The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-09
U. s. BLAMED FOR
 MANDATE DELAY BY AFR|C,AN DELEGATE
< ,ert Cecil Asks Amer. p Terms Be Defined. Article X Remains in
 Covenant
By Associated Press

states mandatory powers and coun- tries that are continuing to arm came in for trenchant criticism in the first days debate in the assembly of the League of Nations on the work, done by the council of the league.
 Hjaimar Granting of Sweden, ac- cused the council and the secretariat of the league of partiality and ex- travagance. Lord Robert Cecil, rep resenting South Africa, defended both the council and the secretariat. Lord Robert was very severe. however about the countries, which, he said according to statistics are spending 20 per cent of their energy on arma- ments and at the same time com plaining of economic instability and a bad trade situation.
 He blamed the United States fo, the delay in the adoption of the "A and "B" mandates, and introduced a resolution that these terms be i'm mediately defined. Lord Roberts seemingly made a great impression on the members of the assembly.
 Not to Eliminate Article x
 The committe continued their work this afternoon. The councils com mission on amendments finished it's labors by decidig not to recommend the adoption of an amendment by Charles J. Doherty, delegate from Canada. eliminating Article X from the covenant of the League of Ma tions. At the same time it passed all fnterpretative resolution intended to meet American objections to the clause.
 That the President of the United States cannot alone under the consti- tuition bind his government on a question of mandates is brought out briefly in one of the paragraphs of the last American notes on mandates, copies of which are circulating among the delegates of the assembly of the League of Nations here. The note is dated August and Is ad- dressed to the French government.
 Duplicates of the document were communicated at the same time of its delivery to France to the other mandatory powers. The note treats of "A" and "B" mandates. It ex- pressly states that the Island of Tap belongs in another category.
 Restate America's Position
 The note begins with a restatement of the general American position on mandates. Mandates respecting the former German colonies, it says were made possible only by the victory of the principal allied and associated powers of which the United States was one.
 The American government, al though the Enitad States did not take part tn the war against Turkey, af- firms the right to have a voice equal to that of any other power in de- ciding the mandates over former Turkish possessions such as Syria Lebanon, Mesopotamia and Palestine because the distribution of these mandates was made possible only through the victory over Germany in which the United States shared.
 The note makes various sugges- tions of changes in the terms of the Turkish mandates some of them be- ing that consular tribunals, under capitulations from the powers, shall remain in force until the govern ments are organized under mandates and that if the mandates are surren- dered the consular tribunals should not be restored.
 Request Charity Freedom
 Request is made in the note that the freedom given to religion also should be extended to educational and charitable organization workers, not only those in the territory at present but those who go there in the future. The note in a clear and firm manner requires equal oppor- tunities in commerce not only for all citizens of non mandatory powers but for both "A" and B" mandates. The note stipulates that no mandate shall be agreed to without the ap- proval of the American government and that no mandate after it's ap- Proval shall be changed without the consent of the American government.
 It was requested in the note that wherever in mandates 1t is mention ed that equal rights are to be given to members of the League of Ma tions" a phrase shall be substituted referring to countries mentioned in annex of the treaty of Versailles, among which is the United States.