NAURU ISLAND.
AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT. (By Cable —Press Association—Copyright.) (Beutei'3 Telegrams.) (Received July 9th, 1.25 a.m.) LONDON, July 7. Tho House of Commons Standing Committee is considering tho Nauru Island Agreement Bill. Lord Robert Cecil moved ah amendment making the agreement subject to the provisions of Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations. Sir J. D. Rees asked if it was seriouslj" contended that when a mandate was granted to a great nation for the administration of a territory, it must come to tho Council of the League of Antions lor approval of >iny action taken. colonel Leslie Wilson, who was in charge of the Bill, disagreed with the amendment. He said that if the Government accepted it, acceptance would involve an admission that tho agreement did not accord with the Treaty. The agreement was signed by the Pre' miers of Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, and the Peace Treaty bore the same signatures. To accept such an amendment was to suggest that gentlemen were not prepared to honour their pledges. If Lord Robert Cecil accepted an assurance that they were prepared to carry out the terms of the Peace Treaty, his amendment was unnecessary.
A long discussion followed, and the amendment was carricd by 165 votes to 13.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16882, 9 July 1920, Page 7
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