Following reply has been received today: We are
sincerely grateful to the French Government for offering
eventual support. In the actual circumstances, however, _we do
not propose to appeal to the guarantee of the powers_. Belgian
Government will decide later on the action which they may
think it necessary to take.
In short, Belgium says in the foregoing notice to France, that she does
not propose to appeal to the guarantee of the powers.
Was Germany justified in disregarding any previous treaty which related
to Belgium if her interests required her so to do?
_United States Supreme Court:_ In its unanimous opinion in the Chinese
exclusion cases, reported on Pages 581 to 611 of Vol. 130 of United
States Reports, the Supreme Court of the United States had this very
question before it. A treaty had been entered into by the United States
and China, allowing Chinese subjects the right to visit and reside in
the United States and to there enjoy the same privileges that are
enjoyed by citizens of the United States. After that treaty an act of
Congress was passed in violation of the treaty, providing it to be
unlawful thereafter for Chinese laborers to enter the United States.
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