The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-23
FAIR
DEAL FOR j. {.
FIRM COLBY NOTE TO
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Free and Equal Opportunities
In Mandate Territories
Insisted u pom

! Washington, ,l'"b @2-E%lua' "pIor-
. ,.nlti~s for tho citizens OF all III" allied
and associated powers. whether mem
hers or tho lcaguH of nations or not. IN
: former enemy territories 10 Dc admins
! tered by tho allied governments under
I mandates. j. insisted upon in note
! dispatched by tho. state department 10
! the council nf the lea que, now in aes-
! sion at Paris.
/ The note went forward LAST night TO
! Ambassador Wallace. who IS 10 present
! Il 10 the council tomorrow. Its text
was withheld. but state departnclt Of
ficials described il today as being N'r-
! tually identical with the on" on the
! same subject sent 10 the British govern
mcnt last November by Secretary Colby.
In Firm Language
Thar note was CnuChcd in exceedingly
firm language In it NJ. Colby took -
, sue with the British position that man
date agreements and treaties were 10 b"
considered only nv states members or
the league and declared that the United
States as contributor to tho common
victory in the world war. could not con-
sidar ANY OF the associated powers
the smallest not loss than. itself. de-
barred from participation in tho rights
and privileges secured under the man
dates provided in tho treaties Of peace"
suggested BY Britain
Initiation OF this. tho frs. action 10 be
taken bv the United states 10 III" conn
c;l Of tho lea GI". was ~ the suggestion
or orc OF thr allied powers. nnderstoo
% have been Great britain. The British
foreign Office never has replied 10 Mr.
Colhv's note. in which l." asked that the
United States hc permitted 10 examine
no drift mandates h"f"rc their SuhmiS-
SON 70 tho lea gu" council for approval.
Meantime. however. Great Britain has
sent tho draft mandates for M"sopotam-
IN and Palestine 10 tho council and il IS
understood That il was for this reason
that Il suggest I'd tha; The United states
present its views - IN" council.
Action by the council on IA" mandates
IT tho present session had been expected
, and it was explained that il was on this
account that tho present administration
decided to present It's arguments direct
10 tho council despite the fact that only
little moro than two weeks remain
before tho now administration Will come
into power.
Postponed Until April
Dispatches from Paris today. said
that independent Of tn" action Of TIC
American government. consideration OF
the mandates governing MesOpota mia.
Palestine and Syria had been postponed
until the April meeting Of the council.
50 that winston Churchill, the recently
appointed British secretary for the col
oni"s could have IN opportunity To
study 'hr qNcs;ionS involv"d.
T. was said h"r" tonight that THIS
would give IN" Harding administration
line IL which q study tn" question and
como 20 = do"iS'on nc ~ It's policy with
regard to mandatNS
tn" prirr:ra' pNn' Al issue between
F-ancc for irn EIlHoa ni?"D7f nna"rn1
tao tinted States md Gr"a' I!-itain -
the S"-rn!i"d Sar Reno agreement hH-
twrnn r;rrIt Rritain and France for ~"
d-vclopmrn. Of U.l resources in the man
dHtr ;crritorlrc IN the n"ar east. Under
Secretary Davis. of ~" stat" depart
mcnt has sad that leading Republican
senator's who N" expected TO have
VOC" - shaping policies or inc n"w all
min iStraii0n. have approved tho pos
':o1 laNcu Ivy Tho stat" department on
tbs question.