before the International Court of Justice

[pars]

Hi! What is the exact meaning of the sentence in bold? It is about a political dispute which was to be sent to international Court of Justice.
We reluctant to see introduction of new pointsin this agreement at this stage unless they are absolutely necessary. In this connection, we hope British could agree to drop phrase at end of second paragraph of Preamble which reads as follows: “The preliminary issue of jurisdiction in which was before the International Court of Justice in June,1952.”
Thanks very much.

 

[GoesStation]

You have been asked more than once to sort out the spacing when you cut and paste.

Pars, there are spaces missing in these strings: "thisconnection", "ofjurisdiction", "secondparagraph", "June,1952".

[EDIT] Finding any remaining missing spaces is left as an exercise for the reader.

 

[pars]

You have been asked more than once to sort out the spacing when you cut and paste.

Hi! excuse me, please! When I post my questions, all things are right, but after that nothing is correct. I do not know its reasons. After saving the post, I checked all words and nothing went wrong. But now, !!!. I edit them. I beg your pardon. I am not reckless. Be sure about this.

 

[Rover_KE]

You missed pointsin.

Now that you know this happens, you will have to proofread your text after posting and edit it accordingly.

 

[GoesStation]

A bug in the forum's editor removes some space characters from text which you paste from your clipboard. You have to proofread every post which you paste in from another source.

This is not your fault, but once you are aware of the problem, you should take the extra time to make sure your posts are correct.

 

[andrewg927]

Since others have extensively pointed out your sins, I will take no part in dehumanizing you any further. However, not through your fault of course, the paragraph is badly written. It misses critical articles, verbs among other things. Can you tell us what is the source of this paragraph?

 

[pars]

Since others have extensively pointed out your sins, I will take no part in dehumanizing you any further. However, not through your fault of course, the paragraph is badly written. It misses critical articles, verbs among other things. Can you tell us what is the source of this paragraph?

Hi! It is an excerpt from a political telegram sent by the US department of state to the embassy of this country in ran in 1953. It deals with a lawsuit between Iran ad England on an oil dispute.

 

[Rover_KE]

If you had told us it was from a telegram in post #1, that would have made it clear why many small words had been omitted.

 

[emsr2d2]

The wording of telegrams (which, except in very specific circumstances, are no longer used) does not follow standard grammatical rules. Telegrams shouldn't be used to learn English.

My favourite example of a telegram exchange from decades ago:

(From a journalist to Cary Grant's agent/manager): How old Cary Grant?
(Response from agent/manager): Old Cary Grant fine. How you?

 

[pars]

If you had told us it was from a telegram in post #1, that would have made it clear why many small words had been omitted.

Hi! Although there were a lot o comments, but none of them are appropriate answer. I should ask it again.

 

[emsr2d2]

Well, I can't work out what it was supposed to mean.

"The preliminary issue of jurisdiction in which was before the International Court of Justice in June,1952" doesn't make sense. I can't come up with any missing words that make it comprehensible. Are you sure the original contains "in which was"?

 

[Tdol]

I think this would be about whether a particular court was the right forum and had the authority to hear the case. I think in should be removed from before which.(Not a lawyer)

 

[Tdol]

Hi! excuse me, please! When I post my questions, all things are right, but after that nothing is correct. I do not know its reasons. After saving the post, I checked all words and nothing went wrong. But now, !!!. I edit them. I beg your pardon. I am not reckless. Be sure about this.

When you paste, try right-clicking and choosing Paste as plain text. That normally removes errors from different formats.

 

[andrewg927]

Hi! Although there were a lot o comments, but none of them are appropriate answer. I should ask it again.

I think what you need is someone who works in international law. We can't possibly answer this question adequately without that kind of knowledge.

 

[pars]

Well, I can't work out what it was supposed to mean.

"The preliminary issue of jurisdiction in which was before the International Court of Justice in June,1952" doesn't make sense. I can't come up with any missing words that make it comprehensible. Are you sure the original contains "in which was"?

Hi! Yes, of course, I am sure.

 

[emsr2d2]

Well, then even if some small words were omitted, as they usually are in telegrams, I can't make sense of it.

 

[GoesStation]

Hi! Yes, [STRIKE]of course,[/STRIKE] I am sure.

See above. "Of course" emphasizes your statement in a way that suggests your interlocutor has ignored something obvious. A neutral way to emphasize it would be ​Yes, I'm positive.

 

[Tdol]

Well, then even if some small words were omitted, as they usually are in telegrams, I can't make sense of it.

This seems to be a case of a small word added. Given that many of these old texts are transcribed or scanned by machines, it shouldn't be a great surprise that they are not 100% accurate.