AUSTRALIA'S MANDATE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18460, 25 July 1923, Page 9

AUSTRALIA'S MANDATE.

RULE IN NEW " GUINEA. PRAISE FROM THE' \ TIMES. • ; : -: : ;' >■• r LONDON, July 11. The Times, in "a leading article dealing with Australia and New ;Gumea,savs: "For a young country like Australia, which has still to solve the riddle, of its empty territories, the task of administering what is virtually a colonial system is heavy li is a pity, therefore, that the Government- should be hampered by malicious 5 criticism ; within i the borders of the Commonwealth. - : ■ • i ',•.'*. ■ "The claim that German subjects '•,:■? in mandated l territories have been j unjustly treated is so: singularly ;u impudent; as ;to justify Mr. -Bruce's.suspicion that enemy; propaganda'•• is 3at the back vof the agitation..: ' > - ' '••••. "The ;-■ Australian ; Government, '. in J:-;its. short administration of the islands, has tack! 1 * . a,; grave taslc. with conspicuous courage '; and ability. : ; Critics, of the GovernL'ent, whether :: they x arc ; political opponents or unwitting agents of enemy propaganda, would do well to. refrain/ from besmirching '. their,'■:, fellow-countrymen ■1 in the eyes of-the>' League of ; Nations, which has placed so great a trust in the Oommonwealuiu M - ■ ' * ' .'■ ", ' '