It is true that among these treaties there is none with Great Britain; but it is also true that this is simply because our mother country refused assent, when this principle was presented as an undoubted part of International Law which our Government desired to confirm by treaty.
Sumner explains the absence of a treaty with Great Britain due to its refusal to accept a key principle of international law.
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