Türkiye ile Barış Antlaşması'nın uygulanmasına ilişkin tutanak.

He understood that the United States had recently sent a Commission to Armenia to enquire into the conditions existing there, and that that Commission had strongly recommended that America should not accept any mandate. M. BERTHILLLOT pointed out that so far as the Commission referred to my M. Nitti was concerned, there had been no question of a mandate. M. NITTI continuing said that if the Allies asked the United States to share in the work of reconstructing Armenia, they might give the impression to America that the Allies were unable, unsupported, to enforce the terms of the Treaty. He thought, therefore, it was better that the Allies should limit themselves to the formula which had been agreed upon the previous day. They might make a general appeal on/humanitarian and moral side, but he did not think that they could count on any response to any appeal or a special and definite character. MR. LLOYD GEORGE said that he was not concerned with the moral aspect but he did wish to obtain material help from the United States. He could not see that there was any harm in making an appeal of this nature. If America refused to assist, the Allies would be no worse off, and, in one respect, they would be better off. President Wilson would continue to lecture the Allies about the way they were handling the Turkish question, but if the Allies could rotort that they had asked America to come in and assist, and that America had refused: the United States could not continue to complain of the inability of the Allies to protect Armenia. He had reason to believe that Canada might intervene, but she would certainly not take this step until the United States had definitely refused to assist. He suggested that a draft appeal should be prepared and should be submitted to the Council in the course of the next day or so, and that the appeal should -16- MTH