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Last week the dispute between Turkey and Britain over the Mosul frontier (TIME, Sept. 28) drifted further and further from the immediate jurisdiction of the League of Nations...
League Factors. The League, having turned over to the Hague Court the question of whether the Council of the League has power to definitely settle how much of the Mosul district shall be Turkish and how much shall be a British protectorate, washed its hands of any immediate settlement. No decision can be expected from the Hague for at least three months. And opinion differed as to whether this action "prolonged a serious situation" or "postponed a crisis...
Urged by the British, who complained of "Christian deportations and kidnappings conducted by the Turks across the Mosul frontier," the League next announced that it would send a commission to investigate these deportation charges. Turkey then declared before the League that she would refuse to permit such a League committee to enter Turkish territory, branded the British charges as false, and made counter charges of British excursions over the disputed frontier...
General Business. 1) Mosul: the Turks, ever more than a match for European statesmen, muddled the whole matter (TIME, Sept. 14 and ante) by refusing to accept the League's adjudication of the Mosul border, and demanding that a plebiscite be taken, and the whole matter reopened. 2) China: Chao Hsin-Chu, Chinese Charge d'Affaires at London, begged the League to deliver his country from "the yoke of extra-territoriality." 3) Autria: a protest was entered against the Austrian budget, as set by the League, it being claimed that State employes would be paid less than starvation...
...Mosul. Straightway the Council plunged into the consideration of one of the most delicate questions before it-the disposition of Mosul. Britain and Turkey were the disputants. Although Turkey is not a member of the League she agreed with Britain to abide by the Council's decision whether Turkey it to own or Britain to have a mandate over Mosul...