Word: mosul
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...summary of conclusions reached by the League's Commission, which recently reported on the Mosul dispute between Britain and Turkey (TIME, Jan. 5), was given out at Geneva...
...dispute concerns the boundary between the Kingdom of Iraq and the Republic of Turkey, Britain acting as the mandatory power for Iraq. Whether or no the oil wells of Mosul should belong to Iraq or Turkey is the substance of the dispute. The Commission thought that, if the wells are to belong to Iraq, Britain could not well withdraw as mandatory power for at least 20 or 25 years. If Britain should withdraw before that time (as she engaged to do in 1929 in a recently concluded treaty with Iraq), the oil area should revert to Turkey whose stability...
...Mosul. "The two parties, Turkey, which is not yet a member of the League, and Great Britain have agreed to refer the delimitation of the northern frontier of Mesopotamia to the Council of the League. The Council, following what is becomiing a common practice, has referred the technical question to a small committee presided over by Count Teleki, an ex-Prime Minister of Hungary, which will make an inquiry on the spot and report to the Council. I am glad to say that both countries have already agreed to accept the decision of the Council, whatever...
Many U. S. journals ignorantly write about Britain's oil interests in Mosul and lead their readers to suppose that the recent controversy was in reality over oil. This is a misconception. The settlement reached had to do only with the frontier. The question of whether the Mosul and its rich oil district is, or is not, to revert to Turkish sovereignty has yet to be decided by the League...
Agreement was impossible. Turkey set covetous eyes on Mosul, synonym for oil; Britain set faith on the adage "possession is nine points of the law." Turkey recognized one boundary line; Britain another. Result: Both became engaged in recriminations because the one had invaded the other's territory...