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Court is not concerned. But is does not in the least follow that
because it may perhaps be difficult to determine the exact territorial
limits of the port, Poland\'s right in this respect should be limited
to communications with the Polish authorities and offices in Danzig
territory.
In the absence of special provision to the contrary, the post,
telegraph and telephone communication must be taken to be
intended for the use of the public in the ordinary way.
Article 168, No. 1, of the Warsaw Agreement contains certain
stipulations from which it may be inferred that distribution of postal
matter outside the post office and especially the use of the service
by the public are not excluded. This article prescribes that the postal
administrations of the two Parties are to conclude, as soon as possible, special arrangements concerning certain matters enumerated
therein. Among these are :
\"(b) The fetching away ( Abizolung) from the Polish post and
telegraph offices in the port, by addressees dwelling outside the
port, of postal matter and telegrams despatched from Poland ;
<<(c) The distribution (Bestellung) to Polish authorities or
offices outside the port of postal matter and telegrams despatched from Poland.\"
The provision under (c) shows that it is within the competence of the Polish postal service to establish a distribution service within the limits of the port. If in the said provision the distribution to Polish authorities outside the port has been contemplated,
whilst nothing is said as regards distribution to such authorities
within the port, it seems quite clear that in the view of the Parties
the right to establish a distribution service within the limits of
the port is within the competence of the Polish postal service.
The difference in the wording of (b) and (c) further shows that
the word \"add-ressees\" in (b) refers to the public in general, and not
merely to Polish authorities and offices, as in (c). It was evidently
contemplated that a special privilege should be extended to Polish
authorities and offices, outside the port, in that letters and telegrams addressed to them could be delivered at their addresses, while
private addressees living outside the port had to cal1 at the post
office for their letters and telegrams.