The Permanent Mandates Commission The fifteenth session of the Mandates
Commission opened at Geneva on Monday. That public-spirited body, which is happily free from political cares, is one of the brightest jewels in the League firmament, and we look forward to the day when the requisite materials will be available for the establishment of a Permanent Minorities Commission of the same calibre—i.e., composed of impartial and disinterested " experts " whose experi- ence is pooled for the common good of humanity. As is customary, the accredited representatives of the Mandatoey Powers are attending the discussion on the annual reports. While details Of administration or economic policy are under fire from the Commission, we feel that publicity would do more harm than good—in the present state of the nations' political nerves. We were glad to see, however, a suggestion in favour of occasional public meetings, when the discussion bears rather on the guiding principles of the Mandates system. It is a subject which far too few people take the trouble to understand.
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