Calendar No. 532.

66th CONGRESS, 2D SESSION.

S. RES. 359.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 11, 1920.

Mr. HARDING, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following resolution ; which was ordered to be placed on the calendar.

[handwritten] May 11 Calendar Day May 13 192 considered and agreed to.

RESOLUTION.

Whereas the testimony adduced at the hearings conducted by the subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations have clearly established the truth of the reported massacres and other atrocities from which the Armenian people have suffered; and

Whereas the people of the United States are deeply impressed by the deplorable conditions of insecurity, starvation, and misery now prevalent in Armenia ; and

Whereas the independence of the Republic of Armenia has been duly recognized by the Supreme Council of the United States of America: Therefore be it

1 Resolved, That the sincere congratulations of the Senate
2 of the United States are hereby extended to the people of
3 Armenia on the recognition of the independence of the Re-
4 public of Armenia, without prejudice respecting the terri-
5 torial boundaries involved; and be it further

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1 Resolved, That the Senate of the United States hereby
2 expresses the hope that stable government, proper protection
3 of individual liberties and rights, and the full realization of
4 nationalistic aspirations may soon be attained by the Ar-
5 menian people; and be it further
6 Resolved, That in order to afford necessary protection
7 for the lives and property of citizens of the United States
8 at the port of Batum and along the line of the railroad
9 leading to Baku, the President is hereby requested, if not
10 incompatible with the public interest, to cause a United
11 States warship and a force of Marines to be dispatched
12 to such port with instructions to such Marines to disem-
13 bark and to protect American lives and property.