Show Against Public Sentiment WHATEVER may have havo been the motive behind VV President Wilson in urging the tho Armenian mandate mandate mano man man- taken the Senate yesterday yesterday yester yester- o date at nt this time the course by day including a large following of administration mom mom- IH b bers bils r in promptly denying the request seems to o havo have general generl public indorsement So far as ns tho the Republican leaders are concerned they tT appear to be pleased over the course of the tho President believing ng as as' as they assert that public sentiment is ia against the mandate and that it has hns afforded tho the Amor- Amor people a n. concrete illustration of the dangers in- in ol oo in acceptance of the league covenant without proper They think tho the American people hesitate to that the astute astuto diplomats will not perceive e of ot the allied governments are seeking to get the Unit United d States involved in southwestern Asia in order to bol- bol up those governments in their schemes for the tho par par- tion of that part of the world worl l in other words that thc c proposed Armenian mandate inundate masks some somo sharp old world diplomacy and is not a a. piece of pure and simple altruism Ins Instead d of helping the program of tho the President to foroe force the league covenant co without change upon tho thoi the belief that belief that i country those Republican leaders express 8 net effect will be to strengthen public opinion that tit country cannot afford to get into the tho le league Ue cicet except cx- cx on terms whereby its own rights and prerogatives will bo be absolutely safeguarded |