PRESS IN DANZIG

ANTI-POLISH BAN NEW PEASANT LEADER M. WITOS BACK FROM EXILE (Received May 21, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, May 20 The sole Polish newspaper in Danzig, the Gazeta Gdanski, says a message from the Free City, has been banned for three months and two leading Polish journals have been banned for five months. Polish religious processions have been forbidden. M. Wincenty Witos, who has been twice Prime Minister of Poland, recently returned from 10 years' selfimposed exile in order to uphold in the present crisis the Government he has long opposed, says a message from Warsaw. He has now been re-elected leader of the Peasant Party, which numbers 8,000.000. In the course of a speech, he said: "We stand united in defence of our independence." BURNED BY GERMANS POLISH CUSTOMS HOUSE SHOTS FIRED AT CROWD (Received May 22, 12.45 a.m.) DANZIG, May 21 A German crowd, including many men in uniform, set fire to and destroyed a Polish customs house on the East Prussian frontier. The occupants fled from the district when the police stated that their safety could not be guaranteed. Later the crowd attacked a member of the staff of the Polish ConsulGeneral who arrived by car to inspect the damage. The police declined to give him protection, whereupon the chauffeur fired on and drove away the attackers, wounding one.