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...asking only for a vote accepting the League Council's decision in principle. The specific details of the settlement will be negotiated and presented to the House during February. . . . The policy of the present Government with respect to Mosul is merely to carry out the policy of Lord Curzon, who signed the Treaty of Lausanne, upon which the adjudication of the League Council is based; and that of Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, whose Labor Government ratified the Treaty. . . . Since we have accepted a mandate over the Kingdom of Irak [containing Mosul] from the League, we are pledged to carry...
...attempt was made to deal at once with the Mosul question (TIME, Nov. 30, et ante) and to make a final settlement of the Greco-Bulgar dispute (TIME, Dec. 14 et ante). Both the Turks and the Greeks, however, strongly resisted the adjudication of these matters which the Council seemed disposed to give; and it was decided that further investigations should be pursued before the Council hands down its ultimate decisions. Definite action was taken on only one matter...
Throughout the Empire the keenest relief was expressed on every hand. Premier Baldwin declared: "Had there been no settlement of the boundary question by agreement. . . chaos in Ireland would have resulted." Replying to those who carped at England's virtually "buying peace" by relinquishing her claims upon the Free State, he cried: "Where does the interest of Great Britain lie! Does it lie in keeping the South of Ireland poor and trying to squeeze a debt out of her? As a matter of pure business the interest of this country lies in a prosperous and peaceful Ireland...
...Prospect, The miners' committee met the day after hearing the proposals. They issued a statement "accepting" the proposals "as a basis for settlement," and announced their readiness to discuss them with the operators. Major William W. Inglis, head of the operators' committee, said, "We see nothing. . . calling for speedy action on our part. We will not be stampeded...
...expected that the Council of the League will make an arbitral award covering the disposition of Mosul at its scheduled session in December. At that time the League Commission, which is at present in Mosul, will make its report; and it is hoped that a definite settlement will be reached. Until some such action is taken, the decision of the Permanent Court of International Justice amounts to no more than an academic ruling on "legal competence...