Show STATUS Ot AI1KNS IN TIME OP KAli I A great many people ore asking na to the status of those aliens In the I United States with whose country ware w-are at war It Is I largely a subject or regulation but still Is controlled In It main features by the Intenmtloi common law It has been so long since this countr engaged In active hostl ties with any cither that the subject like many others III rent day has hud ti be looked up somewhat Il Involves the concomitant question or how our citizens would be entitled to be treated when finding themsel within Me Jurisdiction of a hostile power The rule In ouch came md and provided pro-vided Is I that cry citizen or II oun tr > Is I at war with every citizen ot I he country or countries lit war with Ills own The doctrine Is I several hundred Years old and Is price tically obsolete among civilized I powers that IJ while It remains a theoretical factor In legal I Jurisprudence no civilized nation oC late years has put it Into actual prac ties as a general thing The rule strictly enforced would make every 1 subject of an enemy Within II nations borders at the time of the breaking out of hot till in a prisoner of war of such nation and his property would < 1 be subject sub-ject to confiscation There has been but one conspicuous Instance of the enforcement of this semlbarbaroui doctrine during the present century this was when the rupture occurred between England na1 1 Franco after the treaty of pence of Amlrni In 1802 when Napoleon ordered the arrest of all Englishmen between the ages of sixteen and sixty I found In till domain do-main tn be held ns hostages for Frenchmen who might be captured on his vessels after war had been declared de-clared and they had not heard of It The modern practice Is I to allow tho enemjs subjects to remain undisturbed undis-turbed so long as their conduct is I unobjectionable un-objectionable and subject to expulsion nt any time after reasonable notice Upon Up-on a breach of the terms being made or If they from some other cause become be-come objectionable or a source of peril Their property Is I also exempt from seizure or Injury I during such time It Is quite well remembered by those I who were old enough at the limo and kept posted that large numbers of Germans remained In France during the trying period of 1S7071 and were not molested In the least by tho French authorities or people in many cases this was largely I due to the untiring efforts ot the American minister IIlhu II Washburn who stayed at his post throughout the war and by his determination anti daring aucceedd having the modern as against the mediaeval doctrine upheld It Is I Also fair to say that he was ably assisted In his humane efforts by the French authorities au-thorities and due tn them to mid that no German sldlng In France nor the property of any such was even threatened threat-ened or menaced l hy Ihm although on Rome ocenolons the populace were hard to resimin I and were not without con = slderable Justification for ilbreak at such thilem II Is shown to be a fact that to distinguished Americans of n century ago dots the credit belong ot breaking down the strict find cruel Interpretation of oldtime practices regarding re-garding the matter spoken of or course the alien ho remain In II urjtry which Is I at war with their own are subjected to greater restrictions than In time of peace No matter how great their commerce with their own country > It must be broken off until peace Is I established An American havIng hav-Ing a partnership relation In Spain or Cuba for example must dissolve It at lc M for the time being Another Inconvenience In-convenience Is I being barred from pros outing claims In the courts of justice of the country where the alien remains It appears 10 be more II matter or understanding un-derstanding anti advancement on the part of each of the powers where up todate methods prevail than anything else the more advanced the nation the greater the degree of liberality and tolerance shown In such cases there areEtlll many natlont of the earth that are wholly barbarous and others with one foot resting timidly upon the soil ofclvlltzatlonwhllc the other Is planted firmly upon the ground out of which came the noxious growths which our country and many others have extirpated extir-pated from tho advanced class only is I I anything In the way of tolerant treatment treat-ment to aliens to be expected at any time especially when there Is I war |