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within its premises in the Heveliusplatz, or its entitled to set up letter-boxes and collect and deliver postal matter outside those premises?
.        (b) Is the use of the said service confined to Polish authorities and officials, or can it be used by the public?

The Secretary-General is authorized to submit this application to the Court, together with all the documents relating to the question; to explain to the Court the action the Council has taken in the matter: to give all the necessary assistance for the examination of the ease, if necessary, to take steps to be represented before the Court."

In pursuance of this Resolution, the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, on March 14^th, 1925, submitted to the Court a Request for an Advisory Opinion in the following terms:

"The Secretary-General of the League of Nations, in pursuance of the Council Resolution of March 13^th 1925, and in virtue of the authorization given by the Council,
Has the honour to submit to the Permanent Court of International Justice an application requesting the Court, in accordance with Article 14 of the Covenant, to give an advisory opinion to the Council on the questions which are referred to the Court by the Resolution of March 13^th, 1925 (see attached text).
The Secretary-General will be prepared to furnish any assistance which the Court may require in the examination of this matter, and will, If necessary, arrange to be represented before the Court."

In conformity with Article 73 of the Rules of Court, the Request was communicated by the Registry to the Members of the League of Nations, through the Secretary-General of the League, and to the states mentioned in the Annex to the Covenant. It was also communicated to the Senate of the Free City of Danzig as being likely to be able to furnish information on the questions before the Court.

The Council of the League of Nations having requested the Court to deal with these questions at an extraordinary session, in order to enable the Council to consider the Court's opinion at its own session in June, the President of the Court decided, by virtue of the powers conferred upon him by Article 23 of the Court's Statute, to summon an extraordinary session of the Court beginning on April 14^th, 1925.

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