11 DECEMBER 1920, Page 2

The independence of Armenia—that is, the Erivan district of the

Caucasus—has been short-lived. The Armenian forces were overwhelmed by Mustapha Kemal's Turkish troops in November. Last week, according to Moscow reports, Armenia declared itseff a Soviet Republic. In other words, the Bolsheviks, masque- -lading as a "Red " Armenian force, occupied the unhappy little country as they have occupied the neighbouring Tartar State of Azerbaijan with Baku. It will now be the turn of Georgia to be attacked and subjugated. The Bolsheviks, for all their fine words about self-determination, have really revived the imperialistic policy of the Tsars, just as Revolutionary France revived the foreign policy of the Bourbons.