The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-12

What Is a Mandate.

for the natives are prohibited a..
military training Of the natives -.
hidden except for police and h.,
defense forces necessary 10 ~
peace. On the other hand, the ~
er holding the mandatory risSs !.
not allowed to build militarv
naval bases or to establish any n,
tifcations in the territory unds,
its authority.
The free exercise of all form, =,
religious worship is allowed. ,rS
missionaries. nationals Of st,tss
members Of the league OF natior.
shall be permitted to travel and ~
side in the territories and fol,o,
their callings. Provisions are msds
for educational freedom and Adj
vancement, also.
Position Of Associated Povers
Mandatories are required tn =.
port to the league OF nations Az.
nually on the territory under man.
datory rule and the measures tat.
en- to carry out their obligations in
accordance with the above rulin,,
The consent of the council Of n.
league Of nations is required ~
make any modification Of the terms
Of a mandate.
This declaration 10 deposited N
the archives of the league Of ma.
tons and copies forwarded to an
the powers signatory to the treaty
Of peace with Germany. It is to i.
noted that members OF the leasus
Of nations" are granted special priy.
ileges. according to the terms O,
such mandates as the above. but
associate powers are not necessar.
lily included in these privileges on
mandatory territories. The United
States Is. Of course, an ASSOCIATED
power, having never Joined the
league Of nations or signed the
peace treaty.
1t is upon just this exclusion Of
our government from a voice in
these matters and above mentioned
privileges granted to members Of
the league of nations, that the Unit.
ed States government protests. This
exclusion is carefully stated in the
Mesopotamia, Palestine and Yam
mandate drafts, as well as in the B
mandates.
In a note to the secretary of state
then cambridge Colby the presi.
dent Of the council of the league
of nations (Gastao da Cunha) says:
THE most fundamental conten.
ton brought forward, by the Amer.
can note is that the approval Of
the United States of America Is es.
sential to the validity of any de.
termination which may be reached
respecting the mandates which
have been, or may be, submitted to
the judgment of the council.
"The United States was ono Of
the leading actors both in the va,
and in the negotiations for paace
The rights which it acquired are
not likely to be challenged in any
quarter. But the American govern.
ment will itself recognize that thu
is complicated by the fact
that the United States, for reasons
which the council would be the last
to question, has SO far abstained
from ratifying the peace treaty, and
has not taken her seat on the coun.
Gil Of the league of nations"
In mandate A, the British gov.
proposes definitely that
Nationals Of any country not a
member of the league of nations
have mo rights whatever in Meso-
potamia." This has been interpret.
ed generally as a partial reply to
the unanswered note of Former
Secretary Colby that the United
States should share in the spoils
OF war SO far as they relate to oil
This has also been construed as an
other effort to force our govern.
ment to enter the league. as tha
draft emphasizes that only mem.
bers will be given rights and such
members will have almost unre-
stricted trade and opportunities to
develop the natural resources OF
Mesopotamia. The other terms OF
The Mesopotamia, or Near East man.
date. are similar in effect to those
Of the B mandate already quoted.
Because Of the hot discussions over
the A mandates the former Turkish
the council has post
poned its decision as to the final
form Of this until the next session.
which will take place either in May
Or June. The B mandate will also
be definitely settled at that time