New-York tribune., 1920-11-30
League Picks
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Rule Armenia
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to situation similar TO That oe me
British on the Indian frontier. I'll.
league would have to support a long
Line Of communication and would he
compelled to have strongly interest
ed dependent state
Ready to Make Attacks
1T must not be forgotten that the
armenian population does not care
much whom it attacks when the booty
IS worth while. A foreign cxpeditionary
force with no strong lines Of en-
municaton would have endless troublc,
while if We try to organize the Ar
lnCnians themselves we may hope for
success at small COST
General Morris SAID that the Cecil
committee on Armenian affairs had ap-
pea.e to the American government, as
we'll IS 70 other poss bic sources, for
me financing OF The Armenian eNOedi
cion. 1t is hoped that defnitc
promise Of money Will be received be
fore the committee is called upon 70
report to the Assembly of the League.
Although q guaranty Of S200Ne,O 900
sufficient 20 begin operations with and
to start The dispatch Of officers and
Munlt'o ons for Armenia.
e must use the winter months to
begin offering and oouiYDiNg the new
army, said General Morris. 80 that
when spline comes the Armenian forco
wll be strong CROUCH to defeni Itself
This ought not to be vory difficult be
cause ;he Turkish Nationaiiss army
n
strong. aod it is poorly armed. We
NOV how easily Greece kept it from
smyrna"
Gcneral Morris said that jhc commit
ter believes that sufficient volunteers
could nc obtained inmediately j;
needed, tut it would not be necessary
- desirable 10 have ne entire voian-
tcer contingent available at the uges-
cnt time.
Hope for L. S, as Mediator
Deapitc tae reported acceptance o5.
Denmark of the position Of mediator
or Armenia. it is hoped in higA Ing
Nsh quarters that America viii step
forward and take the lead. i' not the
entire responsibility Of noqiarion. If
America is willing to mediate, Denmark
doubtless would offer hol" or would
express the wish TO withdraw.
The delegates on Cecils committee
nod ,nat L would be mighty desirable
for the United States to signify 20 thc
council its willingness to attempt mo
diation, and, on The other hand, if ne
dlation fails, to agree to guarantee
the necessary 500 100000 for couip0ng
tho Armenl9N volunteers.
General Wood would then be appoint
ca hign commissioner. and his rights
10 act as he and the american govern
ment considered best would be recog-
nizcd b. the other nations. All differ
enccs cf opinion n the league would be
settled il America accepted both the
yemen project FOR mediation ard the
II glssh proposal to arm the indigent
Armenian army.
any 'ucy advanced for this purpose
would be looked upon as loan to
the future Armenian state.
Another advantage in the appoint
mcnt Of General Wood, in European
eyes, would be that President Wilson
rr.Nably would not fix Armenian
frontiers, which the high commissioner
did not consider strong enough to b,
defended.
Allied Ammunition Available
Asked why the estimated fund
needed for Armenia was placed SO
low, General orria SAID the onlv ex-
penses Of the expedition would be the
Sporune feeding and payment Of
the men. The Allies have immense
eumps Of ammunition which they
would Willingly hand over free az
cn@rge, ne sid. England, for in
stance, has 4 large cuantitv Of war
material IN Mosopotamia. which she
mas no use Tor, he said. II it is neces-
saTy Tor the league to have n warshiD
or Two at any particular point to
protect the leagues state Of it's .rans-
ports, General Morris SAID he was al
most certain that England would Offer
10 contribute these.
GENEVA, Nov. 20 (By The Asso-
g'4,ca fress) Removal Of the Man.
dates Commission as far as possjIIc
from governmental influence was r|o
,"SH undertaken by the Council Of the
League of Nations to-day. II was de-
cidcd that 'no members Of this con,
MISSION shall be appointed bv the
council or personal merit and com
potency and that they shall not occunv
any position involving dependency upon
i mon governments.
me Council definitely accepted the
tentative proposal to have the commits.
SION comprise five mandatory and
four mandatory powers
ne mandates question occnnie1
almost the entire session and neces,
SaTlly postponed The election Of sue
cesaor to SIR Reg Tower as Uirh
+ 'omm'ssioner at Danz!R. u Viviani
/ represented France instead Of NJ. Bour-
geo!s who was obligel 70 make trim
20 faris. Signor Tittoni also was re-.
placed, as his return to Rome for n
few days was Imperative
Inc French government will be invit-
ed TO arrange for the transportation
and sustenance Of the league military
expedition TO wilma.