SAMOAN MANDATE
Question in House of Lords MATTER FOR NEW ZEALAND London, Dec. 9. In the House of Lords, Lord Ponsonby asked whether the Government, through the League of Nations Mandates Commission, would satisfy itself that the New Zealand Mandate oyer Samoa was being administered with due regard to the interests of the. Samoans. Lord Ponsonby said that there was grave apprehension in Samoa that there might be a recurrence of the events of 1929. There was grave discontent with the Mandatory Government. Lord StTathcona, replying, said rhe Samoa Mandate was entrusted under the Versailles Treaty to the New Zealand Government. The British Government had no right or desire to interfere. When a petition was received in 1931, alleging certain difficulties, the Government returned it, and pointed out. that it was solely a matter for New Zealand. Discussion on the subject by the British Parliament therefore was undesirable.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 67, 12 December 1932, Page 9
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148SAMOAN MANDATE Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 67, 12 December 1932, Page 9
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