Geneva and Danzig The League of Nations Council has reason
to be satisfied with the results achieved in its dispute with the Danzig Senate. Herr Greiser, President of the 8enite, who favoured the Council with a Hitler salute, at first challenged both the Council's grounds fOr coMplaint and the validity of the Permanent Court's judicial decisions. But finally he promised to put into effect the recommendations made by the Council in a previous session and to amend the decree laws declared unconsti- tutional by the Permanent Court. If this promise is kept, the Danzig Senate must rescind the decreeS which protect National Socialists against' the law, amend the penal code which allows it to imprison persons for offence; which are not illegal, and authorise appeals to a judicial court against the suppression of newspapers. These measures Will be some guarantee for the liberties of the anti-Nazi minority in Danzig, and a mark of the League's authority. The admirable unanimity with which the Council gave its approval to Mr. Eden's severe report did much to modify Herr Greiser's originally defiant attitude. Of equal effect was the co-operation given to the Foreign Secretary by Colonel Beck on behalf or Poland. The real question is whether Berlin will leave Danzig to manage its own affairs. If it does the tension will be. at once relaxed.
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