The Hague Court of Arbitration decided on Friday week that
the British Government was not required to restore Savarkar to the French Republic. There was nothing in the arrest or delivery of Savarkar to violate the sovereignty of France ; all who took part in the matter acted in good faith and bad no thought of doing anything unlawful; and in view of the fact that the conduct of the brigadier was not disclaimed by his superiors before the vessel left Marseille% the British police might naturally have believed that he had acted in accordance with his instructions or that his conduct had been approved. There is no obligation on the Power "which has in its custody a prisoner to restore him because , of a mistake committed by the foreign agent who delivered ; him up to -that Power." The award has provoked a curious explosion of animosity in the Berlin Post, in which stress is laid on the subservience of France to Britain. The decision has shown the utility of the Court for deciding minor international differences.
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