P F Tinmore, et al,
The Arab Palestinians were not members of the LoN. The Covenant promises the Arab Palestinian nothing. They were not a party to the Covenant.
(COMMENT)Indeed, and that went to the LoN who held it in trust for the inhabitants through the Mandate system.
The Covenant, the Palestine Order in Council, the Mandate, and even the Treaty of Lausanne were all written by the very same victorious Allied Powers. These documents were written for and between the parties to the agreements. They were not written for the Arab Palestinians to interpret and use. The LoN Covenant when the Arab Palestinians were still under the Enemy Occupied Territory Administration. The Arab Palestinians were represented by the Central Powers; not the Allied Powers. The Ottoman Empire/Turkish Republic, one of the Enemy Empires of the Central Powers, renounced the Title and Rights to the territory in question. So, in a way, the representative of the Sovereign Power that represented the Arab Palestinians, placed the Title and Rights in the hands of the Allied Powers.
Most Respectfully,
R
The Muslims and Christians of Palestine were the "inhabitants" referred to in Article of the Covenant of the League of Nations. None of your smoke and mirrors changes that.
"ARTICLE 22.
To those colonies and territories which as a consequence of the late war have ceased to be under the sovereignty of the States which formerly governed them and which are inhabited by peoples not yet able to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modern world, there should be applied the principle that the well-being and development of such peoples form a sacred trust of civilisation and that securities for the performance of this trust should be embodied in this Covenant...."
Quit making things up Rocco, we have got your number.
So where does it say it only applies to arab muslims and Roman catholic Christians ? Didnt the Jews warrant a mention, other than the granting of 22% of palestine as their national home ?