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These
various
factors
could
justify
even
a
somewhat
restrictive
interpretation
of
the
Convention
but
,
without
going
as
far
as
that
,
they
must
be
said
,
unquestionably
,
not
only
to
justify
,
but
positively
to
demand
,
a
cautious
and
conservative
interpretation
,
particularly
as
regards
any
provisions
the
meaning
of
which
may
be
uncertain
,
and
where
extensive
constructions
might
have
the
effect
of
imposing
upon
the
contracting
States
obligations
they
had
not
really
meant
to
assume
,
or
would
not
have
understood
themselves
to
be
assuming
.
(
In
this
connexion
the
passage
quoted
in
the
footnote
below[24
]
from
the
oral
argument
of
Counsel
for
the
United
Kingdom
before
the
Commission
should
be
carefully
noted
.
)
Any
serious
doubt
must
therefore
be
resolved
in
favour
of
,
rather
than
against
,
the
government
concerned
,
-
and
if
it
were
true
,
as
the
Judgment
of
the
Court
seeks
to
suggest
,
that
there
is
no
serious
doubt
in
the
present
case
,
then
one
must
wonder
what
it
is
the
participants
have
been
arguing
about
over
approximately
the
last
five
years
!
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