Most of the Danzig questions were subject of discussion between the Danzig Senate and S. Lester, therefore S. Lester had to refer some Danzig matters to the League of Nations Council as the authority charged with the protection of the Constitution, League of Nations Council's recommendations to bring back Danzig life into accord with the Constitution and to bring a change in the Government's policy, many declarations of open hostility to the Danzig constitutional principles, Danzig was not a National Socialist State; Danzig elections principal object was to seek to amend the Constitution, but more than 40% of the voters expressed their opposition to the National Socialist policy and their confidence in the League of Nations through the numerous petitions they addressed to the High Commissioner to protect their rights, cooperation between the Senate and the High Commissioner necessary to avoid to call upon the Council; S. Lester's appeal to A. Greiser and his colleagues of the Senate: having failed to get the necessary mandate to propose changes in the Constitution, they had to put an end to systematic actions against its principles.
A. Greiser's objectives: the wish of the Danzig Senate to go on discussion with Poland, and the wish of the National-Socialist Government in Danzig to work for peace in Europe; Volkstag President Wnuck on elections favourable to the National-Socialism and on "Traitors" to the fatherland; Senator A. Boeck, Public Education and Worship, on a new race.
Extract from the "Journal des Nations": Danzig before the Council; A. Greiser's criticism towards Danziger complaints to the League of Nations; the League of Nations Council was the guarantor of the Danzig Constitution.
Suppression of the "Volkstimme", organ of the Social Democratic Party; warning to Volkzeitung; A. Greiser on the National Socialism, a conception of the world according to him, and on the situation in Danzig and the Constitution; Catholic Petition and Moske on the difficult negotiations with the Senate further to A. Greiser's speech insulting the Priests.
S. Lester drew A. Greiser's attention to the fact that the use of the "Heil Hitler" salutation by A. Greiser, as President of the Senate, and members of the Government in official letters and declarations in public might lead to a misunderstanding of the Treaty position of the Free City of Danzig, and that A. Hitler was the head of a foreign State, with which Danzig had no relationship other than that existing between two legally separated territories.
Three requests, remaining unanswered, made by S. Lester for further information regarding the "Volkstimme" suppression: the official ground was a comment on the discussion of the League of Nations Council, but possible relationship with the article of the Danzig Constitution regarding freedom of opinion.
Negotiations with the Catholic Priests and the Zentrum Party made impossible because of A. Greiser's attitude; Catholic and Zentrum Party petitions; suppression of the only daily opposition newspaper; "Heil Hitler" greeting; effect of the Saar plebiscite on Danzig; Senate's refusal to give information about the suppression of the "Volkstimme"; difference between the State and the National Socialist Party; Danzig Constitution; attack on Zentrum Leader; police control on S. Lester's visits; A. Forster dictator of Danzig; possible elections; S. Lester's remarks; Danzig Senate and A. Forster suspected of trickery by S. Lester.
S. Lester's action on proposed elections; long exchange with A. Greiser.
Polish Government hoped full liberty of elections and that the new elections would not affect Danzig-Polish relations; H. Rauschning's intention of making a Concordat: no objection neither from the Vatican nor from A. Greiser, President of the Senate.
Oath to A. Hitler also taken in Danzig by members of the National Socialist Party, SA and SS; Catholic meeting to celebrate the establishment of the Catholic Youth; President A. Greiser's appeal to Danzig people to vote on the question of the Centre Party's (Zentrum) petition; "Warsaw Kurrier" on Danzig elections: Danzig status might be endangered by a victory of the National Socialists; talks between S. Lester and Senator Huth in charge of Public Works and Economics in the Senate on the Centre Party's denunciations, (Huth was candidate for the Senate presidency when H. Rauschning left); Huth's supporters included Linksmeyer (German Leader of the SA) and von Wnuck (President of the Volkstag); two warnings given to the Social Democrat newspaper "Volkstimme" by the Police President further to articles on the Harbour workers' conditions and on separatism.