Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-12-04
League OF Nations Assembly Is
Trying to Find Some Way
to Save Armenia.
AMERICA ASKED TO MEDIATE
gArour Suspects Plan to Recognize
Kemal Pasha-Poles and 5olshe-
vSHi Resume Negotiations
Affairs in Greece-Murders
and Reprisals in Dublin.
BY EDWARD W. PlcKARD.


what shall be done TO save Armenian
That is the question thar absorbed
much Of the attention of the League
ef Nations assembly last week, and Il
T. rot Yet solved, nor apparently. In
Are way Of being solved. The Armeni-
~ problem was forced on the atten-
aion of the assembly by the repeated
questions Of members Of delegations
whose countries would not be involved.
aud the representatives Of the greater
powers were compelled to take IL up
THE net result. so far, Is the appoint
ment 0f commission which will ex-
anime the Armenian situation SIR
Robert Cecil. South Africa. is its chair
afan, and the other members are: Sen
stor Henri La FnntaIne. Belgium: Doc
tor Frldjof hansen. Norway; Honorlo
PUeyrredon. Argentina: Slgnor Schan-
n. Italy. and Rene Viviani. France.
In the course Of the debate Ejylani
proposed that the league council
should seek some government which
wii mediate for Armenia with the
Turkish natlonalists and try 10 ob-
tain cessation Of hostllities. The
council thereupon cabled to President
Wilson asking the United States TO
act as mediator in the case. pointing
out that although the senate had re-
5ected the mandate for Armenia. q
new situation had arisen and a new
solution was possible. The United
States is not asked to send an expe-
dictionary force and only a small out
Jay Of money viii be necessary, since
we are asked merely t" represent Ar
menia by entering negotiations toward
ending warfare with Kemal PaSha.
Il is believed I'm Geneva that the Ma
tiouaiist leader would welcome Amer
tea 9s mediator because the fixing
of tire boundaries Of Armenia was
left To President Wilson
NJ Nlvianl 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 a member of the
league would mt interfere. Some cor
respondents saw IN all this talk an
endeaYor to lure" the United States
into the len que. Mr. Balfour saw more
than this in the French plan. He he
lleved II was the beginning ~ af. "
fort 70 tear up the treaty Of Sevres
with Turkey and 10 deprive Greece of
the territory given her by that pact
also that T.; was designed first TO rec
ognize Mustanha Renal Pasha. lie
demanded whether the Kemaliste
would be offered money or territory rs
q hribe 10 cease attacking the Armenl
Rns and said Kemal was entirely IN
different about the leagues opinion
furthermore. he did not believe q
mandatory power for Armenia cou't
r. found anywhere IN the world. and
said the league could not send an ex
petition into Asia Minor unless It was
under the control OF some treaty sign
inc power.
Various delegates asserted their he
I;ef that the United States would now
accept the mandate and furnish m,
eXpeditoDsry force which. accordiu.
TO Doctor NnuSeu OF Norway woult
require Goooo men aud Sl0oo0oNoO
High French officials I'm Paris said OF
Wednesday that France would rV
send a man or spend q franc on I'm
Armenian mandate. bur intnmated A. .
Fhe might a,E Keaul PaSha VIVA
changes lu he treaty would make /
acceptable 90 BIN
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