(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
France, New Zealand and South Africa have taken a stand in the controversy between the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations and the mandatory powers over the question of the jurisdiction of the Commission.
The governments of France, New Zealand and South Africa have directed notes to the secretariat of the League of Nations in which they express their attitude against the granting to the Permanent Mandates Commission the right to give a personal hearing to petitioners from the mandated territories and to allow the Commission to direct its proposed detailed questionnaire to the mandatory powers.
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