Evening star., 1921-09-06
Believed to Reiterate Stand
for u. S. Rights-Text
Kept Secret.
LEAGUE ASSEMBLY FACES
DISSENSION OVER CHILE
Reported Intention to Withdraw
Delegation Denied-Many
Americans at Session.

The United. States government has
addressed a new note to all allied
powers on the subject of inundated
territories.
Official announcement that the note
had been dispatched last week was
made today at the State Department.
The note was described as cover
ing in full the question of mandates,
although department officials declined
to discuss its contents until they had
received assurances it had reached
the various governments to which 1t
had been sent. Replies were expected
within twenty-four hours. officials
SAID, and arrangements were being
made for the publication of the docu-
ment within that time.
The communication was understood
to refer specifically to class and
mandates as administered under the
league of nations. and to reiterate
the position Of the United States gov
ernment with regard to rights in
inundated territories.
Various Mandate Classes.
The class A mandates are those for
Mesopotamia and Palestine, and the
class B mandates those in Africa. Man
dates of the c class are those involving
| the former Pacific possessions of Ger
many. including Yap.
Copies of the new note were said to
have been delivered to each of the al
lied powers - Great Britain, France.
Italy and Japan-and through them 1t
was presumed that the note reached the
council of the league of nations. as
stated in Geneva dispatches of Septem-
ber 3. An Associated Press dispatch of
that date said that an American note
on the subject of mandates was up be-
fore the council for consideration. that
the note made numerous suggestions for
tvo L.
sion for settlement of the mandate ques-
ton at the present meeting Of the
league assembly, and that the council
regard the note as furnishing salts
factory basis for continuation Of nego-
tiations.
The new note is considered as form
ing a part of the series on the subject
of mandates begun by the State De-
partment under Secretary Colby. and
in which the Upited States has in
allied and associated powers and also
the right to pass finally on all man.
dates before their adoption.
No u. s. RiEhts Surrendered.
The last American note IN the
series. previous to the one dispatched
last week. was forwarded early in
April by Secretary Hughes. The
American government in that COM
municatfon took the position that al
though the United States was not a
party to the treaty Of Versailles, 1t
had surrendered none Of it's rights in
the overseas possessions of Germany
secured to the principal allied and as
sociated powers by that treaty.
Italy. in replying to the note, en-
pressed entire accord with the posi-
tfon of the United States. and France
forwarded a reply which was inter-
preted in official circles here as tanta-
mount to acceptance of the American
position. Japan did not send a formal
response. but fnaugurated informal
negotiations with respect to the man.
dated Island of Yap through Baron
Shidehara. her ambassador here which
1t has been officially stated have
been progressing satisfactorily The
British government acknowledged re-
ceipt of the American communication,
but the British formal reply has not
been made public.