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When the belligerence of the insurgents is recognized there will be a case for neutrality, and not before.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “When the belligerence of the insurgents is recognized there will be a case for neutrality, and not before.”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner believes that only upon recognition of belligerence can neutrality be established.
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