11. After the war and until 1948, Palestine was a British mandate territory , with District Commissioners ." 12. It became the Territory of New Guinea, a League of Nations Mandate Territory under Australian administration. 13. Article 9 : This law is applicable to Algeria, to the colonies, protectorates and mandated territories . 14. The case was a test case as no mandated territory law explicitly safeguarded married women's property rights. 15. German New Guinea became the Territory of New Guinea, a League of Nations Mandate Territory under Australian administration. 16. But France has a different relationship with Syria, partly because it was once a French-mandated territory , from 1920-1946. 17. France has special leverage with Syria, partly because the Arab nation was once a French-mandated territory , from 1920-1946. 18. Armies of the neighbouring Arab states entered the former Mandate territories the next day starting the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. 19. After the war the islands were granted to their new conquerors by the League of Nations as mandated territories . 20. However, as local Arabs opposed their immigration, the United Kingdom refused to allow Jewish refugees into the Mandate territory .
