"It is not now an issue in practical politics.
"If we were ever to come to a discussion of this question, certain things would have to be borne in mind.
"Firstly, Great Britain is not the only country concerned.
"Sher is not the only country which assumed additional territorial responbilities after the Great War.
"Other countries will also be in-voled, and the question will have to be examined by all those countries together."
Mr. MacDonald emphasized that Great Britain had responsibilities with regard to peoples living in mandated territories.
*We could not regard them as mere goods and chattels, to be disposed of to others," he stressed.
"We must pay attention to their wishes, and the wishes of the different sections of the population Min those territories."
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