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Document · 1933.10.26
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Extract from the "London Evening News": S. Lester appointed High Commissioner of Danzig by the League of Nations Council - S. Lester's appointment supported by J. Simon, Britain's Foreign Secretary - The Polish Foreign Minister objected to having any representative of a Great Power in which he included representatives of the British Dominions, as High Commissioner at Danzig - As a result of the French delegate Paul Boncour's intervention, the Polish representatives withdrew their objections to S. Lester's election - Chronology of events on Danzig.

Document · 1952
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Extract from: "A History of the League of Nations" by F.P. Walters, published in 1952, regarding the Stresa consultation, Poland's opposition to a Four-Power Pact, the policy of Pilsudski, Poland's desire to be among the Great Powers, the Polish-German Agreement of January 1934, Poland and the Minorities Treaty, the Nazi tyranny in Danzig, the Council and the Danzig Constitution.

Document · 1934
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Extract from the "Journal des Nations" no. 718: border dispute regarding Amazon basin between Equator and Peru, Equator informed the League of Nations it invited Peru to negotiate, proof of the League of Nations credibility in Latin America, since Equator not being a League of Nations Member State was not obliged to inform the League of Nations of its negotiations with Peru; this article refers to S. Lester when he was President of the League of Nations Council for the Leticia dispute between Colombia and Peru.