The proposition is broadly stated as derived from international law. that an American citizen resident abroad. having a commercial residence. can maintain the existing authority against any attack to overthrow it. That proposition I do not think to be sound. In Whartons Digest of International Law the general principle is enunciated in paragraph 202: There is no principle more distinctly and clearly settled in the law of nations than the rule that resident aliens not naturalized are not liable to perform military service. We have uniformly claimed and insisted upon it in our intercourse with foreign nations. This was Mr.
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