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"Under the terms of Article 104, paragraph 4, of the Treaty
of Versailles, signed June 28th, 1919, Articles 29 to 32 (inclusive) of the Treaty of Paris between Poland and the Free City
of Danzig, signed November gth, 1920, and Articles 149 to
168 (inclusive) and Article 240 of the Agreement of Warsaw
between Poland and the Free City of Danzig, signed October
24th, 1921, Poland is entitled "to establish in the Port of
Danzig a post, telegraph and telephone service communicating
directly with Poland" (Article 29 of the Treaty of Paris).
"For the purpose of the above service Poland possesses
postal premises in the Heveliusplatz at Danzig.
"On January 5th, 1925, in exercise of rights which she claims
to derive from the above-mentioned international agreements,
Poland set up letter-boxes at various points outside the Heveliusplatz premises. These boxes were intended to receive postal
matter to be sent to Poland via the Polish postal service.
The matter thus posted was to be collected and brought to the
Heveliusplatz premises by postmen belonging to that service.
Poland also claimed to be entitled to deliver outside the
Heveliusplatz premises postal matter brought from Poland
by the Polish postal service. The Free City of Danzig thereupon
asked 1 the High Commissioner to give a decision, in virtue of :
Article 39 of the Treaty of Paris, to the effect that the rights
thus claimed by Poland were excluded by a decision or deciGeneral Haking, which the Free City considered to preclude
sions given by the High Commissioner's predecessor in office, 1
the Polish service from collecting or delivering postal matter
outside the Heveliusplatz premises and to confine the use
of the service to Polish authorities and officials and exclude
its use by the public.
"The present High Commissioner's decision of February
2nd) 1925, declares (paragraph 6) that the dispute, "stripped
of al1 its technicalities, is whether the working area of the
Polish postal service extends beyond the buildings allotted
to that service".