President Wilson on Monday asked Congress to empower him to
accept the mandate for Armenia. He reminded the Senate of its resolution in favour of a " stable government " for the Armenians. It was " a very critical choice." But the President expressed his confidence that he was ".speaking in a spirit in accordance With the wishes of the greatest of Christian peoples." There is unquestionably much sympathy for Armenia among the American people, who have for many years contributed gener- ouely to the great American missions in Asia Minor. But the politicians at Washington seem to think it wholly improbable that Congress will embark on the costly and difficult enterprise of giving Armenia peace and order. Failing American help, the position-of the Armenians seems desperate. They are threatened by the Tartars on the east and the Turks'on the west, as well as by the Kurds. The French have their hands full in Ciliate. Our own troops are occupied in Constantinople, Batum, Meso- potamia, Persia and Palestine. It would be a splendid act of generosity if America could devote some of her vast wealth to the salvation of the Armenian remnant,'but we mustnot expect her to do so.
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