5 JUNE 1920, Page 2

The American Senate on. Tuesday rejected President Wilson's proposal that

America should accept a mandate for Armenia. Sixty-two. Senators voted against the proposal, and only twelve supported. it. This decisive expression of opinion extinguishes the last faint hope that America would give official assistance to the few Armenians who survive in Northern Asia Minor. Same other means of helping them must be devised .by-the Allies, but it is difficult to see where the troops or the money can be found.