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The
change in the military policy of General Gouraud, the
French High Commissioner for Syria, indicated in these
columns last month, was blamed by the Armenian Bureau in London
for the capture of the Armenian town of Hadjin, 100 miles
north of Adanain the Cilician Taurus, and the massacre of
the inhabitants, 10,000 Armenians, by the Nationalists.
The siege of Hadjin had been going on since March, the
French column which relieved Aintabin that month having
failed to relieve it.
According to
the tripartite agreement, France, like Great Britain and Italy,
is obliged to keep her army of occupation in her sphere
until the safety of minorities shall be guaranteed and
all three contracting powers shall have agreed that the
Treaty of Sevres has been executed by Turkey.
Nevertheless, General Gouraud shortly after his arrival
at Mersina in September, finding that order had been
restored over the greater part of the Cilician plain and
the foothills of the Taurus and that part of the Turkish
population was being kept from its holdings by Armenian
" squatters," deemed that further offensive
measures were unnecessary, while a peaceful,
reconstructive policy might tame the Nationalists and
appease the Government at Constantinople. He therefore
dismissed Colonel Bremond, whose policy had recently been
to encourage the Armenian element; ordered the Armenian
leaders to co-operate in the disarmament of the Armenian
Legion (which had been trained and equipped by the
French, and was about to march to the relief of Hadjin), and
informed the refugees from Anatolia that they must leave
Cilicia. The Armenians refused to comply, whereupon the
column leaving: for Hadjin was disarmed, some Armenian
notables were arrested, and about 14,000 refugees were
deported into French territory in Syria. General Gouraud
also informed the Armenian element that, as French troops
would eventually evacuate Cilicia, Armenians resident
there must choose between accepting Turkish rule or
leaving the country. This is the third attempt that has
been made to win the Nationalists by pacific measures.
Current History A. Monthly Magazine Of The
New York Times Volume XIII October, 1920—March, 1921
Published By The New York Times Company New York City, N.
Y. 1921
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