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such causes must however be sought through and with the consent (where the liability is disputed, and the question of fact is to be tried) of the French Government.
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2. that where a vessel is not within the terms of the Convention and not national property, but merely chartered or subsidized by a Foreign Government for the Postal Service, she has no claim to any exemption whatever.
They further consider that the exemption from arrest in consequence of damages by collision is a privilege of so high a character that it should be conceded only on clear proof of the vessel being either the national property of, or subsidized or chartered for the postal service by the French Government, and not the mere leave or license of the French Government granted.