File No. 763.72115/3186
The Secretary of State to Mr. Amos H. Engleheck, Akron, Ohio
Sir: The Department has received your letter of September 7, 1917,1 requesting to be referred to the treaty or convention to which the United States is a signer, which regulates the standing of alien enemies in the courts of our country while we are engaged in war.
In reply you are informed that it appears the United States is bound by no treaty or convention regulating, while it is at war, the standing of alien enemies in the courts of this country. With respect to treaties generally, between the years 1776 and 1913, to which the United States is a party, the Department may refer you to Malloy’s Treaties, Conventions, International Acts, Protocols and Agreements [Page 179] between the United States of America and Other Powers, 1776–1909, and the supplemental volume, 1910–1913, compiled by Garfield Charles. These publications will doubtless be found in any large public library.
I am [etc.]
Assistant Secretary
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