Show REPORT SENT TO SENATE American Mission l to Near East 1st Advocated Division 1 E L. L of Troops 0 I. I I Bj- Bj Universal S fee It Washington April 3 President ent Wil Wll- Wilson eon son sent font to tho Sen Senate to toda today tho report report report re- re port of ot tho the mission which was wasI I Mont nt to Europe last year car to make an nn exhaustive study stud y of or conditions In Arl Ar- Ar l menu menla and to advise tho United States whether it should accept a n mandate for tor torl l' l that stricken territory Tho The report consisting of ot thirteen bound f volumes an and covering covering- ever every phase of at tho the 1 Near hear car Eastern problem was Wl transmitted In response to a a. Senate Sen- Sen f ate Ato resolution requesting the tho President r r- to mako it public u Set rv Porth rth Although tho the report contains no definite recommendation as to whether t c or not a mandate for Cor Armenia should t I be bo accepted the reasons for and andr I r against the tho acceptance of at such a n. mand man- man I f d to tc arc are set act forth orth In a a. convincing convincing- mann man- man n ncr r and It Is apparent that General J. J Harbord and his n associates on the mla mla- 4 J- J stop Blon do not view clew tho the prospect In an 1 altogether favorable n light General Harbord In his report estimates es- es that an nn entire division of oC f Ie American troops and an extra comple- comple 1 I moil ment of or officers numbering In all allf f about men would be bo needed to maintain order in Armenia If IC a mandate mandate man- man f date Is accepted In addition there ft would be bo needed a. a naval force torce an aeroplane aero- aero plane squadron and an extra of oC sanitary troops The cost of or maintaining such an army arm armIs Is estimated 1 at for Cor the first year ear with I Iu I u substantial reductions for Cor the second I and third years ears A portion of or the tho ex- ex cx- cx I II pen e would be borne out of ot the native r revenues but the tho bulk would have hwo to tobo bo appropriated b by the tho United States r J f T tima r Total Cost rt CostI C wt I Tho The total cost of or the mandate mandato for tor J five fire years cars would be tho thou u mission estimated f- f General Harbor Harbord's s 's report was written h before fore It was vas known that the tho United r States would refuse to raUt ratify the peace treat treaty and become a member of or theo the tho o league of oC nations Most of ot his con- con elusions as to the tho theoretical and moral reasons wh why tho the United ted States should 1 accept a n. mandate over oyer Armenia arc aro based therefore upon tho the conclusion I- I that the United States would become an active participant in t tie c lea league o. o J I After ACter an exhaustive 1 discussion of oC the situation as found Ge General Gerier l Harbord set et forth the conclusions reached by tho mission thus J. J This mission has had constantly In mind the moral effect eCCe t to be bo exercised k b by It Its Inquiry In vin the region relon visited Alarming reports had bC bin been n received from trans trans-Caucasia for several cral months 4 before its departure from France parr pare par- par f r U a Ut as to organized attacks by bj tho the Turkish arm army Impending Impending- along the old I J. J po International border between Turkey i and Russia The itinerary of or tho the misI mis- mis t. t Zion Ion through Turkey was planned with those reports before It and with wIlh the Intention to observe as us to their truth r and If It possible to exert a a. r restraining e Influence r We practically covered the frontier of or Turkey from tho the Black sea to found to Justify tho the i Persia and nothing reports j i The Tho report told what tho mission found Cound with respect to tho the reported massacres of Christians and deportations deportations LIons of ot Armenians and continued continued- We e would ouM again point out that If IC America accepts a mandate for tho region visited It will undoubtedly undoubted do doso doso so 80 from a n strong sense e of or International International duty dut and at tho the unanimous de- de sl so flO expressed at least hast of ot Its colleagues colleagues col col- leagues of the league of or nations Accepting Ac Ac- this difficult task without first securing the assurance of or conditions would be bo fatal to success Tho The United States should make Its own conditions as is a preliminary to consideration of ot tho the subject subject certainly certainly before beCore and not after acceptance n. n as there thore are arc a multitude multi mulU- tulle tude of Interests that would conflict with what an any American would ouM consider consider consider con con- sider the proper administration of the country Every possible precaution against International complications I should be taken in a advance In our opinion there should be specific c I plc pledges es In terms of or formal agreements with 1 France anI and antl England and definite approval from Germany German and Russia I on the disposition made of ot Turkey and trans trans-Caucasia and a pledge plede to respect respects I them j |