There is, however, little doubt that such persons, although now more usually allowed to remain, during good behaviour, may be expelled, and, if necessary, wholesale, as were Germans from France in 1870.
Holland indicates that while enemy aliens are often allowed to remain, they can still be expelled if necessary.
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