Germany is required to cede to Poland nearly all the
provinces of Upper Silesia, Posen, and West Prussia, with a population approaching five millions. In the Polish districts of East Prussia an Allied Commission will replace the German authori- ties, and will then ask the inhabitants to vote by secret ballot on the question whether they will be Polish or German subjects. The frontier district round Memel, which is Lithuanian, will be ceded to the Allies in trust for the future Lithuanian State. Danzig is to be a free city, under the guarantee of the League. But it will be within the Polish Customs frontier, it will be represented abroad by Poland, and its maul railways, dodo, waterways, posts, and telegraphs will be under Polish control. With a little goodwill and energy, the Poles may easily regain their historic position inside the " free city " and keep the Germans under control.
