* 1920 – At the San Remo conference, the principal Allied Powers of World War I adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of Class " A " League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman-ruled lands of the Middle East.

The first group, or Class A mandates, were territories formerly controlled by the Ottoman Empire that were deemed to "... 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 second group of mandates, or Class B mandates, were all former Schutzgebiete ( German territories ) in West and Central Africa which were deemed to require a greater level of control by the mandatory power: "... the Mandatory must be responsible for the administration of the territory under conditions which will guarantee freedom of conscience and religion.

The Class B mandates were:

A final group, the Class C mandates, including South-West Africa and certain of the South Pacific Islands, were considered to be " best administered under the laws of the Mandatory as integral portions of its territory "

The Class C mandates were former German possessions:

It determined the allocation of Class " A " League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman-ruled lands of the Middle East.

The Sanremo conference, 19 – 26 April 1920, of the post-World War I Allied Supreme Council determined the allocation of Class " A " League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman-ruled lands of the Middle East by the victorious powers.

The League of Nations granted Class A mandates for the French Mandate of Syria and Lebanon and British Mandate of Mesopotamia and Palestine, the later comprising two autonomous regions: Mandate Palestine and Transjordan ).

Following Germany's defeat, the Treaty of Versailles divided the territory into two League of Nations mandates ( Class B ) under the administration of Great Britain and France.

This year several entries from Canada were entered which made the Junior Class International.

It was interesting to note that many of these Juniors were showing dogs in various other classes at the show prior to the Finals of the Junior Class.

After the Juniors were welcomed and congratulated for qualifying for the Finals of the Junior Class, Mrs. William H. Long, Jr. was introduced as the first speaker.

Twenty years ago her daughter Betsey Long, then 13 years of age, won the Grand Challenge Trophy, Children's Handling Class ( as they were called then ) at Westminster.

Not only were the contestants pleased with the Class, but it aroused the interest of all in attendance that day.

The Intermediates in the Class with the Judge were asked to pick 4 winners and give their reasons but their decisions did not affect the choice of the Judge.

However, when, under manager Jack Kirwan, the club got promoted to the top flight of Dutch football for the first time in 1911 ( then the Eerste Klasse or ' First Class ', later named the Eredivisie ), Ajax were forced to change their colours because Sparta Rotterdam already had exactly the same outfit.

The British built a series of destroyers ( the A Class to I Class ) which were about 1, 400 tons standard displacement, had four guns and eight torpedo tubes ; the American Benson class of 1938 similar in size, but carried five guns and ten torpedo tubes.

These were followed by the J Class and L class destroyers, with six guns in twin turrets and eight torpedo tubes.

Britain was required to scrap most of her vast First World War fleet ( only two new, oddly-shaped, battleships, Rodney and Nelson were built at this time, known colloquially as the ' Cherry Tree Class ' as they had been ' cut down by Washington ').

Education up to Class VI and VII were provided by the TECs.

* Iron Duke was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915.

By 1957 they were students in the Vagabond Class of 1958 at the nearby University High School, where again they were on the school's football team, the Warriors.

However, Syria was scheduled to be an independent country, a so-called Class A Mandate, and the rights granted to France were far less than over other mandate territories.

If the inhabitants of Palestine were ready for independence under a Class “ A ” mandate, then the Palestinian Arabs that made up the majority of the inhabitants of Palestine in 1922 ( 589. 177 Arabs vs. 83. 790 Jews ) could then logically claim that they were the intended beneficiaries of the “ Mandate for Palestine ” – provided one never reads the actual wording of the document:

During 1920 and 1921 all Communist-won mandates were nullified.

Initially the division of the Arabic-speaking areas of the Ottoman Empire were to be divided by the Sykes-Picot Agreement ; however, the final disposition was at the San Remo conference of 1920, whose determinations on the mandates, their boundaries, purposes and organization was ratified by the League in 1921 and put into effect in 1922.

League of Nations mandates were established under Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations.

The A mandates ( applied to parts of the old Ottoman Empire ) were " certain communities " that had

The B mandates were applied to the former German colonies that the League took responsibility for after the First World War.

South-West Africa and certain of the South Pacific Islands were administered by League members under C mandates.

All of the territories subject to League of Nations mandates were previously controlled by states defeated in World War I, principally Imperial Germany and the Ottoman Empire.

The mandates were fundamentally different from the protectorates in that the Mandatory power undertook obligations to the inhabitants of the territory and to the League of Nations.

The mandates were arrangements guaranteed by, or arising out of the general treaty which stipulated that mandates were to be exercised on behalf of the League.

The legal issues surrounding the rule by force and the lack of self-determination under the system of mandates were cited by the Senators who withheld their consent.

The League's duties were confined to seeing that the specific and detailed terms of the mandates were in accordance with the decisions taken by the Allied and Associated Powers, and that in carrying out these mandates the Mandatory Powers should be under the supervision — not under the control — of the League.

The mandates were divided into three distinct groups based upon the level of development each population had achieved at that time.