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Post-1918: The Zenith of the Empire? (What were the League of Nations…

- - - - 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.
    - - who by reason of their resources, their experience or their geographical position can best undertake this responsibility, and who are willing to accept it,
      - and that this tutelage should be exercised by them as Mandatories on behalf of the League.
    - - Certain communities formerly belonging to the Turkish Empire #
        
        have reached a stage of development where their existence as independent nations can be provisionally recognized
        
        subject to the rendering of administrative advice and assistance by a Mandatory until such time as they are able to stand alone.
        
        The wishes of these communities must be a principal consideration in the selection of the Mandatory.
      - Other peoples, especially those of Central Africa #
        
        are at such a stage that the Mandatory must be responsible for the administration of the territory under conditions which will guarantee freedom of conscience and religion,
        
        subject only to the maintenance of public order and morals, the prohibition of abuses such as the slave trade, the arms traffic and the liquor traffic,
        
        and the prevention of the establishment of fortifications or military and naval bases and of military training of the natives for other than police purposes and the defence of territory,
        
        and will also secure equal opportunities for the trade and commerce of other Members of the League.
      - There are territories, such as South-West Africa and certain of the South Pacific Islands, #
        
        which, owing to the sparseness of their population, or their small size, or their remoteness from the centres of civilisation, or their geographical contiguity to the territory of the Mandatory, and other circumstances,
        
        can be best administered under the laws of the Mandatory as integral portions of its territory,
        
        subject to the safeguards above mentioned in the interests of the indigenous population.