McDonald further states: 17. I feel bound to conclude this letter on a personal note. Prior to my appointment as high commissioner for refugees coming from Germany. and in particular during the 14 years following the war. I gave In my former office frequent and tangible proof of my concern that justice be done to the German people. but. convinced as I am that desperate suffering in the countries adjacent to Germany and an even more terrible human calamity within the German frontiers are inevitable unless tendencies in the Reich are checked or reversed. I cannot remain silent. I am convinced that is the duty of the high commissioner for German refugees. In tendering his resignation. to express an opinion on the essential elements of the task with which the Council of the League entrusted him. When domestic policies threaten the demoralization and exile of hundreds of thousands of human beings. considerations of diplomatic correctness must yield to those of common humanity.
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