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the High Commissioner's decision, should the question be referred to him."

While the request which ultimately gave rise to the decision of May 25^th, 1922, was still under consideration by the High Commissioner, a discussion began between the parties regarding the scope of Article 168 of the Warsaw Agreement. The discussion, which was at first conducted verbally, was carried on by correspondence after May 23^rd, 1922, the date on which the Polish postal administration sent to the Danzig Administration a memorandum on the points in dispute ( this memorandum, however, has not been communicated to the Court). From Danzig's reply, dated June 2^nd, 1922, it appears that the right which Poland claimed under the article in question were in a large measure disputed by the Free City.

On October 6^th, the Polish Administration requested the Danzig Administration to reconsider its opinion of June 2^nd, in the light of the decision of May 25^th as interpreted on August 30^th, On November 21^st Danzig replied that the decision in question had not affected the situation and that negotiations might profitably be continued on the basis of the notes of May 23^rd and June 2^nd.

This view was not accepted by Poland. The Polish Administration in a note dated December 9^th, 1922, argued that in its opinion, it was to be deduced from the decision of May 25^th as interpreted on August 30^th that the sphere of activity of the Polish service should be not merely, but the whole city of Danzig regarded as an administrative unit.

Such was the situation when the High Commissioner, on December 23^rd, 1922, delivered decision denying Poland the right to have a letter-sorting office at the main railway station in Danzig.

With reference to this decision, the Danzig Administration replied on December 29^th, 1922, that they were perfectly prepared to continue negotiations on the subject of Article 168, but that, for the purposes of these negotiations, regard must also be had to the decision of December 23^rd, The Polish Administration of January 10^th, 1023, expressed the contrary opinion.

The Senate of the Free City had already on January 4^th, 1923, made application the High Commissioner for a decision

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