§ 47. Mr. ORMSBY-GOREasked the Prome Minister who is drafting the mandates for Tanganyika territory, ex-German South-West Africa, ex-German New Guinea, and Samoa; and whether these drafts will be presented seriatim to the Council of the League of Nations as and when they are completed, or whether it is proposed to wait until the French Government have finished their drafts for Togo-land and Cameroons, so that all drafts of B and C mandates may be presented together for comparison?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWDrafts of a B type mandate and a C type mandate were prepared by an inter-Allied Commission over which Lord Milner presided last year. Mandates in respect of each of the territories in question, based on these drafts, have been prepared, but certain questions are still unsettled. The procedure as to the presentation of the mandates to the League of Nations is under consideration.
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREAre we to understand that all the mandates are drafted here by the British Government, and that the Dominion Governments have not been consulted since Lord Milner's Commission in Paris broke up a year ago?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWThe Dominion Governments were consulted on general principles. I do not think they have been consulted as to details.