THE MANDATES.

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THE MANDATES.

RULES FOR COMMISSION. AND THE REPORTS OF MANDATORIES. „ (Reed. November 30, 9.10 p.m.)

LONDON,' November 30. The Australian Press Association correspondent at Geneva reports that 'the Council of the League of Nations has decided that the members of the permanent Mandates Commission are to be selected for their personal merits, and also that they should not hold any office placing them in a position of dependence on their Governments. •It has also been decided that international Labour organisations shall foe allowed to send an expert in an advisory capacity to the Commission, when any Labour 'questions are being considered. The annual reports from mandatory Powers are to be forwarded to the Commission through a duly authorised representative, who can offer any sup-; plementary explanations if the Commission decrees them. f The Commission shall examine each individual report in.. the presence of the mandatory's representative, who will be freely permitted to participate in the cliscussions. The Commission then will forward the report, with its own, and the mandatory's representative's observations to the Council of the League. The Mandatory Commission sits at Geneva. Its members are to be paid one hundred gold francs daily and their. travelling expenses are to be borne by the League.