THE MANDATES.
DISCUSSION IN HOUSE OP COMMONS. (By Cable—Pre« ASibctaUon-Copjnight.) • (Au&tralian »nd N.Z. Ctbie Association.) (Received The Hon. W. G. A. Ormsby Gord, ini tho House of Commons, said he hoped the Government would create a Select Committee to which all drafts of Mandates would be referred. ■ ' Lord Robert Cecil concurred. •. Hp; said it was essential that the mandates should be submitted to the House before tho country was asked to take up any obligations. , Lord Robert Cecil condemned the ngrcement with Persiff. The- sooner "W6 fieed ourselves of this obligation tho better for both countries. Col. L. C. S. Amery, .Under-Secretary, for the Colonies, replying, referred to the jnandato over Mesopotamia. Ho said it was the Government's policy to make that country self-governing as soon as possible. Mr Winston Churchill had telegraphed that ho intended to secure a most drastic reduction in expenditure. It was quite impracticable ( for the House or a committee to decide the details of the mandates. The House had accepted responsibility for the administration of the mandated countries, and the details could only be undertaken by the Government or its dependents.
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17103, 26 March 1921, Page 9
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