London, Oct. 8.
Lord Bailey, member of the' Por-manent Mandates Commission of the: League of Nations, has completed his: twelve months' tour of Africa and inow engaged in the work of getting out a report which will be publishes early in November. Great importtance is attached here to this report in view of the possibility of a new drive by Germany for the return of her former colonies, and in close collaboration with the Colonial Office in London. It is gen~ erally presumed that this report will greatly influence the attitude which the British Government will adopt during eventual negotiations relating to Germany's colonial claims. The report is said to contain 1,700 pages.
Lord Bailey was formerly Governor of the Punjab and of the United Provinces of India.~Trans-Ocean.
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