§ 17. Major EDWARD WOODasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1568 whether, in the event of any Colonial Mandatory failing to carry out the obligations of its mandate and charter, the League of Nations possesses, or will possess, any machinery for the transfer of the mandate to some other Power?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. Cecil Harmsworth)The terms of the several mandate charters have not yet been decided upon.
It is provided in the Covenant of the League of Nations (Art. XXII., last paragraph) that "a permanent Commission shall be constituted to receive and examine the Annual Reports of the Mandatories, and to advise the Council on all matters relating to the observance of such mandates."
In the event of the permanent Commission advising the Council that a Mandatory Power was not carrying out its obligations, it would lie with the Council to consider what steps should be taken.