HC Deb 10 April 1935 vol 300 cc1127-8
5. Brigadier-General SPEARS

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any statement to make on the conditions under which the elec- tions for the Danzig Diet were held; and whether, as the suppression of opposition newspapers and propaganda by the Nazis are incompatible with the democratic constitution of the city, he will bring the matter before the Council of the League of Nations?

Mr. BALDWIN

No, Sir. It is for the League High Commissioner at Danzig in the first instance to draw, if necessary, the attention of the Council of the League to the conditions under which the recent elections for the Danzig Diet were held.

Brigadier-General SPEARS

Will the High Commissioner have the opportunity of doing so at the next council meeting?

Mr. BALDWIN

As the hon. and gallant Member knows, I am not extraordinarily familiar with the procedure, but I should imagine so. It is his duty to make any report he thinks fit.