Captain BENNasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether tile Mandates for Togoland and the Cameroons specifically state that adherence is given to do the International Conventions dealing with traffic in slaves, arms, liquor, etc., and traffic in women and children; and, if not, what is the reason for the omission?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GORE:As the British spheres of the Cameroons and Togoland were intended to be administered by the Governments of Nigeria and the Gold Coast respectively, it was thought preferable to provide. as was done ill Article 8 of the Mandates, that the mandatory shall apply to the mandated territory any general International Conventions applicable to his contiguous territory. So far as the three Conventions signed at St. Germain-en-Laye on 10th September, 1919, namely, the Convention revising the Berlin and Brussels Act (Slavery), the Liquor Traffic Convention, and the Arms Traffic Convention are concerned, these are already applicable to the Cameroons and Togoland by 1818W virtue of the provisions of the Conventions, quite apart from the terms of the Mandates.