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that “the League of Nations, in regard to Armenia, has proposed that the Supreme Councilshould appoint a mandate power for Armenia.” 278 The issue of a Swedish mandate over Armeniawas brought up during the autumn session of the League of Nations. On November 20, theLeague had its first General Assembly, with Hjalmar Branting as the leader of the Swedishdelegation. The question of Armenia was put forward on the morning of November 22, whenLord Robert Cecil, representing South Africa, had proposed:…that the Council is requested to immediately consider the situation in Armenian and to theAssembly contemplate solutions for averting the danger which at the moment threatens theremainder of the Armenian race and to also establish a stable situation in the country. 279The Belgian Senator, Lafontaine, as an amendment to Lord Cecil’s proposal, suggested to theAssembly to “appoint a commission with six members, who would investigate which measuresthat could be taken to end the hostilities between Armenia and the Kemalists.” 280 The meetinghad received numerous telegrams from Armenian organisations from, among others, France,Turkey, Romania, USA, and Egypt, appealing to the members of the League to save Armenia. 281Referring to the telegrams and the appeal of the Armenians, the Yugoslavian delegate asked theMajor Powers to intervene. Thereafter, Branting took the podium, seconding the previousspeakers, demanding that the Major Powers should intervene in the matter:From the news received now and then from Armenia, it becomes clear that the massacrescontinue all the time. It shows the inability of the Major Powers to intervene effectively in aid ofthe Armenian people. If similar events happen again it will be a shame for humanity and also a realdanger for the League of Nations. 282Both France and England declined the mandate, referring to the fact that they already hadaccepted mandate missions. The French delegate, Viviani, rejected Cecil’s and Lafontaine’sproposal, asking the Council to exhort the governments to mediate a peace between Armenia andthe Kemalists. Since the decision of the Assembly must be unanimous all three suggestions wereaccepted and a commission of six members was appointed, and the member governments werenotified by telegrams. Upon receiving the news, the Swedish Prime Minister, Louis De Geer theYounger, immediately telegrammed back to the League, stating:The Swedish Government takes the most sympathetic interest in the question of assuring thesafety of Armenia, and welcomes every possible measure for alleviating the sufferings of theArmenian nation, which have aroused great sympathy in Sweden. By reasons of the distancebetween the countries, and the complex and grave nature of the Armenian problem, the SwedishGovernment, though fully aware of the importance of this enterprise to humanity, regrets that ithas not the power to accept the undertaking put forward in the telegram of the Council. The278 DN, October 22, 1920.279 LN, November 22, 1920, p. 184.280 LN, November 22, 1920, p. 184.281 Lindberg, 1985,p. 273.282 LN, November 22, 1920, p. 187.62