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On S. Lester's appointment and duties as High Commissioner; on the status of Danzig: Free City under the protection of the League of Nations, separated from the rest of the Reich, though its population was overwhelmingly German, the harbour was under the authority of both Danzig and the Poles, the Poles took the precaution of building a new wholly Polish port, at the head of the corridor; tensions between the two peoples because of disputes concerning the alleged smuggling of German goods through Danzig to Poland; the Polish minority in Danzig complained of unfair discrimination and of attacks upon their persons and property; Nazis' victory at the Danzig elections; construction by the Poles of a new railway from Upper Silesia to the Baltic, which avoided Danzig and assured the economic freedom of the country.

Extract from "The Times", article written by S. Lester.

Extract from the "Independent" on the dissolution of the Volkstag: since the result of the Saar plebiscite, Nazis's agitation increased in Danzig, by the use of the majority they obtained at the last election of the Volkstag, Nazis forced a dissolution of the Volkstag, in the hope a new election would give them nearly all of the seats; their main objective was to make Danzig to return to Germany.

Extract from the "New York Herald Tribune" on the Danzig elections.

On Danzig elections and the Nazis' failure to reach their goal of two-thirds majority in the Free City.

Extract from "The Times" on A. Greiser's remarks made at an election meeting in support of the National-Socialist Party.

Extract from the "Irish Independent" on the League of Nations Council's support to S. Lester following A. Greiser's speech, differences of opinion between S. Lester and A. Greiser, and S. Lester's report on his dispute with the Danzig Senate.

Extract from the "Irish Times".

Extract from the "Daily Telegraph" on the Danzig financial and economic crisis.