5 SEPTEMBER 1925, Page 2

If the League should decide to give Mosul to Turkey,

Great Britain, it is safe to say, would not contemplate the possibility of continuing the mandate for Iraq, which under the present arrangement will end in August, 1928. It seems most likely that the League will invite Great Britain to take on .the mandate for twenty-, five years more. That, of course, presupposes the consent' of King Feisal. Here is a divided interest for us. Nobody, wants to throw Iraq back into a state of chaos and expose her to extreme external danger ; but, on the other hand, we cannot afford unnecessary expenditure—if a considerable expenditure would really be required. We !should like to have more light on this matter of expense, ' which is extremely important.

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