MOSUL AND IRAQ

Hokitika Guardian, 18 December 1925, Page 2

MOSUL AND IRAQ

’I EWFI li REV’S PROFIT. .MIXED RECEPTION BY RRESS. [Australia A N.Z. Cable Association.] LONDON, Dee. Hi. The League of Nations Council has iiuaninum-dy approved id the Committee's Mosul award. The President read a which Tewlik Bey protested Unit the Turkish Government maintained 1 ttrLev's sovereign rights over Mosul, which would remain complete and ttniliminishetL The League Coiiucil’s Iraq decision has been given a mixed reception tit the press. "The Times'' stresses the view that, th,. months in which Britain must make a treaty with Iraq should he utilised in an eli'ort to roach a iriemlly understanding with lurkey. Ihe "Times” advocates the sending of wise Englishmen, familiar with the East,

to Angora. The "Daily Express,'’ ‘‘Daily Mail” •md ••Herald.” all find it impossible m reconcile Sir A. Chamberlain’s wele .ming the decision with Mr Baldwin’s ie, cut pronouncements in the House ; f Commons. The "Daily Herald” says: ‘lf business men want the oil o! Mosul, 'ot them pay tor ill” The "Dailv Express" states: 'Mho .>,,1,1ie lias been deceived and the public knows it.” The "Daily Mail” says; "When the public discovers the nature of their new burden, there will be universal indignation.” The "Morning Post" comments: "YVe again express the hope that the Turks will be impressed will, the danger of lending too ready an ear to •he promises and inducements ot coni e—ion hunters." The "Daily News" states: "Übat seem' to he contemplated is a repetiii.m of the history of Egypt, with the Mosul oil. instead of the Soudan cotton. and with the Sue/. Canal. In eomu'ction with the Mosul settlement. Sir A. Chamberlain and Mr Am,u v were largely responsible for , } u , insert foil of the phrase premitung the termination of the British mandat,' whenever Iraq joins the League "f Nations as an independent nation. This is regarded as most important, in view of Mr Amery's repeated declaration Hun Iraq should he self-sttp-norting within four years.