population, also she not have an interest in troub- us whereas she would need ths asos because of the railway tc I'm nnI o1eo 4r n n