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inform it whether they desired to furnish information either verbally or in writing, whereupon the representatives of these Parties
each filed with the Registry on April 10th-the date prescribed-a
Menlorandum with annexes.
On the other hand, the Court, not having on April15th, the timelimit fixed, received any request to the effect that it should hold
a public hearing for the submission of oralstatements by the interested Parties in regard to the whole question before it, decided that
there should be no hearing for this purpose. Permission was, however,
gis~en for each of the interested Parties to file a second writtendocument. Availing themselves of this permission, they each filed
with the Registry on April~ph, the date fixed, a note with annexed
documents. Subsequently, replies to these notes were submitted
with the consent of the Court ; on May 4th the Court was thus in
possession of al1 the documents in the case.
In addition to the documents submitted by the interested Parties,
the Court has had before it a dossier, with additional documents 1
sent by the Secretary-General of the League of Nations and also
certain iurther documents and information which the SecretaryGeneral was good enough to furnish at the request of the Court.
Before giving the opinion for which it has been asked on the
questions formulated by the Council, the Court must in the first
place trace the origin of the divergence of views which has led to this
request for an opinion.
The Peace Treaty signed at Versailles on June 28th, 1919 (Articles IOO to 108) constituted the City of Danzig with its territory
as a Free City under the protection of the League of Nations, and
placed its constitution under the League\'s guarantee. A High Commissioner of the League of Nations, residing at Danzig, wasentrusted
with the duty of dealing in the first instance with al1 differences
arising between Poland and the Free City, in regard to the Treaty
of Versailles itself or any arrangements or agreements made thereunder.