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year she received £ 4000 from the Lord Mayor’s Fund in Lon-
don, besides smaller contributions from many other sources.
So she declared that the moral support of the League was
more necessary for the work than its money; she was sure the
money would come, and it did come.
From time to time other difficulties arose besides the financial
ones. In 1925 Miss Jeppe’s work nearly came to an untimely
end. In the Council meeting just before the Assembly where the
question was dealt with, the French representative, while acknow-
ledging the humanitarian work accomplished by Miss Jeppe,
made certain reservations regarding her colonisation schemes
which, he said, “lay solely within the competence of the man-
datory Power“.
When the Assembly met, the French delegation seemed to
have got instructions to stop the work, at least the colonisation
part to which Miss Jeppe attached special importance. It was
said that the French Government had got the impression that
the colonisation caused unrest among the Arabs.
Fortunately Miss Jeppe was at that time at a convalescent
home in Switzerland and was able to come to Geneva. She had
several interviews with the French delegation and was able to
convince them that their misgivings were unfounded, her colo-
nists were on friendly terms with the Arabs, and moreover she
always acted in full agreement with the French Government in
Syria.
She even won their confidence to such a degree that they
submitted for her approval the draft resolution which they in-
tended to propose to the 5 th Committee.
The final resolution, which was presented by the British
delegate, was worded accordingly: “The Assembly decides that
under the Supreme Control of the Power which holds a Man-
date in Syria under the League of Nations, Miss Jeppe will
continue for another year her work for the protection of women
and children. It requests the mandatory Power to continue to
give its aid and patronage to Miss Jeppe.”
Miss Jeppe was content and, in fact, continued her work for
two more years.
In 1926 the writer of this article, who had, since the first
Assembly, followed this question with active interest, had an
opportunity of visiting Syria to see Miss Jeppe’s work at close