Bisbee daily review., 1920-05-25

in both houses, but was discussed in neither. Each sent it to it's commit tee on foreign relations.
 Some senate Republicans predicted that the message would lie in the senate committee indefinitely.
 Chairman Lodge of the senate com mittee had no comment to make. In the past. however. he has declared emphatically his opposition to a mandate.
 Senator Harding,f Republican,
 chairman of the committee which
 investigated Armenian affairs,
 said he would never consent to
 take a mandate over Armenia
 and added he did not think the
 senate would consent.
 Senator Harding is the author of the resolution adopted by the senate conSratulating the Armenians on the recognition of their independence and asking the president to send a war ship and American marines to Baku. The president referred to this reso- lution in his message. but senators pointed out this measure was adopt ed as a substitute for one by Senator Williams, Democrats. Mississippi. pro- posing that the United States become the mandatory for Armenia.
 Will Arbitrate Boundary
 The president informed the senate haf hn of the allied supreme council that he undertake to arbitrate the questions of the boundary between Turkey and Armenia, saying he had thought it his duty ito accept this difficult and delicate task
 Provision for mandates is made in the peace treaty and it is set forth that such mandates shall be executed under the league of nations but since the United States is not member. administration officials said if con gress decided that the United States should act for Armenia, the treaty provisions would be waived in this case.
 Would axe oU,OOU Men
 The question of mandate over Ar. menia was discussed in the report of the American mission to Armenia headed by Major General Harbord, re- gently presented to the senate The general estimated that acceptance Of the mandate would necessitate the presence of 5O,OOO American troops there. Other estimates. however. have placed it at less, once the Turkish army had been demobilized.
 "ls Christian Duty"
 After referring to the senate resolu- tion, the president said
 'I received and read this document with great interest and with genuine qualification. not only because it em. bodied my own convictions and feel ings with regard to Armenia and it's people. but also. and more particu- Iarly it seemed to me the voice of the American people expressing their genuine convictions aand deep Chris ton sympathies, and irtimating the line of duty which seemed to them to lie clearly before us.
 "T cannot but regard it as providen. .ial. and not as mere casual coin ridence. that almost at the same time received information that the con ference of statesmen now sitting at San Reno for the purpose of working put the details of peace with the cen .ral powers which it was not feasible 10 work out in the conference at Paris had formally resolved to ad- iress a definite appeal to this gov to accept mandate for Ar nenia. They were at pains to add hey did this not from the smallest lesire to evade any obligations which hey might he expected to undertake, ,ut because the responsibilities which hey are already obliged to bear in with the disposition of the if the former Ottoman empire will strain their capacities to the utmost md because they believe that the ar on the scene of a power from the pre-possessior