, 1920-12-02
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 Reprisals In Dublin.
BY EDWARD W. PIckARo.


What shall be done to save Armenia?
That is the question that absorbed
auch of the attention of the League
f 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-
ton 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 II up.
The net result. so far. is the appoint
ment of n commission which will ex-
anime the Armenian situation. Sir
Robert Cecil. South Africa, is its hair
man. and the other members are: Sen
ator Henri La Fontaine. Belgium Doc
tor Fridjof Nansen, Norway: Honorio
Pueyrredon. Argentina Slgnor Schan-
.i, Italy. and Rene viviani. France.
In the curse Of the debate Viviani
.proposed that the league council
should seek some government which
will mediate for Armenia with the
Turkish nationalist and try to OBJ
Aain n cessation of hostilities. The
council tlicreupon cabled to President
Wilson asking the United States to
net as mediator In the case, pointing
out that although the senate had re-
jected the mandate for Armenia, a
new situation had arisen and n new
solution was possible. The United
States is not asked to send an expe-
dictionary force and only n small out
lay of money will he necessary, since
we are asked merely t. represent Ar
menia by entering negotiations toward
ending warfare with Renal Pasha.
II 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. vlviani declared that the Unit
ed States would be the most logical
power to represent Armenia In the
proposed negotiations. and that the
fact that II was not n member of the
League would not Interfere. Some cor
respondents saw In all this mix an
endeavor to lure the United States
into the league. Mr.. Balfour saw more
han this In the French plan. He be-
lleved II was the beginning Of an eff
fort 10 tear up the treaty Of Sevres
with Turkey and to deprive Greece of
the territory given her by that pact;
also that II was designed first to rec
ognize Mustapha Renal Pnsha. He
demanded whether the Kemalists
would be offered money or territory as
u brIbc TO cease attacking the Armeni-
ans. md said Kemni was entirely in
different about the leagues opinion
Furthermore, he did not believe n
mandatory power for Armenia could
be found anywhere In the world. and
said the League could not send an cx-
pedition Into Asia Minor unless II was
under the control Of some treaty sign
ing power.
Various delegates asserted their be-
lief that the United Stntes would now
accept the mandate and furnish the
cNpedltionary force. which, according
10 Doctor Nansen of Norway. would
require 00.OO0 men and Si0O,OO0,OOO
High French officials In Paris said on
"Wednesday that France would not
send n man or spend q frame on nm
Armenian mandate, but intimnted that
she might nsk Renal Pnshn what
changes IN the treaty would make n
acceptable to him.
The lengue subcommlssiop on new
members has decided not TO ndmit
states carved out Of the former Rus
sim empIre-Lithuania. iatvln. Es-
thonla and Ukraine; md undoubtedly
this means that Azerbnidjnn. Georgia
and other states In the Caucasus will