The account given by H.M.'s Government of its stewardship in
Iraq through 1925 will be in due course presented to the League of Nations. We - have only space to mention it as creditable to all the officials con- cerned, not least because they are evidently preparing to lay down their burden and recommend the country's entry into independence as a member of the League. The Syrian mandate of France allows of no such satis- faction. We have seen with .much anxiety the scanty items of recent news from Damascus which have given hints of fighting and destruction by bombardment, and we fear that M. de Jouvenel will have no pleasant office to hand over to his successor in the autumn. Troubles come thick upon France. She will be disquieted in another quarter by a new treaty concluded between Italy and Spain. Rightly or wrongly it will appear to her that Signor Mussolini is pursuing a policy of uniting the Mediterranean powers against her.
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