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Syria-Acid Test of the Mandates System

Earle, Edward Mead | January 13, 1926 issue

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A very heavy share of the responsibility for six years of military despotism in Syria, terminating in the vandalism of Damascus, must be borne by the League of Nations. One may be a severe critic of unimpaired national sovereignty and a bitter opponent of competitive imperialism, a friend of the League and of the mandates system, without finding himself committed to blind and unreasoning acceptance of every act of the League as ipso facto just and politic. New Commissioner of France will inform the League that France is determined to fulfil her high mission of civilization among the Arabs.

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MANDATES -- Syria; MILITARY assistance; VANDALISM; LEAGUE of Nations; SOVEREIGNTY; IMPERIALISM; DAMASCUS (Syria); SYRIA
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