Treaties — Interpretation of — Principles of — Attitude of Parties expressed subsequent to conclusion of Treaty — Relevance — Convention on the Settlement of Matters Arising out of the War and Occupation, between Allied Powers and German Federal Republic, October 23, 1954.

Occupation of enemy territory — Judicial functions of Occupant — Person convicted of war crime by Tribunal of Occupant — Escape before expiration of sentence — Whether courts of formerly occupied country entitled to initiate fresh trial of criminal for same offence under own municipal law — Interpretation of Bonn Convention on the Settlement of Matters Arising out of the War and Occupation of Germany, 1954.