The final draft of the mandate for Mesopotamia, which was
issued on Monday, provides that the organic law or constitution is to be submitted for approval to the Council of the League of Nations. The Arab Government are to be entrusted with the control of the local forces solely for purposes of defence, unless the mandatory agrees to their being used in other ways. It is provided that the Kurdish districts shall have local autonomy. If the mandate terminates, the Council of the League is to guarantee the fulfilment of Mesopotamia's financial obligations to the mandatory—in other words, to ensure that she shall repay us some at least of the millions that we have spent on the country for the benefit of its people. Meanwhile, King Feisuf s chances of success are much strengthened by the fact that the Emir Ibn Saud, the powerful Arab ruler whom we have now recognized as Sultan of Najd, has accepted the decision of the people of Irak and has agreed to maintain friendly relations with the new King.
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