882.5048/82: Telegram
The Chargé in Liberia (Wharton) to the Secretary of State
[Received 5:35 p.m.]
50. Last night Barclay informed me he received a telegram from Liberian representative, Geneva, that request of Liberia to League, 6th instant, has been discussed there and League representatives of Belgium, France, Portugal and Spain desire no investigation by the proposed International Commission conditions of compulsory labor for public works Liberia, fear of establishing precedent and the possibility that similar investigations may follow in their colonies [of] such labor, this matter submitted to Council.
Barclay adds his Government will insist on investigation of compulsory labor for public purposes by the International Commission [Page 311] and if not investigated his Government will have independent investigation.