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The League of Nations Council unanimously appointed S. Lester as High Commissioner at Danzig for a period of three years from 15 January 1934; short biography on S. Lester.

Extract from the "Northern Whig": S. Lester's appointment as High Commissioner of Danzig; S. Lester's appointment sponsored by J. Simon, Britain's Foreign Secretary; Poland withdrew her opposition to S. Lester's election.

Friendly reception accorded to S. Lester when he took up his duties as High Commissioner in Danzig: S. Lester noticed that Poles, Germans and Danzigers thought that an Irishman would understand their respective points of view and defend their respective interests.

Streiter, taken into prison, charged with having disclosed official secrets: the famous five-pointed ultimatum delivered to H. Rauschning, but released because no official evidence; a similar case: Berent, one of the principal officials in the Education Department, was charged with high treason; Lochstadt case: a Minority Pole, whose rights were not respected, was also charged with high treason and released; "Arbeitsdienst" decree: every youth had to give a year's labour service, however it was against the Constitution to send him out of Danzig against his will, but the Danzig economic situation made it difficult to provide work for them all.

S. Lester's personal notes for his farewell speech: after five years, he was resigning his duty as the Irish Representative in Geneva, before undertaking new duties as the Representative of the League of Nations at Danzig.

Extract from the "Independent": farewell dinner given in honour of S. Lester at the International Club at Geneva, prior to his departure for Danzig, speeches of prominent figures in the international life of Geneva paid tribute to the outstanding qualities S. Lester displayed in his work with and for the League of Nations.

Extract from the "Journal de Genève": H. Rauschning's statement on the foreign policy of the National-Socialist Party; according to H. Rauschning, President of the Danzig Senate, the Nazi regime was not a threat for peace, at least in Danzig.

Extract from "The Times" on the report by John Simon, English Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the League of Nations Council regarding the suspension of two Danzig newspapers and the arrest of their editors on the ground they were endangering the security of the State by resorting to petitions; the right to petition must remain intact.