The Washington times., 1921-01-23
SPARERUSS|A, :
URGESW|LSON
Demands Guarantee Of "Hands
OFF" in Settlement Of
Armenian Issue.

Hands on Russia and guarantee
her against outside attack. These
are the conditions precedent for set
tlement Of the great Russian prob
lem and the lesser Armenian ques-
ton set forth by President Wilson
last night.
The Presidents position was made
plain in a note on Armenia addressed
by Acting Secretary OF State Norman
II. Davis TO Paul Hymans. president
OF the Assembly OF the League OF Ma
tions. and made public here.
CAUSED RUSSIAN DISORDER
While addressed nominaiIy and per-
functorily to the League Assembly.
the note actually is directed TO and
at the great allied powers. Mr.. Will
son indicates trenchantly they are re-
sponsible not only for the failure OF
his efforts TO delimit the boundaries
OF Armenia, but are chargeable with
the existing disorder and unrest In
the Russian empire.
The keynote Of the Presidents ar
| raignment OF the allies is to draw
frQm these government their present
point OF view and at the same time to
demonstrate to them that IL was their
internal politics that made his efforts
as to Armenia foredoomed to defeat.
As understood by the inner circle
here, Mr.. Wilson believes IL the allies
will give publicly the solemn guaran-
tees he demands. Russia will put her
self in position to be recognized once
more among the nations.
The President absolutely rejects
Great Bfitain's plan as to Armenia
Armenia
was reported to be" under the con-
troll of Soviet Russia, President Will
son should instruct the American high
commissioner at Constantinople TO
take up the matter with the allied
commit issoner" at the Turkish capital.
This suggestion was made to the
President on December 26. Great
Britain admitted 1t was futile to take
up the Armenia settlement with the
Armenians and Kenelists. The Amer
l.ican note'yesterday says pointedly on
that question::
"The President is inclined to share
that view and to feel that no solution
can be had without first getting At
the source of the trouble"
SEVREs TREATY FLAYED.
President Wilson then shows tho
Immediate cause of trouble in Ar
menia and Turkey is the treaty OF
sevres. This is the treaty by which
the four great allied powers carved
up Turkey, dismembered the en-
pire to suit themselves. notwith-
standing the fact the United States
asserted that 1t should have been
consulted.
The point of the American posi-
tion was substantially that IL the
United States had not come to the
assistance of the allies there would
have been possibly no Turkey to
carve.
President Wilson admits that tho
| formulation of the treaty OF Sevres
was a difficult undertaking, and
proceeds to comment as follows:
"But the treaty was drafted by
the allied powers and the trouble
has arisen over the flilure of GER
tain factions to accept this treaty
and OF the allies to enforce it,"
Manifestly. the most emphatic
words of the note are those just
cited. The President more than In
sinuates that Great Britain, France
and Italy, failing to stop one of tho
factions. the Turkish Kemalists.
simply left Armenia to her fate.
After reviewing the conditions all
along the Russian front, and the
present aspect OF RUSSIA as NieWeu
| by all nations, the President says
on the question of pacification OF
Russia:
"The President, therefore, believes
that the sine qua non Of an at
tempt at pacification must be
public and solemn engagement
among the great powers not to take
advantage of Russia's stricken con-
dition and not to violate the ter
ritorial integrity of Russia nor to
undertake themselves any further
invasions of Russia, nor to tolerate
such invasions by others.