SAMOA MANDATE
NO RELINQUISHMENT BY NEW ZEALAND SUGGESTION SCOUTED Special to THE SUN WELLINGTON, Today. ' The recent suggestion that New : Zealand is likely to relinquish the ■ mandate of Samoa in favour of Bri- ! taiu is scouted in official quarters, i Investigation of the position, how- | ever, serves to show how peculiar i 3 the mandate conferred upon the Dominion. The wording of the mandate itself sets out the fact that under Article 119 of the Peace Treaty Germany had agreed to relinquish her interest in certain territories In favour of the Allied and associated Powers and that under Article 20 his Majesty the King, for and on behalf of the Government of New Zealand, had agreed to accept this mandate. It is clear from the wording that the mandate was conferred upon New Zealand direct, being accepted by his Majesty only as representative of the Dominion. The tenure of the mandate is subject to the supervision of the League- of Nations, but the authority for the mandate is derived not from the League, but from the Allied and associated Powers.
The suggestion that New Zealand might relinquish the administration of Samoa raises a curiously academic question of how she would go about it.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 956, 26 April 1930, Page 1
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203SAMOA MANDATE Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 956, 26 April 1930, Page 1
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