Sons of Thargamos

"In the twentieth century, before the eyes of the civilized world, I appeal to the conscience of civilized nations and all honest people to condemn this persecution of a small nation and the criminals inspiring and carrying out these barbarous acts--the Bolshevik Government." This is part of a message received in Washington from Noe Jordania, described as the President of the National Government of Georgia.

M. Jordania states that in one day the Bolsheviki executed 200 people, by order of the Cheka, without trial. The victims included women and children. Most of the men killed were of the educated classes.

Georgia claims that she first burst into authentic history when she was conquered by Alexander the Great. After the death of the great Greek general, Georgia was ruled successively by four dynasties until 1801. The country was then annexed by Tsar Alexander I., and until 1917 formed an integral part of the Russian Empire. When the Bolshevik coup d'etat took place in the same year, the Georgians, together with the Tartars and Armenians, became known under the title of the Transcaucasian Republic. Subsequently, however, Georgia was forced to form a separate State, and on May 26, 1918, her independence was proclaimed at Tiflis (her capital). The Allied and Associated Powers gave the Georgian Republic de jure recognition in 1921. But later in the year the Bolsheviki entered on the scene, put to flight the native Government, and set up a soviet government designated as the Fraternal Soviet Republic of Georgia.

Another contention of the Georgians is that they and some other races of Transcaucasia are the direct descendants of Thargamos, great-grandson of Japheth, son of Noah.