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[41] Léon Cahun, Introduction à l’histoire de l’Asie, Turcs et Mongols, des origines à 1405 (Paris, 1896).
[42] Liman von Sanders, Fünf Jahre Türkei, pp. 330-331.
[43] Le Temps, July 21, 1920.
VIII
THE MOSLEMS OF THE FORMER RUSSIAN EMPIRE AND TURKEY
The Supreme Council, in the course of one of its last sittings, decided in January, 1920, practically to recognise the independence of Georgia,[44] Azerbaïjan, and Armenia.
It is deeply to be regretted that this decision came so late, for, considering the circumstances under which it was taken, it seemed to have been resorted to in extremis and under the Bolshevist threat.
It was even announced, then denied, that the Allies were going to send contingents to the Caucasus in order to check the Bolshevist advance towards Armenia, Turkey, Persia, and possibly towards Mesopotamia and India. But under the present circumstances, the Allies were not likely now to get all the benefit they might have derived from this measure if it had been taken long ago; and, on the other hand, this measure was not likely to produce any effect if the new States were not recognised definitely and could not rely on the Allies’ moral and material support.