Speech #650394769

I present a resolution adopted by the Legislature of the State of Oregon. favoring the independence of Armenia. which I ask to have printed in the RECORD ald referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. The resolition was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed in the RECORD. as follows Senate joint resolution 5. ja the honorable Senate and House of Reprcsentativcs of the United States of Aicrica. its Cottgrcss assemibled: Your iaotorialists. the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon. it regular session assembled. respectfully and earnestly represent that: Whereas the United States is upholding the traditions of her historia past. and the ideals which are the foundation of the Republic has become - The home of freedom. and tiie hope of the downtrodden and oppressed among the nations of the earth " . and Whereas tile great heart of our people has constantly bled in sympathy and our indignation has as often been stirred by the everrecurring. Inhuman Itarbarities of the cruel Tturk toward the virtuous. peaceable. and Christian Armenian peoples. and Whereas after centuries of oppression. unspeakable atrocities. massacres. and deportations. the Armenian people are still about 3.000.000 in number. and out of the fearful carnage that is just closing in Europe have emerged with a small Armenian Republic in their ancestral home. and Whereas history has proven that the cruel Turk awaits an opportunity to continue his outrages against this innocent people. who have a recognized *capacity for selfgovernment. and. with adequate protection. can establfsh a strong Armenian Republic at this crossroads * of contending nations: Now. therefore. be it Resolved. That we. the legislative assembly. ask the United States. by this resolution. to assist in every way possible to help the cause or an United Armenian Republic. embracing all Armenian peoples under the principle of selfdetermination. and that the United States tenner to such Republic Its sympathy and moral support in achieving such result. and be it further Resolved. That the chief clerk of the senate of the State of Oregon be directed to transmit a copy of this memorial to the President of the United States. the Secretary of State. the President of the United States Senate. the Speaker of the House of Represenatives of the United States. and to each of the Senators and Representatives of the State of.