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...House of Commons took notable action only once last week-spent a great deal of time in debating the Anglo-Irak Treaty (TIME, Feb. 15,) which His Majesty's fiery Colonial Secretary, Colonel Leopold Stennett Amery defended in part as follows: "The rejection of this covenant would make Great Britain ridiculous in the eyes of the League of Nations, contemptible in the eyes of the Turk and odious in the eyes of the people of Irok...
Observers winked an eye reflecting upon the oil beneath the surface of Irak and remembering Colonel Amery's passionate insistence before the League Council that it should "request" Britain to conclude the treaty which continues the British regime in Irak for another quarter of a century (TIME, Dec. 28, THE LEAGUE...
...said that he had concluded a treaty with the King of Irak, was sending a representative to the League Disarmament conference, had concluded a debt funding agreement with Italy...
...Once more that redoubtable invalid plays the classic Ottoman game of fast-and-loose with Russia and Britain. He signs the Lausanne pact, and as readily a treaty of amity with Russia. He drives the unbeliever into Greece. He toys with the wily Briton at Chanak, Mosul, and in Irak. He has the very temerity to throw a wrench into the World Court, a deed pardonable only in provincials from Idaho and Wisconsin...
...speech, the M.P.'s who remained in the House voted 239 to 4 to accept the main outlines of the League Council's settlement. Next day Mr. Baldwin exchanged a few courteous generalities with Ferid Bey, Turkish Ambassador at London, and critics opined that the chances for peace in Irak were brighter...