Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-12-07
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
League Of Nations Assembly Is
Trying to Find Some Way
to Save Armenia.
AMERICA ASKED TO MEDIATE
Balfour Suspects Plan to Recognize
Renal Pasha--Poles and Bolshe-
Wiki Resume Negotiations
Affairs in Greece-Murders
and ReprisaIs in Dublin.
ev EDWARD w. p,ckARp.

What shall be done to save Armenia?
That is the question that absorbed
much of the attention of the League
of Nations assembly last week, and it
is not yet solved, nor, apparently, in
the way of being solved. The Armeni-
an problem was forced on the atten-
tion of the assembly by the repeated
questions of members of delegations
whose countries would not be involved,
and the representatives of the greater
powers were compelled to take it up.
The net result, so far, is the appoint
ment of a commission which will ex-
anime the Armenian situation. Sir
Robert Cecil, South Africa, is its chair
man, and the other members are: Sem
ator Henri La Fontaine, Belgium; Doc
tor Fridjof Nansen, Norway; Honorio
PueWredon, Argentina Signor Schan-
ri, Italy, and Rene yiviani, France.
In the course of the debate Viviani
proposed that TIE league council
should seek some government which
will mediate for Armenia with the
Turkish nationalists and try to OBJ
tain cessation of hostilities. The
council thereupon cabled to President
Wilson asking the United States 10
act as mediator in the case, pointing
out that although the senate had re-
jected the mandate for Armenia, a
new situation had arisen and q new
solution was possible. The United
States is not asked to send an expe-
dictionary force and only small out
lay of money will be necessary, since
we are asked merely To- represent Ar
menia by entering negotiations toward
ending warfare with Kemal Pasha.
1t is believed In Geneva that the Ma
tionalist leader would welcome Amer
lea as mediator because the fixing
of the boundaries of Armenia was
left to President Wilson.
NJ. Viviani declared that the Unit
ed States would be the most logical
power to represent Armenia in the
proposed negotiations, and that the
fact that it was not a member of the
league would not interfere. Some cor
endeavor to lure" the United States
into the league. Mr.. Balfour saw more
than this in the French plan. He be-
lieved it was the beginning of an eff
fort to tear up the treaty of Sevres
with Turkey and to deprive Greece of
the territory given her by that pact
also that it was designed first to rec
ognize Mustapha Renal Pasha. He
| demanded whether the Kemalists
would be offered money or territory as
! bride to cease attacking the Armeni-
ans, and said Renal was entirely in
| different about the leagues opinion /;
| furthermore. he did not believe a
mandatory power for Armenia could
| be found anywhere in the world, and
| said the league could not send an ex-
under the control Of some treaty sign
ing power.
| Various delegates asserted their be-
lief that the United States would now
| accept the mandate and furnish the
| expeditionary force, which, according
| TO Doctor Nansen of Norway. would
| require 10000 men and S1O0OO0,0O0.
High French officials in Paris said on
| Wednesday that France would not
send man or spend franc on an
Armenian mandate. but intimated that
she might ask Renal Pasha what
changes in the treaty would make 1t
acceptable to him.
The league subcommission on new
members has decided not TO admit
states carved out of the former Rus
sian empire-Lithuania. Latvia, Es-
thonia and Ukraine; and undoubtedly
this means that Azerbaidjan, Georgia
and other states in the Caucasus will