Mandated Territories

Mandated territories. Countries and islands, the regulation of which has been entrusted by mandate of the League of Nations to governments who are willing and able to take over the responsibility of government and development of the country. Countries which are now governed under mandate are Palestine, parts of Togoland, Cameroons, and East Africa, by Great Britain; South West Africa, by the Union of South Africa; part of New Guinea, by the Commonwealth of Australia; Nauru Island and the Samoa Islands, by New Zealand; part of East Africa, by Belgium; the Caroline Islands, by Japan; and parts of Togoland, Cameroons, Syria and Lebanon, by France, Halsb.,L.E.