Geneva, Jan. 4.
The report of the Mandates Commission regarding its session in October and November was issued this morning.
The Commission states that due note was taken of the statement made joy Mr. Ito, Japanese Minister Berne, that. in connection with the Japanese mandates in the Pacific, the sums spent for the equipment ports in certain islands under mandate were for purely civil and commercial purposes.
"Nevertheless, it appeared to the Commission," the report added, "that the amount' of this expenditure was somewhat disproportionate to the volume of commercial activity. The anchorage in the harbour of Palau, and ¥.115,000 for an anchorage al Rota,
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