“ The public vessel, however, may not exceed the privileges extended to it, on account of its character, and exercise other rights which it would have on the high seas, such as committing an act of war or the capture of foreign vessels while within the waters of a foreign State. The permission to an army to go through a foreign country carries with it the right to maintain its discipline, and do all other things connected with the passage of the troops which may be necessary to maintain the integrity of the army during its passage. ”

“ The privileges arising from exterritoriality are extended particularly to sovereigns, diplomatic agents, especially ambassadors and their suites, family, and servants, and to public armed vessels and armies in permitted transit. The person of a sovereign traveling in a foreign country is inviolate, and he is exempt from the law of the land ”

“ By treaties between the United States and China, Korea, Borneo, Madagascar, Persia, Turkey, Samoa, Siam, Zanzibar, and Tonga, the citizens of the United States are more or less fully exempted from local jurisdiction, and are allowed to remain under the jurisdiction of the United States. ”