FOREIGN MINISTER'S TEMPERATE SPEECH.

REASONED ARGUMENT Prepared To Negotiate Problems. INTENTIONS OF GERMANY. United Tress Association. —Copyright. (Keccivod 10 «.m I LONDON', May fho Polish Foreign .M!11j-(< r, < *fi lf> ti«'! .Inset' Ficck, in a s|k11 In Iho Lower 111 mis* 1 in Warsaw to-day. replied In I lie speech recently made II y II err 11 i I let - when the latter outlined Germany's claims agnitisl Poland, which include the return of Danzig and a motor road across (he I'olish Corridor. Colonel Reek, who was loudly cheered jit intervals, spoke slowly and ipiietly throughout, and only once banged his desk when ho declared that Poland refused to ho shut out from the Baltic, at which there was frantic cheering, and cries of "Long live tho Polish Baltic."

Deputies cheered at the mention of tlie British-Polish nnrl Franco-Polish agreements. Colonel Keek's speech was liis maiden speech in I'arliainent. "Kvcn for a man of the simplest reasoning," he declared, "it is clear that w hat was decisive was neither the character, purpose nor scope of the agreement between Poland and Britain, iiiit, the mere faet that an agreement was concluded. This is important for an appreciation of the intentions of Germany's policy. "In order to reach a proper estimate of the situation we should first ask' What is the real aim of it all?" Situation of Danzig. Turning to Danzig, he declared that the Free City was not invented by the Versailles Treaty, but had existed for centuries, because of a positive cleavage between Polish and Gcrtnan interests. German merchants assured the city's prosperity and development, thanks to Polish overseas trade. 'I he city'#' very raison d'etre was the decisive fact that it was situated at the mouth of Poland s only groat river, and now it lay on the main railway connecting Poland with the Baltic. "It is the truth," said Colonel Beck, "that no new formulas can change the population of Danzig to day. It is piedominantly German, but its livelihood and prosperity depend on Poland reconomic potentialities. We stand liunl\ by tho rights and interests of our overseas trado and maritime policy in Danzig. "Seeking reasonable and conciliatory solutions, we nave purposely not en dcavoured to exert any influence on the free, national, ideological and cultural development of Danzig a German majority, but when, after repeated statements from German statesmen that tho city would not bo the object of » Pulo-<ierman cont'.ict, I hear a demand for the annexation of Danzig by tho Reich; when Ido not get a reply to our proposals of M_rch 2S loi a common guarantee oi tho existence and the rights of the .rce rity: when I learn -hat this is regarded as a refusal to negotiate —I have to ask myself, 'What is the real aim of it all? "Is it freedom of ilia (Sotman population —which is not mei.iced —or a question of prestige? 's it a question of barring Poland from lie I'altie, from which Poland will not let herself be barred? "Pomerania," Not 'Corridor " "The same consideration concern* communication acros» our province <>1 Pomerania. I insist on the term 'province of Pomerania.' the word corridor' is an artificial invention, because it is ancient Polish land, wuh a significant percentage of Genial: colonists. "We have giver, the licit li full railway facilities. We have allowed Geimann tu travel without Customs or passport formalities tro r n the P>eich to East Prussia. We have suggested an extension of these faciT.tied to road transport. "Again the question arise", "What is the aim of it all?' We have no reason to obstruct the Germans in luiiiniunications with their eastern province, but on the contrary wo h.ive ".o ground whatever for restricting our sovereignty over our own teiritt ry. One-sided Concessiors "Germany still seems to U' demanding one-sided concessions ov< r Danzig, and comrnunicitions across Pomerania. A self-respecting nation does not make one-sided (tonccssions. Where is the reciprocity? It looks rathei vague in tho German proposals. "Herr Hitler mentioned a triple condominium for Slovakia I heard that suggestion for the first tine in Herr Hitler's speech. Allusions were merely made in the course of earlier convci>n-. tions that in tho event of a general agreement the problem of Slovakia could be discussed. We have not sought to pursue such conversation* because it is not our custom to make bargains ■with the interests of others. "Moreover, the extension or the nonaffgression pact to U."> year.-, was not proposed in any definite foim in the course of recent conversations although unofficial allusions were made by the Germans. "Herr Hitler proposed as a concession on his part the recognition cf the definite acceptance of the existing PoloGerman frontier. This .<oult< be a recognition of what is our ncperty indisputably, de jure and de facto, for which reason this proposal cr.ni'iot alter my point, that the German claims regarding Danzig's communications remain one-sided." Colonel Beck, appearing on the balcony in response to demonstrators, •aid: "The time has passed for diplomatie finesse. The whole country must be determined. We will do our best to interpret your thoughts and sentiments in our foreign policy."