[218] Calvo, -- 1328 ff.

[219] Lehr, "Manuel des Agents Diplomatiques," -- 367 ff.

[220] The Department of State instructs the representatives of the United States to follow this practice.

[221] U.S. Rev. Sts., -- 2000.

[222] U.S. Rev. Sts., -- 4075.

[223] Till the reign of Louis XIV., Latin was the language of diplomacy; from that time, French became more and more used. Since the Congress of Vienna, 1815, any language may be used without offense, Art. 120.

[224] 22 U. S. Sts. at Large, 216, -- 5.

[225] U. S. Rev. Sts., -- 1750; 1 Gould and Tucker, 446; 2 _ibid._, 158.

[226] Hall, -- 53, n. 1., p. 192.

[227] 16 Ann. Cycl., 833.

[228] 1 Whart., -- 84.

[229] "Droit Int.," -- 1481, ff.

[230] Lehr, "Manuel," ---- 988-998.

[231] Despagnet, "Droit international public," 2d ed., -- 235; Heffter, -- 204.

[232] Grotius, "De Jure Belli," II., 18.

[233] -- 50.

[234] U. S. Rev. Sts., ---- 4063, 4064; Wheat., D., 308-310.

[235] Instructions to Diplomatic Officers, -- 47.

[236] 1 Whart., -- 98.

[237] _Ibid._

[238] De Martens, "Causes Cel.," I., 174.

[239] Instructions to Diplomatic Officers, 1897, -- 50.

[240] Hall, -- 52, p. 189.

[241] See the "Right of Asylum in the Legations of the United States in Central and South America," by Barry Gilbert, in _Harvard Law Review_ for June, 1901, p. 118.

[242] U. S. Const.i.tution, Art. III., -- 2, 2.

[243] U. S. Const.i.tution, Art. I., -- 9, 8.

[244] 1 Whart., -- 100.

[245] 1 Whart., -- 105.

[246] Instructions to Diplomatic Officers, U. S., 1897, ---- 68, 69.

[247] U. S. Rev. Sts., -- 1751.

[248] 1 Whart., -- 99.

[249] 1 Whart., -- 102.

[250] U. S. Rev. Sts., -- 1226.

[251] _Ibid._, -- 1688.

[252] Schuyler, "Amer. Dip.," 144.

[253] Instructions to Diplomatic Officers, U. S., -- 67.

[254] U. S. Rev. Sts., ---- 1674-1752; 1 Gould and Tucker, 439-447; 2 _ibid._ 155-158.

[255] Nys, "Les origines du droit international," "Le Commerce," p.

286.

[256] Lawrence, "Commentaire sur Wheaton," IV., p. 6.

[257] Consular Regulations, 1896, 1.

[258] U. S. Rev. Sts., -- 1674.

[259] U. S. Rev. Sts., -- 1674.

[260] -- 105, p. 331.

[261] See Treaties: United States and Colombia (New Granada), 1850; United States and France, 1853; United States and Austria, 1870; United States and Germany, 1871; Austria and Portugal, 1873; Germany and Russia, 1874; France and Russia, 1874; United States and Italy, 1878; Portugal and Belgium, 1880; United States and Roumania, 1881; United States and Congo Free State, 1891, and others.

[262] 29 U. S. Sts. at Large, 848.

[263] See -- 64 for extent of jurisdiction.

[264] U. S. Treaty with Borneo, June 23, 1850, Art. IX., Treaties of U. S., 102.

[265] U. S. Treaty with China, Nov. 17, 1880, Art. IV., Treaties in Force, 120.

[266] Hall, -- 105 note, p. 338.