MR. W. B. MATHESON.
(To tho Editor.) Sir,—l am pleased to have the assurance of Mr. W. B. Matheson that he did not protest against New Zealand accepting a mandate over Samoa, though it is quite clear from his letter that he would have preferred the Germans having undisturbed control. He says: "We could safely have humiliated Germany by letting her have control under a mandate from the . League of Nations, which forbade f military or naral ude being made of it." Is Mr. Matheson so simply and credulous that he would trust mans, even if they were forbidden to do certain things by the League of Nations? If it is wrong for the Allies to take Samoa, it is also wrong for them to accept mandates over Palestine, Mesopotamia, East and West Africa, New Guinea, and olher parts. Mr. Matheson's idea seems to be thatas we were not engaged in a war of conquest we should not make any territorial in compensation for ous losses. This ia a queer view for one who is seeking the: suffrage of the people.—l am, etc., ELECTOR.
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Wairarapa Age, 17 November 1919, Page 4
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