Mandates Commission Regrets Britain Did Not Present Minutes of Inquiry Board

Regret that the British government has not submitted the minutes of the proceedings of the Palestine Inquiry Commission was expressed today at the opening session of the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations. The meeting was opened at 11 A. M. It was attended by seven members of the Commission. L. Palacio, the Spanish member, and Count Garcia the Portuguese member will arrive this afternoon while Lord Lugard, the British member, is not due until Friday.

The Commission, after discussing the procedure to be followed, decided that the report of the Palestine Inquiry Commission should be taken up before the usual examination of the annual report of the Mandatory power. A questionnaire on which the discussion will be based has also been worked out by the Commission.

The British representatives, consisting of Dr. Drummond Shiels, undersecretary of the Colonial Office, H. C. Luke, chief secretary of the Palestine government and acting High Commissioner during the Palestine riots, and T. K. Lloyd, secretary of the Inquiry Commission, will appear at the afternoon session and submit to the Commission the White Paper issued by the British government with regard to recent events in Palestine.

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency learns that Dr. Shiels will make a verbal declaration outlining the position of the British government with regards to the riots in Palestine, the report of the Inquiry Commission and the recent suspension of immigration to Palestine. Mr. Namier, recently appointed political secretary of the executive of the Jewish Agency, has arrived here in order to join Dr. Weizmann, the president of the Jewish Agency, who is watching the proceedings of the Mandates Commission. Dr. Isaac Gruenbaum, veteran Zionist leader of Poland, is also here.