"The French Government demanded from the American Government compensation for the losses sustained by the French nationals as a result of the bombardment, contending that it was physically impossible #67 the foreign merchants in Greytown to save their properties before the bombardment began.
"The American Government refused the demand, stating as one of the reasons that foreigners in such a case should demand from the country wherein they reside the protection to which they are entitled, and that there is no principle more clearly established than the one which held that, for whatever losses resulting from lack of such protection, the country of their residence should be held responsible.
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