M. de Jouvenel, the owner and editor of the Malin
who is known to British audiences as an eloquent speaker and advocate of the League of Nations, has been appointed High Commissioner in Syria in succession to General Sarrail, who is on his way back to France. General Gamelin continues to report desultory fighting against " bandits " outside Damascus, but officially tranquillity is reasserted in the city and elsewhere. Yet there are rumours of preparations for fighting on a larger scale which are disheartening and make us hope that the League of Nations, which has so promptly and success- fully quenched smouldering fire in the Balkans, may assert its authority. The League cannot escape respon- sibility for the actions of its Mandatory. M. de Jouvenel's relations with the League make us hope that he will look there for help and be anxious to co-operate.
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