SAMOAN MANDATE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 9 November 1927, Page 6

SAMOAN MANDATE

COMMENT OF LONDON “TIMES

(By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright) (Published in "The Timaa.")

LONDON, Bth November. “The Times,” in a leader, says: “There is no question as to the wisdom or inevitability of the Mandates’ Cqmmissions s decision to await the Samoa Commission’s report before arriving at a judgment on the present troubles. Mr Coates took the right course in appointing a Commission, whose members were universally approved. The only substantial criticism is that the Commission was not appointed earlier. “Tho Times” adds: “It is important for all mandatory powers to remember how valuable the Mandates’ Commission is becoming as the repository of colonial experience- and living, and a link between Governments, who need to profit by each other’s lesson. The- value of a document like the forthcoming Samoan report will not be limited to the mandate with which it is concerned.. The' Mandates’ Commission does not enjoy wide powers of action, but it is dependent for its usefulness upon the goodwill of the mandatories. To its recent notification that the Mandates’ Commission would be glad to have bound copies of the Samoan mandatory Jaws, brought up to date, the Administration replied that it had none to spare. It seems ‘ clearly worth while that the Administration should print and even bind a few extra sheets to enable the Commission to more competently fulfil its duties.”