§ 11. Captain ERSKINE-BOLSTasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that the Japanese Government still continue to exercise their mandatory rights over the Caroline and Marshall Islands, which were bestowed on them by the League of Nations; whether the League has decided what shall be the future of this mandate when Japan finally severs her connection with the League; and whether the statutory reports on the condition of the islands are now being sent in regularly by Japan to Geneva?
§ Sir J. SIMONYes, Sir. As regards the second part of the question, I am not aware of there having been any discussion of the subject by the League of Nations. The Japanese Government, I understand, continue to transmit the regular annual reports on the mandated islands to the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League.