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Danzig, The council's request

categorically deny that the decision of August 15th, 1921, has any bearing on the postal service. The Court entirely shares this view. That decision neither in its statement of reasons, nor in its operative portion, has any bearing on postal relations, and this is quite natural because the clauses of Article 104 of the Versailles Treaty have been carried out accordingto very different systems as regards railways on the one hand, and postal, telegraph and telephone communications on the other.
It is further to be observed that the red line has been drawn by the Harbour Board-and later on accepted by the High Commissionernot for the purpose of delimiting an area within which the Boardhas general powers, but for the purpose of indicating the area within which the railway lines with certain exceptions are to be considered principally to serve the port. The fact that a railway principally serves the port does not imply that it is situated in an area which, as a whole, is to be considered as belonging to the port. The decision of August 15th, 1921, leaves therefore the question as to the territorial limits of the port of Danzig for postal purposes entirely open

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The Court must now proceed to consider whether there is in forceany decision by General Haking which disposes of the points (a) and (b) in question 2 in the manner stated in paragraph 18 of the present High Commissioner's decision of February and, 1925, or in some other manner, and, if so, whether such decision prevents reconsideration by the High Commissioner or the Council of the League of Nations of al1 or any of the points at issue. The second part of this question need only be considered if the first part is answered in the affirmative.

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Article 103, paragraph 2, of the Treaty of Versailles provides that "the High Commissioner will also be entnisted with the duty of dealing in the first instance with al1 differences arising