26. Sir J. D. REESasked the Prime Minister whether kingdoms, as such, are entitled to representation on the League of Nations, without regard to their being national as well as political units; and whether the new kingdom of the Hedjaz 2082 can claim to represent the Arab nation more than the other principalities or Chiefships in Arabia which entertain no political or other relations with that kingdom?
§ The PRIME MINISTERKingdoms as such are not referred to in Article 1 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, which deals with the conditions of admission to the League. If the suggestion is that a self-governing State cannot be regarded as a potential member of the League if it does not comprise all political units of the same nationality, the answer is in the negative. The claim of the Hedjaz or any other fully self-governing Arab State to represent the Arab nation could only be decided by the choice of the Arabs themselves.