New Britain herald., 1930-01-17
MANDATED LANDS
 CREATE PROBLEMS
15 Countries With That Status
 Make Varied Progress
THE MA\D.ATED TERRITORIES


 Britain; Syria under mandate to France; Palestine, (and Trans
 jordan. under mandate to Gre II
 Britain.
 The Central African Mandates
 Glass B-Wcstern Togolan1,
 under mandate to Great Britain:
 Eastern Togoland. under mandate
 to France: Western Cameroors,
 under mandate 10 Great Britain:
 Eastern Camcroons. under man
 date to France: Western Ruanll
 under mandate to Belgium: Eas.- ern RuandI, under mandate 'o
 Great Britain: Taneanyika, under
 mandate to Great Britain.
 The South African and Pacific
 Island Man 1atcs--Class C-South
 West Africa. under mandate ID The Union of South Africa;
 Northeast New Guinea and adjt
 cent islands. under mandate Q
 Australia; Western Samoa, under
 mandate to New Zealand; Naur,l,
 under mandate to Great Britain:
 Marianas. Caroline and Marshall
 IHldlluS, unuCT IldHUdlc to Jdp1ti.
 Washington, D. C.. Jan. 11-Dls- cuSsion of the political status of Western Samoa, q mandated ara under New Zealand, coming soon after announcement of a change O. policy in 1raq, raises the question; How are the mandated territories faring? A bulletin from the Wash ington, D. C., Headquarters of the National Geographic Society briefly reviews the present mandate situI- ton.
 12 Areas Made 15 Mandates
 'TWelve areas were marked out 14 mandates immediately following the World War; says the bulletin. Since that time one of the areas Guanda in Central .Africa-has been divided between Great Britain and Belgium, so that now i } mandates exist. The recent action of Great Britain, however, in promising 1ra1 t. work for the ending of the man. date over that country and it's re- ception into the League of Nations. d the number.
 'All the mandatcd territories were carved from the colonies and de- rondencics of Germany and Turk+y. or the h. ten were placed in charge O. members of the British common wealth Of nations, three in charge of France, and one each in charge af Belgium and Japan.
 Three classes Of mandatcd ter rltores were recognized. The Cla,s A members, thc three regions Ni.h most advanced populations, were aiI created from former Turkish lands They are lraq. with an area nearly three times that of New York state, snd q population of nearly three million; Syria, with an area greater than that of Illinois and a popull l. tion of more than two million; and Palestine c-Transjordan, with an undA- termined area which is probably twice that of Maryland, and a popu- lation of approximately a million.
 Large Mandates in Africa
 Glass E was made up of tho tropical African colonial possessions Of Germany: Tanganyika, Togoland. Cameroons and Ruanda. Tanganyi- ka and Cameroons were great arc IS, the former nearly once and half the size of Texas. and the latter larger than California. The popula- tion of Tanganyika is over four m,l- lion and that of Cameroons about two million. Togoland was relative ly small, approximately the size Of Maine; while Ruanda was only half the size of Kentucky.
 The Class C mandated territories are a varied lot, with huge South West Africa (almost equal to Texas and Louisiana oombined) at one eX- tromc, and the little Pacific island of Nauru. less than 10 square miles at the other. Between lie form r German New Guinea and nearby islands, with an area Of more than A!o0O square miles: Western Samoa. l,260 square miles in extent; and the Narianas. Caroline and Marshall I,. lAnds, with q total area of about 75J square miles.
 Until the recent friction in West ern Samoa. wlcn some natives - fused to pay taxes to the agents of New Zealand Mandatory. the three Near Eastern mandatod areas have heon the only ones to find their way into the limelight of world news. .n Syria a brief revolt arose among the bruses but the country has been paclfled. 1raq has sought 8 greater degree of independence. This has now been promised by Great Britain, the mandatory power
 Palestine saw roting in the sum- mer of 1929; and previously Trans jordan, a part of the Palestine man. dated area, was the scene of upris- fngs by desert tribes. Tn both re- Eions Great Britain, the mandatory power, has restored order. Greatest Degree of Independence
 The methods of governing the mandated areas vary greatly and n sCne cases have changed radically since the organization of the mal- dates. The greatest degree of au- tonomy is seen in lraq which has ;ts king, responsible cabinet and parli4- mcnt. The influence of the manda- tory power is exercised only through high commissioner who advises the king. and through an air force.
 Tn Syria, France has set up sev- eral states and territories. Those of greatest autonomy are the republic o: the Lebanon, and the republic Of Syria. The latter embracing the former states of Damascus and Alep- DO, has not had its constitution ap- proved in its entirety
 Great Britain has divided the Palestine mandated area into two parts: Palestine proper, and Trans | lnrlan .llGst inc Iaro ,,1.,. h.. ,a,., ;r,.,