religious sentiment as of historical gratitude. A bad Armenian 

 Christian is no better than a good Muhammadan Kurd. The 

 modern Armenia is the direct descendant of the Hittite empire 

 which did much to raise the cultural status of the Nearer East. 

 The Armenoid type we now realise was one of the most potent 

 civilisers of Europe in the Neolithic and Bronze ages. From 

 Armenia we have derived many precious things in cultivated 

 plants and domestic animals. The Armenoid or Alpine peoples 

 have enriched the Old World with their cultural ideas. 



But there is one unavoidable conclusion to be arrived at 

 when we study the history of the world from 1914 back to pre- 

 historic times. Civilisation must go armed. Armed at first 

 unhappily against the powers of rapine, the typical Turks and 

 Teutons ; armed in happier days against the ruthless powers of 

 nature. " Who would be free, -themselves must strike the 

 blow." At some stage in the history of Armenia as of Persia, 

 of Arabia, of Greece and Slavdom the more civilised race 

 failed in courage, in martial vigour. And so the Turk or Tatar 

 got the upper hand and imposed his hideously stupid rule. 



Until the theory of the League of Nations has triumphed and 

 is affirmed by indisputable guarantees, each distinct nationality 

 henceforth to be established must learn to defend itself. 

 Switzerland and Holland are tiny countries, but so resolute were 

 they in perfecting their patriotic armies that even Germany at 

 the height of her power hesitated to infract these hornets' nests. 



Armenia having regained her national independence must 

 be prepared to defend it, in concert with the complete or in- 

 complete League of Nations that she will be invited to join. 



