Speaker of the Polish-Ukrainian Confederation, Mr. Stanisław Małachowski, declared in his introduction that the issue introduced by the Foreign Affairs Committee in yesterday's session has not been concluded, and therefore, the spectators must go out before continuation.

Mr. Józef Zajączek, Representative from Podolia proposed that the spectators be present since today's topic is widely known to the public; this suggestion was met with unanimous consent.

Secretary of State for Poland-Ukraine, Mr. Jacek Małachowski, stated that, according to yesterday's instructions from the Houses of Congress, the Foreign Affairs Committee drafted a resolution to continue discussions with English and Dutch envoys.

After the reading of this draft by the Congress's secretary, various lengthy debates ensued. Some demanded that the Foreign Affairs Committee clearly inform the foreign ministers that the transfer of Gdańsk (Danzig) cannot be a precondition for further negotiations. Others argued for continuing the negotiations without a specific decision about Gdańsk, to explore potential benefits from both the Hanoverian treaty and the forthcoming political and commercial alliance.

After several hours of discussion without a resolution, Mr. Tomasz Wawrzecki, Representative from Brasław, proposed a recommendation for the Foreign Affairs Committee: "The Speakers of Congress and the confederacy of both nations, by the will and directive of the States of the Union, notify the Foreign Affairs Committee that in their conferences with English and Dutch envoys, they are to convey that, lacking any resolution from the States regarding the cession of Gdańsk, they are instructed to continue the initiated negotiations concerning political and commercial alliances." This recommendation was unanimously agreed upon.

The session was adjourned to Monday, April 4th, at 10 o'clock AM.

The intervention of Mr. Tomasz Wawrzecki, Representative from Brasław during the April 1st session could be summarized as follows:

After hearing numerous passionate opinions, we must now carefully examine the matter at hand. The Committee reports that England and the Netherlands wish to enter into a commercial treaty and subsequent alliance with us, but with the non-negotiable condition of ceding Gdańsk to the King of Prussia. We generally agree to allow the Committee to continue negotiations, the issue is whether to exclude Gdańsk from the conditions. Yesterday's indifference I found in a draft concerning the cession of Gdańsk raised my concern, and today, too, I am uneasy; but now the issue is different since the amendment in the Committee's draft explicitly to the detailed points and rules presented on February 26th reassures me and I believe it should reassure us all. As the Committee is neither empowered to agree on ceding Gdańsk nor explicitly prohibited from doing so. When I read further assurances of our uninterrupted protection for Gdańsk, I understand that we should not argue over words but agree on the Committee's draft. I would only ask the Committee to ensure our peace of mind by declaring to the courts of the ministers that the States have not yet made any resolution regarding the cession of Gdańsk, but only a recommendation to continue the started negotiations.

Topics: Sejm session; Stanisław Małachowski; Foreign Affairs Deputation; Józef Zajączek; Jacek Małachowski; Cession of Gdańsk; parliamentary disputes; Tomasz Wawrzecki; trade negotiations; Hanoverian treaty; federation; protection for Gdańsk;