S. Lester appointed High Commissioner at Danzig by the Council of the League of Nations; Poles' protest against his election; S. Lester supported by J. Simon, leader of the British delegation at Geneva.
Extract from the "Evening Herald": S. Lester appointed High Commissioner of Danzig by the Council of the League of Nations; Poles' protest against his election; S. Lester supported by J. Simon, leader of the British delegation at Geneva.
About the guard detachment for the Polish war material depot: appeal from the Free City of Danzig regarding the reinforcement of the Polish guards at the Westerplatte; on J. Simon's report regarding the harbour police; and on the death of Thomas S. Adams, Professor at the Yale University and American member of the Fiscal Committee.
S. Lester's letter of thanks for a publication on Danzig and the German-Polish problem entitled "Dantzig et quelques aspects du problème germano-polonais", published in 1932 by the Carnegie Foundation; letters dated 24th November and 2nd December from S. Lester resquesting the Carnegie Foundation an English translation of the publication on Danzig; letter dated 28th November from the Secretary-General of the Carnegie Foundation explaining that it only existed an article in English from van Hamel published in the "bulletin de la Conciliation Internationale américaine, no.288".
On S. Lester's fulfilment of his future task at Danzig.
Short biography on S. Lester in view of his appointment as High Commissioner at Danzig.
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.
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.
F. Walters referred to S. Lester's formal letter of resignation, F. Walters worked on the draft report on the Danzig Constitution and asked S. Lester to remind him of the suggestion he made on this subject.
Letter regarding "Irish Times" article with references to S. Lester.