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(c.) That an article in regard to Armenia should be inserted in the Treaty ot
Peace in the following sense :—
Turkey and Armenia and the other High Contracting Parties
agree to refer to the arbitration of the President ot the l nited States
of America the question of the boundary between lurkey an( i
Armenia, in the vilayets of Erzerum, Trebizond, \an and Bitlis,
and to accept his decision thereupon, as well as any stipulations he
may prescribe as to access to the sea for the independent State ot
Armenia.
Pending the arbitration, the boundaries of Turkey and Armenia
'Shall remain as at present.
The boundaries of Armenia on the north and east, that is,
between Armenia and Azerbaijan, shall be laid down by the Supreme
Council at the same time as those between Armenia and 1 urkey,
failing a spontaneous agreement on this subject between the three
Caucasian States.
‘ In order that the Council of the League may be fully apprised of the situation,
a. copy of the note addressed to President Wilson in this connection is herewith
enclosed.
From the text of the resolution and the note, the Council of the League will
understand that the Allied Powers, unable by reason of their other overwhelming
responsibilities at present to assist Armenia otherwise than by the despatch of arms
and munitions, have experienced great difficulty in fixing the frontiers of Armenia
in the manner best consonant with her immediate interests and future prospects.
The true solution of the problem can indeed scarcely be decided upon until it is
finally known whether or no the United States will accept a mandate for Armenia'
and, failing this, to what extent she will contribute by the provision of men or at
least money to a cause which the United States Government in a recent note has
itself declared to be “ the demand and expectation of the civilised world."
In these circumstances a definite reply to the three specific points raised in the
memorandum of the 11th April must be deferred for what it is hoped may prove a
short period.
The Supreme Council will not fail immediately to communicate to the Council
of the League President Wilson’s reply, in the light of which the full and frank
consultation, already begun with encouraging response, can, if necessary, be
continued and developed.
San Remo, April 26, 1920.
GERMAN REQUEST TO MAINTAIN AN ARMY OF 200,000.
(Confidential.)
Allied Declaration in Answer to German Note.
(Approved by the Supreme Council on April 26, 1920. I.C.P.-108 (4).)
THE Allied Powers have examined the letter of M. Goeppert of the 20th April,*
which presents a request from the German Minister of War to the effect that the
German Government desires to maintain a German army of 200,000 men instead of
100,000 provided for in the Treaty of Versailles, and declaring that this is necessary
for the maintenance of order.
The Allies wish to state at once that a proposal of this nature cannot even be
examined so long as Germany fails in the most important obligations of the Treaty
of Peace and does not proceed with a disarmament upon which depends the peace of
the world. Germany is not living up to her engagements either in the destruction of
the material of war, or in the reduction of her effectives, or in the provision of coal, or
with regard to reparations, or the cost of the Army of Occupation. e
She has given neither satisfaction nor apologies for the assaults to which on
several occasions the members of the Allied Missions have been subjected.
* Copy attached.