It implied a division of Armenia between Turkey and Russia and the separation of the Armenian people. It recognized as a fait accompli the rightful and permanent assertion of authority by Russia over the Armenian Provinces now controlled by the Soviet Government. It likewise recognized the sovereignty of Turkey over the socalled TurkishArmenian "home" within which it was proposed that the Armenians scattered in Asiatic Turkey and in Europe would gather. It was a denial of independence to the Armenians and the consignment to the grave of their centuries of hopes and aspirations for freedom and independence. And. in the meantime. the insolent Turk has continued his plan to destroy the Armenians.