Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-10
What is a Mandate ?
ny Frederic J, Haskin

Washington. May a.--What is a man
s.,, and what ~ ahc relation of the
United states to the various mandates
that have been handed out by the
..aHns OF Nations To- its mcmhcrsf
rhc mandate Is asserted 10y interna-
t,nnal lawyers to be new principle in
international relations. We are going
Is heat a gscat deal about mandates IN
IN. neNt few years. and Il is very likely
hat some uf us are going TO be called
anon to nght about them. Therefore,
~ us see. II possible. what mandate
ls
An theory a mandate Is an order from
/. learup IT the civilized nations of the
world io one Of those nations. making II
eespans sihic tor the welfare Of certain
nnttnn or piccv of territory considered
i. -, less civilized Thc ideal of the
mandate Is that the civilized nations,
tn.tasd ui exploiting the backward
on,s. each a. IL can. should care FOR
Them tcudrrll aud b' responsible 70 the
shnl, world foi the results.
NJ practice a mandate Is permission,
given hN the powers which won the
late war "a one OF thust powers. Ia
supervise ~, affairs of some backward
ountr, The mandatory nation enjoys
certain ad,sntages i'm that territory.
hui IL also has certain responsibilities
lU th, leaguc 1T Nations. which. if en-
forced. would raise the development Of
backward countries 10 higher level
nuth from the economic and the hu
uuuitariau point II view of course. in
iht matter. everything really depends
uruu what tho council ~ the league
wants o. De- and Is abi, 90 10.
Tho mandate also seeks 70 keep one
nation from exploiting exclusively "A
ua, award territory and 60 give the
other members ot the league certain
r.Fht, IN Rut Il does NOT do as
much tur the nations which are not
members of the league. And that is the
hief interest uf tn, mandate for the
tuifcd Siatrs. ~ reason ot our fail
a., a. ioin tho l,agu,. u, have not. in
thu opiuion ~ IN, members Of the
league. the satn, rights Ia mandatory
isriitor, that they have although We
b,,c q ul share IL IN" wai
The Thrive kinds.
The council at the League OF Ma
tions acknowledges tlrcc chief kinds Of
mandates IA, 4 class mandates cover
.nrm,i Turkish possessions Including
N,-opotamta The q class mandates
r.,t islands ~ ~, Pacir. south of
h, Equator and th, e class msndstcs
.,,,I islands Bob th, Pa,i6,. north of
a., Equator Tho Palestine mandate
= Is sense i fourth kind
o. often said that A. in manda-
tort unguan, stands tor oil and Z
stands fur cable, III tho admnistra-
iur ot tho " class mandate. Therefore.
u 81, v hcre S.. viii SEQ eNempliiicd
fh.u high international aitruism which
IS HIpus,d to Z. iho motive of the
R.tni1t,
N..ordiug - The terms II this man
ft'c. Samos = 90 hg administered by
As, /oalaud %suru pheasant Ielaudp.
l 'hr Pacific Ocean short distanc"
south ~ th. Equator hl Great Britain:
t,liatn Southwest Afri,a. by IA, Union
south Nfrica and fornl,r German
lus., ~~iuue IN the l's,id, south 81 tho
Equator toth,r than Samoa md Naurln
he Aut'ralia
Tb,s, mandates of lass Il. provide
o. ~ rromation oud material wolf
N'ps ~ ~, territories under mandatory
nuWe They prohibit slaNc tram, and
fae.,d ahor ~ these territories except
p t., s~en'ia. publi, works for which
sdruutf enumeration is paid. These
unud1t,s d. not AFFECT III individual
'Nnet shH 80 land iu Tho territories
q und,l mandatory rule TIL. taxes and
t,r poli., ar, mof, 81 loss Elected
ue . ,hanes of geNtrnm. ut. In
9teora uc, with Tho TREATY ~ Yer
salll,- all ~ the former German pos
: -siuu- Vrl ho So affected
Mandates prohibit traffic It's arms and
E r1Iriuou between tho uatfv.s of the
rs.nd tort territories and other couu-
tries tntoXioants for tho natives are
prohibited and military training of tho
natives Forbidden except FOR police and
local defenso forces necessary 10 keep
nesco on the other hand. Tho power
AoldinE the mandatory right is not al
lowed 20 build military or naval bases
r. a. establish any fortifications in the
.ertffnrN under is AUTHORITY
The free exercises of ali forms ~
rcheious Worship e. allowed and mis-