Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-12-10
League OF Nations Assembly
Trying to Find Some Way
to Save Armenia.
AMERICA ASKED TO MEDIA
ealfour Suspects Plan to Recogn
Renal Pasha-Poies and Bolshe
Wiki Resume Negotiations
Affairs In oreece-Murders
and Reprlsals in Dublin.
BY EDWARD w. PIckARp.


What shall be done to save Armen
That is the question that absorl
much of the attention of the Len
of Nations assembly last week, AN,
is not yet solved, nor, apparently,
the way of being solved. The Armt
an problems was forced on the att
ton of the assembly by the repea
questions Of members of DELEGATE
whose countries would not be invol,
and the Representatives of the gree
powers were compelled to take II
The net result, so far, Is the apo
ment Of a commission which will
anime the Armenian situation.
Robert Cecil, South Africa, is Its oh
man, and the other members are:
ator Henri La Fontaine, Belgium; +
tor Fridjof Nansen, Norway; Homo
Pueyrredon. Argentina Signor Sch
ri, Italy, and Rene Viviani, Franc,
In the course Of the debate Vivi
proposed that the league coul
should seek some government wi
will mediate for Armenia with
Turkish nationalists and try to
tain a cessation OF hostilities.
council thereupon cabled to Presid
Wilson asking the United States
act as mediator in the case, point
out that although the senate had
jected the mandate for Armenia
new situation had arisen and
solution was possible. The I'm
States Is not asked TO send an e'
dictionary force and only a small
lay of money will be necessary, 81
we are asked merely tc represent
menia by entering negotiations tow
ending warfare with Renal PA
II is believed In Geneva that the
tionalist leader would welcome Al
lea as mediator because the II,
Of the boundaries OF Armenia
left to President Wilson.
NJ. Viviani declared that the L
ed States would be the most log
power TO represent Armenia I'm
proposed negotiations, and that
fact that IL was not member OF
league would not interfere. Some
respondents saw in all this talk
pndeavor to "lure" the United st,
into the league. Mr., Balfour saw n
than this in the French plan. He
lieved II was the beginning OF an
fort TO tear up the treaty OF SeN
with Turkey and TO deprive Greece
the territory given her by that pt
also that II was designed FIRST TO
ognIze Mustapha Renal Pasha.
demanded whether the Renal
would be offered money or territory
bride 10 cease attacking the Arm
ans. and said Renal was entirely
different about the leagues Opini
Furthermore, he did not believe
mandatory power for Armenia &C
be found anywhere in the world,
said the league could not send an
DeditlOn into Asia Minor unless II
under the control OF some treaty q
ing power.
Various delegates asserted their
lief that the United States would |
accept the mandate and furnish
expeditiOnary force, which, accord
to Doctor Nansen OF Norway, We
require 10000 men and $lO0,OO0,'
High French officials in Paris said
Wednesday that France would
send n man or spend franc on
Armenian mandate, hut intimated
she might ask Renal Pasha "
changes In the treaty would max
acceptable TO him.
The league subcommlsslon on
members has decided not to at
states carved out of the former
sian empire-Lithuania, Latvia,
thonia and Ukraine; and undOubt'
this means that Azerbaidjan, Geo
and other states In the Caucasus