Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-24
POSSESSIONS
OF GERMANY
INTEREST US,
Americans Claim Equal In
terest in Disposition of
Such Possessions.

Paris, Feb. 24.-(By't the Associated
Press.)-The United States govern
ment In Its note to the council OF the
League OF Nations on the questions OF
mandates, claims an equal concern
and interest with the other principal
allied and associated powers in the
overseas possessions of Germany and
in their disposition.
This was shown today when the
note sen by the American state de-
partnent and laid before the council
% the league yesterday al made
public ''
The council again took up the note
today. Some of the other members
held that America had forfeited such
rights by withdrawing, as an associ-
atcd power. from, the supreme coun.
Gil.
In the summary of the note, made
public yesterday. 1t was revealed the
United States declared it had eve
given its consent that the Island OF
Yap.' an important link in the chain
tof. cable communications in the Pa
cif1c, be included in the territories
subjected to the mandate Of Japan.
The principal feature of the note;
in addition to the points contained in
%tention Of equal right and interest in
d%isposing Of Gernany's overseas pos
sessions.
The Island oil zap.
Referring to the a%ttribution Of the
Island OF zap to Japan, the note
reads:
while this government never as
sented to the inclusion Of the Island
OF zap in the proposed mandate. to
Japan. it may be pointed out tina,
even if one or more of the other prin'
cipal allied and associated mowers
were under Misrepresentation as to the
ed decision Of May Z. 1919. ncvcrthe:
less in the notes above mentioned the
United States government makes
clear it's position.
presumably the notes referred 'to
comprised that, sent by the United
States to Great Britain on November
20 last. with the copies, submitted tc
the French and Italian governments
The notes set forth the American .po.
datory powers. The Japanese man
Gate was approved by the council Of
the league December II in Geneva.)
":At the time when these notes were
addressed to h respective govern
ments above mentioned. an agree
ment had not been reached on the
terms of the ALLEGATION Of the, man
oates covering inc FORMER gIeFHld:
islands on the Pacific. Therefore. tho
position taken by the president on be-
half Of this Eoveahment. clearly SCI
forth. necessarily had the result Of
effectively withdrawing any suEges'
ton or implication of assent. mis-
takenly imputed to this government
long before December II. 1920, the
date Of the councils meeting II
GENEVA"
The discussion Of the council to-
day conferred on how the United
States could remain outside of the
supreme council of the League of Ma
tions and yet be heard on all ques'
t1ons in which the allied and associ'
ated powers are interested n or
any feature which the league is ex'
pected to decide. The extreme diff
hculty Of discussing the deciding i'm
portant questions under these cir
curnstances was pointed out.
Discussion Of the "B" type of maj
dates-the Belgian mandatory ovel
German East Africa, those Of France
and Great Britain over Togo and thu
Kamerun. and that of Great Britain
over German Southeast ~Africa-wal
to be Zip this afternoon in connection
with the American note.