Arab Attitude to Mandate: The Desire for British Help In connexion with the coming Treaty between Great Britain and Trak, the true situation in regard to the acceptance of the British mandate in Irak, says the Bagdad correspondent of the Morning Post," is as follows: The great majority of the tribes do not care either way whether or not the mandate is included in the Treaty which is to define the relations between Great Britain and Irak, provided that the Treaty is concluded and security obtained. A portion of the intelligentsia object to any form of mandate, on the grounds that it implies undefined powers of control, and_ they cite the examples of Syria, Cilicia, and Palestine. King Faisul and the Government sympathise in this to the extent that they do not desire to be subject to the decrees of the League of Nations, and also that the term "mandate" is too vague, and liable to be used against the Government as propaganda by all agitators for all time. They sce no advantage but great disadvantages in becoming a mandatory area, which is derogatory to Trak's status, and as an independent kingdom. At the same time it is felt universally in Irak that it is most necessary for Great Britain to remain as adviser, even to the extent of being controller of the Administration, but the Mesopotamians do not desire the British position in Irak by treaty to be as strong as that of Great Britain in Egypt.
It is understood that the final draft of the Treaty is momentarily expected, and it is hoped here that the question of the mandate will be left out of the Treaty, but considered later with the question of recognition by the Powers, including the United States, of Irak as an independent kingdom. It is hoped that the Treaty will clearly define Britain's position in Irak, for before this is accomplished economic development is retarded, and therefore the Government of Trak trusts for a minimum of delay. one of 5,000 miles inland to work amongst the Carijos. This. mission I carried out alone, my only companions were a few native runners.
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