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generous offer of President Wilson seems to it to be a far better method of reaching a satisfactoryconclusion than the intervention of a country whose imperfect knowledge of the situation andconditions in Armenia prevents it from acting with a chance of success. 283Norway’s telegram was, literally, a carbon copy of the Swedish reply, while the Danes’ answer wasalso the same in its content. 284 The mentioned suggestion by President Wilson, referred to thelatter’s offer to mediate between Armenia and the Kemalists. 285 That the distance to Armeniaconstituted, physically and mentally, a barrier which hindered a Swedish involvement was madeclear. However, the reference to the alleged “imperfect knowledge” disregarded altogether theSwedish diplomatic and military intelligence information dispatched by Anckarsvärd and Wirsénwhich must have been known by the Swedish Government. The bystander Sweden was clearlybetter off pretending being totally unaware of the volumes of documents and reports at itsdisposal, clearly depicting what really had happened in Armenia.DN reported about the session of the League of Nations’ debating Armenia’s situation:At the meeting of the League of Nations, on the Saturday morning, the Belgian delegate, SenatorLafontaine, in touching words, expressed his conviction that Armenia is at death’s door and will bedestroyed in front of the eyes of an assembly of nations, which counts to 41 states with millions ofsoldiers. If we had an international army, we would have measures to act. The speaker proposedthat a commission would be summoned with mission to immediately address the issue of rescuingArmenia and demanded that the countries who had suffered least in the war would be the propersoldiers. 286The next day, on November 23, DN published a new article, stating that the League of Nationshad decided to aid Armenia. The meeting had been opened with a speech by Branting, who hadcalled upon the Major Powers to finally assist Armenia in an effective manner. Branting had:…supported Robert Cecil’s suggestion and the amendment made by the Belgian SocialistLafontaine. These suggestions were about the creation of a commission consisting of six membersto propose practical measures. Branting’s speech, which was delivered in French with clarity andvigorously, received the most vivid applause. 287On the same day NDA published an article posing the following question: “Shall the Armenianquestion lead to the creation of an international police force?” 288That the League was unwilling, or at least paralysed, to any commitment in regard to theArmenian question and support in the hour of need was exposed by the SD correspondent inGeneva, who wrote:283 LN, Official Journal, nr. 8, 1920, p. 96.284 LN, Official Journal, nr. 8, 1920, p. 96-97.285 LN, Official Journal, nr. 8, 1920, p. 92.286 DN, November 22, 1920.287 DN, November 23, 1920.288 NDA, November, 23, 1920.63