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"(a) 1s the Polish postal service at the port of Danzig restricted to operations which can be performed entirely within its premises in the Heveliusplatz, or is it entitled to set up letter-boxes and collect and deliver postal matteroutside those prernises ?

"(b) 1s the use of the said service confined to Polish authorities and officials, or can it be used by the public ?"
The Court has to consider, at the outset, the scope of the first question. It should be observed that this question is couched in general terms, without any specific reference to points (a) and (b) of the second question.
In a letter to the High Commissioner, dated January 21st, 1925, Poland maintained that the Polish postal service extended over the territory delimited by the red line on the plan annexed to the decision of the High Commissioner of August 15th, 1921, and asked the High Commissioner to decide accordingly. The decision of February 2nd, 1925, was to the effect that the Polish postal operations were limited to the one building at Heveliusplatz assigned to her for the purpose, thus rendering a decision on the delimitation of the port unnecessary. One of the grounds of Poland's appeal (February 15th, 1925) against this decision was that the High Commissioner had fai!ed to give a definition of the port, as requested by Poland. Danzig, in her reply to the Polish appeal, under date of March and, 1925, contested Poland's claim in regard to the definition of the port from the point of view of the Polish postal service.

As regards the limits of the port, no question of res judicata arises. Though Poland contends that the port of Danzig should be
delimited for postal purposes in accordance with the red line mentioned in the High Commissioner's decision of August 15th, 1921,
she does not argue that the said decision, the definitive character of which is not disputed by either Govemment, has defined the
limits of the port from the point of view of the Polish postal service as established under the Paris Convention. The fact that Poland
envisages the possibility of an extension of the limits of the port for postal purposes beyond the red line is another proof that, in her
opinion, that line has not been fixed by a definitive decision as to the boundary of the port. The Senate of Danzig on their side