The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-04-05
REPORT
AGAINST MANDATE.
KaTb) d Mission PresentSStrOng
ksoSUns iii opposition.
Q1tS..1t Of FACE OR WAR
The Experts Forecast Time and Cost
and Dangers of U. S. Medelin9 IN
European Affairs.

European Affairs.
Wash ngtun, April 0.-The Hartford
n IS iii. se.I Is t.r~iuent " llson 10
the wa. T.. ST . 81 itIin The conui-
t4ulIs mat would cu..ttrnt The Un.1eu
), ai,s ii the asSAlnpL lion OF Il mandate
o,e. Ar,nlen.u, has Iuui an eAceSs II
Il. "uluelIs against such Il ph.!ah-
IT, rup { venture d.! tn COVE hhleht'
Al;luugn AIaiUr General James ".
II .ruord. head of the miss On. III MS
| 1T : nal repur, To tie pre- Gent, III"
III. :, limit Il Hat II chmmeIdatloh d.
f. VILE, her the Tn Ell States should
acytp. ~ uccliDe he lnand.,te, he mel
ever, reason for acceptance Win
$40. ger one agalnS..
After many weeks of et1rrt, the
seua.e Obtained the iiarbord report
II, IN the White House. IL was SUD
M ed by the pres.den: i'll response
#, Il senate resolution offered by Sen
alnr James ". WardSWor,h II, Jr., o1
New cork, after the White House had
fl ned 70 reply 10 Il similar resolution
adopted at the instance OF senator
\, liam III. King, OF Utah.
.siderations urging the accept
n &c of the mandate by he Unl,e
S,ates, the report cited were alnnos
eirfrely humanitarian and phllan
thropic, bur with them was the su%-
~tstiun that some assurance Was ne.eS
s.,lv now "of world peace at the
worlds crosSwayS, the focds of wa"
in -ecrion since The leg ming of his
tt.y, question OF millions 1of
mandate or billions for future wars.
A r.nel.a eXlenuS TO America, the Haf-
bor,I mission believed, the greatest
humanitarian opportunity of the age
and ina. as one of he chief contflDu-
rurs 40 The formation OF a league
Ci nations the Cn4.ed States IS NOR
ai.y bound 10 accep. the dut es anu re
SpansibilitieS of its greater partlcl-
patton in world affairs.
Among the reasons cited by the mis-
sion for American acceptance OF the
mandate were Scriptural quotation
Am | nv brothers keeper and o
note of warning that the "unspeaK-
able misrule" of the Turk would re-
suIt from a negative decision by the
American people. America is the
unanimous choice of all peoples IN, the
region and Grea+ Britain, the second
choice, is not trusted, the report stat
ed, because of her rimperIalistic pol
ICY" and consideration of Moslem opin-
ion.
Reasons Tor American refusal TO be-
come factor in the social, economic
and political perpl> KITES OF the Near
East were in effect those urged aga nsl
a league Of nations They were that
"humanitar ansm should beg II al
home and that the United Stats has
ample responsibilities on the American
continent without risking weaken
ins of the Monroe Doctrine to ven
ture into the bait egruund OF mill
.n.ism and imperial SIN. 1t would be
the duty of Great Britain or Russia
t: e report added IA h. iha.l the INT
ed States, to assume the mandate and
prevent the continuance OF Turkish
massacres, oppression and miSrule.
The adventure would involve INT
United States for at least a generation
and in the first five years would cost
approximately $756,O00 600 and re-
uuire an American military force in
Armenia of two army divisions-59,0OO
officers and men-at the outset and an
irreducib!e minimum of one divisio-
af ,er the third year.
The report concluded with the state
ment that the United States shout,
moi under any circumstances, accep
the mandate for Armenia and trans
Caucasia without having Asia Minor
Constantinople and Anatolia included
as success could NOT attend the enter
pnse if the Turk was left in control o.
the contiguous territories.
The Hartford report consisted o.
thirteen bound volumes.