As such, it was beyond all question a contract obtained under duress, and therefore void, while the duress was an interference with the internal affairs of a foreign country, and therefore contrary to that principle of Non-Intervention which is now a rule of International Law.
Sumner asserts that contracts obtained through coercion are void and violate principles of non-intervention.
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