Bell (New Zealand)" and others agreed with Sir Austen Cham-Derlain, the British Foreign Secretary, who strongly objected to the proposal of the Come mission to address a question-noire to the Mandatory Powers dealing with the administration of the mandated territories, also to the Commission hearing verbal petitions from the inhabitants of the mandated territories.
Sir Austen Chamberlain stigmatize ed such a questionnaire as inquisitorial and opposed the Commission' hearing verbal petitions without firs hearing the Mandatory Powers' oh: servations in that connexion, 'The general opinion of the Council was that the Mandates' Commission was exceeding its powers as regards the supervising and administration of the mandated territories.
Later. Commission be submitted in another} form in the light of to-day's dis-
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