A. Greiser in bad odour in Berlin according to the rumours, he was a man of no initiative, A. Greiser's projected removal, Huth mentioned as his successor, but he was of less personal significance than A. Greiser; parody of the French popular song "Tout va très bien Madame la Marquise" in which J. Avenol replied to anxious enquiries about the League of Nations.
Possible Danzig settlement; A. Greiser's possible resignation; High Commissioner as element in bargaining; S. Lester's interesting notes on Danzig events for talks with J. Avenol and members of the Council; S. Lester's contretemps to the first visit of the Italian Consul General, Count Ponzone; S. Lester's appointment with Noel, French Ambassador in Warsaw, one of the finest French diplomats; S. Lester's awareness of his responsibilities and the fact he was sitting at "the most dangerous point" in the European situation, as Noel noticed it.
Question of the conformity of the Senate's decrees with the Danzig Constitution; A. Greiser's declarations that he would go no more to Geneva to discuss Danzig internal affairs; impossible to know what A. Greiser's intentions were; strained relations between the Danzig Senate and the League of Nations Council.
Regarding education on politics in Danzig schools.
Attack on Wiese, leader of an Opposition Party; two meetings (Social Democratic Party and Catholic boys) broken up by SA men; order obliging proprietors of restaurants, rooms, etc. to report on all meetings taking place except National Socialists ones; imprisonment sentences for having insulted A. Hitler, Temp, the Commissioner of the Zoppot town, A. Greiser, etc.
Decree from the Senate prohibiting the publication of the "Volkstimme", Socialist newspaper, for six months; petition presented by Prost and Werber not merely against the suppression of the paper, but also the validity of the law of June 1933; A. Greiser's speech saying he will muzzle the opposition press; three incidents of recent times affecting the existence of the opposition Parties: the press organs of two of them prohibited and the Communist Party abolished; President H. Rauschning informed S. Lester the suppression of the newspaper was not definitive; H. Rauschning willing to open negotiations with the Socialists; S. Lester's impression was that the suppression of the newspaper was unjustified according to the Constitution.
S. Lester's report to the League of Nations Council further to the incident of the German cruiser; A. Forster's article demanding a revision of the League of Nations' relations with the Free City; German cruiser incident placed on the Agenda of the League of Nations Council; S. Lester at Geneva to participate in the Council's meeting; difficult relationships between Danzig and the League of Nations after President A. Greiser's speech; talks with K. Papée, Count Lubienski, Chef de Cabinet of Colonel Beck and J. Beck; S. Lester's view and Polish responsibilities.
Streiter, President's aide-de-camp, informed S. Lester of the situation: the action taken by S. Lester vis-à-vis the Senate probably stopped the application of the policy outlined in the ultimatum presented to H. Rauschning by A. Greiser on behalf of the Party; H. Rauschning's position had worsened, A. Greiser predicted as H. Rauschning's successor.
A. Greiser on the difficulties encountered by S. Lester at his post, but S. Lester replied the difficulties were not his own concern but the Senate's ones; talk between K. Papée and A. Forster; A. Forster on local politics; possible extension of S. Lester's appointment.