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.
Personal notes on the opportunity for the small States to take part, for the first time, in the settlement of world affairs.
Personal notes.
S. Lester requested holidays at home, since he spent about four years at his post in Geneva without going back to Ireland on holidays.
The Minister agreed that officers in charge abroad should be called home for consultation once every three years, S. Lester spent four years and a half in Geneva without being recalled.
S. Lester requested regular home leave for Staff.
On de Valera's address to the 13th annual meeting of the League of Nations Assembly in Geneva and speeches of Edouard Herriot and Robert Cecil.
S. Lester complained that the Geneva representative's allowances were more than 100 per cent less than his colleagues' allowances in other places: Rome, Paris, Berlin, etc.
Peace agreement between all nations proposed by a 72 years old Canadian man to try to prevent wars: all countries would agree not to declare war on any pretext or cause and to leave all disputes to the League of Nations for settlement, etc.