The Mosul Question

Archive Report

The fate of that portion of Mesopotamia called. Mosul is one of the important problems left over from the World War which still remain to be solved. The territory is claimed alike by Oreat Britain, on behalf of her mandate, the Kingdom of Iraq, and by Turkey on her own behalf. The failure to come to a decision during the Second Lausanne Conference upon the disposition of Mosul resulted in the submission of the question to the Council of the League of Nations. The Council, in turn, has laid certain fundamental legal questions concerning its powers in the dispute before the Permanent Court of International Justice at The Hague. The World Court began its consideration of these questions October 22 and is expected to ...

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