Show Guardian of People I Quits Quit League e to o Enter Business A Some AP-Some people have something to say about the welfare of a few thousand people but an American Huntington Gilchrist Gilchrist Gil- Gil christ ot of Auburn Ne York and Boston has been looking after aHer the happiness of twenty million Gilchrist has just resigned his I post as assistant director of the mandate section of the league of nations which protects the interests of the native inhabitants ot of tile the far flung colonies which formerly belonged to Germany and of oC tam parts ot of the former Turkish I empire After the war these territories terri tern tories were distributed to various powers vo under mandates Gilchrist leaves hIs Geneva post to enter business life There is no opportunity for promotion for Americans at the league be ause tho United States is not c a member and the places higher up fall fail to citizens ot of member states I At the recent session or oC the mandate mandate man man- date commission which particularly discussed tile the troubles in western Samoa mandated to New Zealand tributes tributes' were paid GilchrIst for his faithful service In native prOblems affecting twenty million people leOple These problems include liberty of oC conscience education public health tile the slave trade trade in arms the saving ot of natives from om the ravages ot of alcohol labor property prop prop- erty elty rights development ot of transport transport trans trans- port and the maintenance ot of law lawand lawand and order The general aim is to brIng about political evolution towards self seif In tie Pacific ocean Gilchr st's duties brought him in touch with conditions in the former German Gennan Islands north of tile the equator which are mandated to Japan New Gui flea nea which is looked after by Aus- Aus hall Naura cared for by Great Britain and also that part ot of the Samoan group ot of islands which does not to the United states hIs great responsibility was wasI I te i in Africa where Germany lost her extensive colonial possessions To- To goland and tile the went to Great Britain and France under mandate each ot of these powers getting getting get get- ting a big bit ot of each also went to England while tile the district went to Delg um and former German Southwest South South- west vest Africa to fo the Union of South Africa In tile the mIddle east Palestine tile the Trans Jordan and fell to En- En gland while Syria and Lebanon were parcelled out to France under mandate The last session of the mandate commission showed showed a gradual Improvement In conditions and indicated that the civilized white man is bringing bet to millions of natives Gilchrist was attached to the AmerIcan ton general staff in Washing Washing- with and France during the war the rank of captain |