Dealing with the question of arrests on verbal instructions received from Consuls-General, Counsel said he would call very reliable evidence to show that in these cases tha police really acted only as agents, and frequently received requests from different Consulates to arrest or detain wrong-doers and for the purpose, as in this case, that these wrongdoers might be dealt with privately. Such requests had been carried out and no complaints received. Counsel said he could not emphasize to? strongly that in such cases the police were agents for the Consulates. It was not for the police hold an inqwry a8 to whethe> these instructions could be carried out in accordance with the law of the particular nation concerned. It was not to be expected that they should, before assistance was given, study a text book to see if it could be rightly given. The question was an important one in an Inte:- national community. If a ruling were given against the Council, it would mean that in future they would not dare to take such action involving, as it might do, another case of this nature.
On the question of damages, counsel contended that plaintiff had suffered no damage whatever, directly or indirectly. As to damage to reputation, plaintiff had no kind
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