This case concerned the protection accorded by the German consulate at Casablanca to six deserters of the French Foreign Legion, three of whom were German, during the occupation of that town by the French military forces in On September 25, , while the six deserters were being conducted to a German vessel at the port of Casablanca under the protection of German consular agents, the French military forcibly arrested the deserters despite the objections of the German agents.
A dispute arose between Germany and France resulting from these events, which the Parties agreed to submit to arbitration. The Arbitral Tribunal was charged with resolving questions of fact and law surrounding the events of September 25, The Tribunal ruled that the actions of the German consulate shall have been respected although the French military forces had jurisdiction in this case. The Tribunal found that there were no grounds under the submission agreement for the restoration of the prisoners.
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France: Mr. Albrecht Lentze.
