Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-26 | Page 9 | United States Asked to Take over Mandate

UNITED STATES ASKED TOTjjjE Supreme Council to Make Armenia Ar-menia Independent and America Am-erica to Settle Lines. APPEAL SENT TO PRESIDENT WILSON Palestine Under British Mandate Man-date and Home for Jews Established, SAN REMO. April 25. (By The Associated As-sociated Press). The supreme council is sending a formal request to President Presi-dent Wilson that the United Stales government take the mandate for Armenia. Ar-menia. The council is leaving to President Pres-ident Wilson the arbitration of the differences dif-ferences over tho boundaries of Armenia. Ar-menia. There seems to be division on the part of the council as to whether the region of Brzerum and Its vicinity should bo included in the territory of the Armenian republic. -The Turkish nationalists are strongly claiming Er-zerum Er-zerum for themselves. Dispatches from San Remo on Friday Fri-day last announcing the dclsion of the supreme council to make Armenia an independent 5tate, said that the boundaries boun-daries of the new republic had not yet been defined. The new republic, the dispatches add, would probably be contracted, con-tracted, owing to the belief that the smaller the country, the more easily it could protect itself and the fear that if too many Turks were left within Armenia they might overthrow tho government. The supreme council today decided to ask President Wilson to arbitrate the boundaries of the new republio Of Aimenia. Tho council awarded a mandate man-date for Mesopotamia and Palestine to Great Britain and a mandate for Syria to France. In placing Palestine under a British Brit-ish mandate the council established within the ancient limits of Holy Land what Is called "the'national home for the Jews." Mandate Protects Rights. The terms of the mandate protect the national rights of Jewish citizens of other countries. That is to say, a Jew of American, British, French or otner nationality may retain his nationality, na-tionality, although he is also a citi wn of the state of Palestine. The rights of Arabs also are protected, there being 600,000 In Palestine and 3 00,000 Jews. The mandate Is limited limit-ed generally by what Is known as the B&lfour declaration. British forces have been in occupation of Palestine since the defeat of the l'urk forces by the British Field Marshal Viscount Allenby. Franco has been? the protector of the Christians in Syria sinco the middle ages, having been designated for the purpose by the Holy See. The question ques-tion with regard to Syria has been in serious controversy between the French and British governments since the armistice was signed, particularly over the point whether France shall have all of what Is geographically outlined out-lined as Syria, or only certain party.