Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-12-03
League Of Nations Assembly Is
Trying to Find Some Way
to Save Armenia.
AMERICA ASKED TO MEDIATE
Balfour Suspects Plan to Recognize
Renal Pasha-Poles and BoIshe-
wiki Resume Negotiations
Affairs In Greece-Murders
and Reprisals in Dublin.
BY EDWARD w. PIckARD.

What shall be done 10 save Armenia !?
That is the question that absorbed
much Of the attention of the League
of Nations assembly last week, and II
Is not yet solved, nor, apparently, In
the way Of being solved. The Armenl-
an problem was forced on the atten.
ton of the assembly by the repeated
questions Of members of delegations
whose countries would not be involved,
and the representatives of the greater
powers were compelled to take 1t up.
The net result. so far, Is the appoint
ment Of n commission which will ex-
anime the Armenian situation. Sir
Robert Cecil, South Africa. is its chair
man, and the other members are: Sem
ator Henri La Fontaine. Belgium; Doc
tor Fridjof hansen, Norway; HonorlO
Pueyrredon, Argentina; SignOr Schan-
ri, Italy, and Rene Vivlanl, France.
In the course Of the debate viviani
proposed that the league council
should seek some government which
will mediate for Armenia with the
Turkish nationalists and try to OBJ
tain cessation of hostilities. The
council thereupon cabled to President
Wilson asking the United States to
net as mediator In the case, pointing
out that although the senate had re-
jected the mandate for Armenia,
new situation had arisen and q new
solution was possible. The United
States Is not asked to send an expe-
dictionary force and only a small out
lay Of money will be necessary, since
we are asked merely tn represent Ar
menla by entering negotiations toward
ending warfare with Renal Pasha.
1t Is believed In Geneva that the Ma
tlonallst leader would welcome Amer.
lea ms mediator because the fixing
OF the boundaries OF Armenia was
left to President Wilson.
NJ. vlvianI 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 n member of the |
league would not interfere. Some cor
respondents saw In all this talk an
endeavor to lure the United States
into the league. Mr.. Balfour saw more
than this in the French plan. He be-
lleved II was the beginning Of an eff
fort TO tear up the treaty Of Sevres
with Turkey and to deprive Greece Of
the territory given her by that pact;
also that II was designed first to rec
ognlze Mustapha Renal Pasha. He
demanded whether the Kemalists
Would be offered money or territory as
a bride to cease attacking the Armeni-
ans. and said Renal wns entirely in
different about the leagues opinion:
furthermore. he did not believe a
mandatory power for Armenia could h
be found anywhere In the world. and
said the league could not send an ex.
pedltion into Asia Minor unless II was
under the control of some treaty sign
Ing power.
Various delegates asserted their be-
lief that the United States would now
accept the mandate and furnish the
force, which, according
% Doctor Nansen Of Norway, would
'equire 10000 men and 100000 900. {
High French officials In Paris said on {
Wednesday that France would not s
lend a man OF spend franc on an G
armenian mandate. but Intlmated that 7
The might ask Renal Pasha what O
hanges In the treaty would make II I
acceptable to him. v
The league subcommlssion on new a
nembers has decided not TO admit a
tates carved out OF the former Rus 8
Ian emplre-Lithuania. Latvia, u.s. v
honia and Ukraine; and undoubtedly
his means that Azerbaidjan, Georgia p
nd other states In the Caucasus will D