New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-25

"Gentlemen of the Congress-:
"On the 14th of May an official
communication was received at the
Executive Office from the secretary
of the Senate of the United States
conveying the following preambles
and resolutions:
"'Whereas, The testimony adduced
at the hearings conducted by the
Subcommittee of the Senate Com
mittee on Foreign Relations has
clearly established the truth of the
reported massacres and other atroci-
ties from which the Armenian people
have suffered; and
"Whereas, The people of the
United States are deeply impressed
by the deplorable conditions of in
security, starvation and misery now
prevalent in Armenia; and
Whereas, the independence of the
Republic of Armenia has been duly
recognized by the Supreme Council
of the peace conference and by the
government of the United States of
America; therefore. be it
Resolved, That the sincere con-
gratulations of the Senate Of the
United States are hereby extended
to the people of Armenia on the
recognition of the independence of
the Republic of Armenia, without
prejudice respecting the territorial
boundaries involved; and be it
further
Resolved, That the Senate of the
United States hereby expresses the
hope that stable government, proper
protection of individual liberties and
rights, and the full realization of
nationalistic aspirations may soon be
attained by the Armenian people;
and be it further
Resolved, That in order to afford
necessary protection for the lives
and property OF citizens of the
United States at the port of Batum
and along the line Of the railroad
leading to Baku, the President is
hereby requested, if not incom-
patible with the public interest, to
cause United States warship and
force of marines to be dispatched to
such port with instructions to such
marines to disembark and to protect
American lives and property
Calls Appeal Providential
81 received and read this docu-
ment with great interest and with
genuine qualification, not only be-
cause it embodied my own convic-
tions and feelings with regard to
Armenia and it's people, but also, and
more particularly, because it seemed
to me the voice of the American
people expressing their genuine con-
victions and deep Christian sympa-
thes and intimating the line of duty
which seemed to them to lie clearly
before US.
II cannot but regard it as provi-
Dental and not as a mere casual
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time | received information that the
conference of statesmen now sitting
at San Reno for the purpose of
working out the details of peace
with the Central Powers, which it
was not feasible to work out in the
conference at Paris, had formally re-
solved to address definite appeal to
this government to accept mandate
for Armenia.
They were at pains to add that
they did this not for the smallest
desire to evade any obligations
which they might be expected to un-
dertake, but because the responsibili-
ties which they are already obliged
to bear in connection with the dis
position of the former Ottoman EN-
p.re will strain their capacities to
the uttermost, and because they be-
lieve that the appearance on the
scene of a power emancipated from
the prepossessions of the Old World
will inspire wider confidence and
afford 'irmer guarantee for stabil-
ity in the future than would the Sc
lection of any European power
Trust of Civilization
Early in. the conferences at Paris
it was agreed that to those colonie.
and territories which as conse-
quences Of the late war have ceased
to be under the sovereignty of the
states which formerly governed them,
and which are inhabited by peoples
not yet able to stand by themselves
under the strenuous conditions of
the modern world, there should be
applied the principle that the we'll
being and development of such peo-
Piles form sacred trust of civiliza-
tion, and that securities for the per-
formance of this trust should be
afforded.
1T was recognized that certain
communities formerly belonging to
the Turkish Empire have reached a
stage OF development where their ex-
istence IS independent nations can
be Professionally recognized, subject
to the rendering of administrative
advice and assistance by a manda-
tary until such time as they are able
to stand alone.
1T is in pursuance of this prin-
ciple and with desire of affordine
Armenia such advice and assistance