Despite this victory (Sardarabad it) is most relevant for Armenia and political deterioration in the Caucasus is so serious that there is no reason for celebration in Armenia.
At the conference, Batum, Turkey seems insatiable for the region. Khalil Bey, the new agreement was a blow to all the delegates, but the Tartars. Georgia, Armenia, the country is experiencing, they eat the Turks, and captured at the point that the imperial ambitions of Germany and Turkey to deviate from the Caucasus, Georgia seeks protection from Germany. In Germany, the growing influence in Georgia before the war, and willing to provide him protection. He did not want to assist the Young Turks for large expansion to the east. Indeed, at present, the German generals were trying to persuade Turkey to send more troops to the south to the Arab provinces, which threatens to English.
May 24 von Lossow failed in his attempt to mediate between the Turks and the Transcaucasus, and the same day he reached a secret agreement with Georgia, to provide protection when it declared itself independent. Georgia skillful move. Turkey did not dare to attack its ally the senior partner (although for one brief occasion, it happens). The next day, von Lossow sailed from Batumi, with the necessary documents for the agreements that will arrive in Poti, a day or two later, after Georgia declared independence.
With a beautiful paradox, which is a master such as Georgia, the ideals of universal brotherhood Menshevik socialists they came to practice as a desire to keep his place in the sun, sleepy colony comfortably supported by the German Empire, and do as little as possible battle.
Already on May 21, in Georgia, discussed the future of freedom and the border with Azerbaijan Tatars, and the parties do not seriously think that Armenia has a chance against the Turks, so they are not even discussed. The day after Georgia’s independence to decide personally, and May 26, At that time, Armenians fought hard Georgia declared its independence. With the usual abuse of other countries in the Caucasus, Irakli Tsereteli, the Diet to dissolve Parliament is a country that never really was. Georgia leader hastened to Poti to meet with von Lossow, and signed their first treaty with Germany.
Tatar of Azerbaijan followed on the 27th, founded the ‘Eastern and Southern Caucasus “, as an independent republic of Azerbaijan.
The Armenian was disappointed with the proclamation by Georgia. Their leader is very divided on whether to declare independence, for many people argue that an independent Armenia is dominated by the Ottoman Turks. But the world is very important, and because Georgia was one of the Transcaucasian Federation, delegates to the Batum (there from May 11) was destroyed. At present there is no mechanism that can be used for peace.
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