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Show 6 sions of these nations cut the United States off from direct THE CITIZEN communi-catio- n with Armenia. The basic conception of a mandatory power is that the nation which holds the mandate shall be able to defend the territorial integrity and the rights of the people who become its ward. The'use of military power is denoted. If the ward were strong enough to stand alone there would be no need of a mandatory. Thus a grave question arises. How shall the United States gain access for its troops to Armenia? Shall we land them at some Mediterranean port controlled by France, Great Britain, Italy or Greece? Shall we land them at a British port on the Gulf of Persia? Shall we land them at Trebizond or some other Black Sea port? In any event our troops must run the gauntlet, of other sovereignties and the gravest consequences are apt to arise. In case of a disagreement among the powers controlling the coasts of Asia Minor a situation might develop which would prevent the United States from communicating with Armenia. Nor is it impossible that the United States would have a disagreement with one or more of the powers upon whose good will it would depend for the transport of troops and supplies to Armenia. We have no guarantee that the League of Nations will function in a crisis. If we are to judge by what has occurred and is occurring the League of Nations will be ignored when a crisis arises. In the event that Asia Minor is torn by a holy war or by some other conflict our forces in Armenia will be isolated. Assuming that we would not be required to maintain a large force for the defense of our ward, yet we soon would have financial and commercial interests in Armenia amounting to scores of millions of dollars. These would be isolated as soon as Asia Minor became involved in widespread warfare. In fact, we should be cut off as soon as the power controlling the straits of Gibraltar went to war. ' Whenever a concrete proposal is made for action by the United States under the terms of the Versailles treaty the difficulties incident to such action appear to be almost insuperable. The United States has a peculiar sympathy for the people of Armenia and they for us. The two peoples have been brought together by circumstances reaching back to a period far before the struggle of the nations. Many thousands of Armenians came among us, made good citizens and thrived. Whenever there was a slaughter in Armenia it was American mercy that helped to heal the wounds.. No doubt the American people will wish to do all they can to promote the welfare and safeguard the interests of the people who are to be liberated from the ruthless tyranny of the Turks. No doubt some arrangement will be made wherelw American aid will flow increasingly to the Armenians, but a mandate is a perilous thing at best, and we should not undertake such a task without an exhaustive inquiry into all the dangers. A South American' editor accepted a challenge to fight the presi- dent. In this country we fight the President without any challenge. The divorce court records show that Salt Lake husbands are coming more proficient every year as be- non-supporte- rs. Two talking machines stolen from school, says headline. many women teachers arc left in that school? How The parade in New York was a failure because no one could tell who belonged in the parade. old-cloth- es f if The new York legislature has passed a bill to make 2.75 per cent beer legal, but that wont make it beer. We cant send the profiteers to prison because nobody would be left outside to transact business. The premiers met at San Remo to plant their war gardens. Those sugar profiteers are regular sugar beats. L |