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neglected. Even the final desperate request of the Ar-
menians and Assyrians for a small supply of arms and
ammunition and a few experienced officers was refused
or neglected.

At the close of the war, Turkey, in a stete of collapse,
was prepared to accept any terms the Powers might im-
pose upon her. The usual lack of wisdom and the usual
delays resulted in creating the existing chaotic conditions
in the country.

Many different suggestions as to the part which the
United States should play in the settlement of Turkish
affairs were made from many different sources; but, in
the end this country refused to undertake any part of
the work. One proposal, which appeared to be initiated
by certain large business and financial interests in this
country,1 was that there should be one mandate for all
Turkey, which mandate should be given to the United
States. The extensive propaganda in support of this
proposal frankly advocated this kind of a mandate on
the ground that it would be a profitable one for the
United States, at the same time calling attention to the
heavy expenses and lack of financial returns or commer-
cial benefits which would come with the acceptance of a
mandate over Armenia alone. A single mandate for all
Turkey would have left the Turks as the predominating
race throughout the Empire and was bitterly opposed by
all the subject races of the Empire—Christian and Mos-
lem alike. The propaganda in favor of this plan, there-
fore, included wholesale praise of the Turks and attacks
upon the Armenians and other subject races.

The arguments used to induce the United States to ac-
cept a mandate over Armenia alone were all based upon

1 The same conclusion was reached by the Harbord Mission and by other
disinterested groups in both America and Europe. See "Report of Ameri-
can Military Mission to Armenia." Sixty-sixth Congress, 2d Session.
Senate Document 266, 1920.—E. G. M.