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red line mentioned by the High Commissioner in his decision of
August 15th, 1921. As regards the decision of December 23rd, 1922,
Poland considered it as non-existent, having been replaced by the
Agreement of April~gth, 1923. Lastly, in Poland\'s view, Article 168
of the Warsaw Agreement c\'ontained solutions which were binding
on the Parties.
On January 5th the Polish postal service proceeded to set up
in the streets of Danzig a number of letter-boxes bearing Polish
inscriptions. The various diplomatic and other incidents which
may have followed this step are outside the scope of the Court\'s
jurisdiction.
On the following day, January 6th (sometimes the date January
7th is given), the Senate of the Free City submitted to the High
Commissioner a reasoned application for a decision to the following
effect : (1) that, by decisions having the force of res judicata, the
Polish postal service was strictly confined to the one office at
Heveliusplatz and, in particular, did not extend to the employment of letter-boxes and postmen outside this office ; (2) that this
service was restricted to the transport of the mails of the Polish
authorities in the territory of Danzig to or froin this office ; (3) that
the status quo ante January 5th, 1925, should be restored.
In his reasoned opinion on the application made by Danzig on
January 6th/7th, 1925, the Polish Commissioner-General requested
the High Commissioner to give a decision to the following effect :
(1) that Poland was entitled to inaugurate at Heveliusplatz
a complete postal service including the use of letterboxes and
postmen within the territorial sphere of action of that service;
(2) that the extent of this sphere of action was as indicated
on the plan annexed to the High Commissioner\'s decision of
August 15th, 1921.
It sliould be observed that the High Commissioner thus found
himself confronted with the question of the definition of the port
of Danzig, and; should he adopt a territorial definition, also with
that of the limits of the port from the standpoint of the postal
service. It should also he noted that, for the first time, he was
asked to give a decision regarding* the interpretation of Articles
149-151 of the Warsaw Agreement.
The High Commissioner, on February znd, 1925, gave a decision
which was in the main favourable to the contentions of Danzig.
The operative portion of the decision is as follows :