Les 'nouveaux crimes' de la Turquie
In: Politique internationale: pi, Heft 147
ISSN: 0221-2781
On 24 May 1915, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, through its embassy in Washington asked the United States, through its embassy in Constantinople, to convey a message to the Sublime Porte. He condemned 'these new crimes of Turkey against humanity and civilization' and warned 'all members of the Ottoman government' that the Allied governments would hold personally responsible for 'such massacres' committed against the Armenians. The statement was co-signed by the British and Russian governments. At the end of hostilities, under Article 230 of the Treaty of Sevres, the Turkish government has committed to deliver 'responsible for the massacres that, during the state of war, have been committed in any territory doing, August 1st 1914, part of the Ottoman Empire.'. Adapted from the source document.