As a neutral nation in the United States' war with the Japanese, it interned the five crewmen.
During the conflict prisoners might be repatriated or delivered to a neutral nation for custody.
"This nation will remain a neutral nation," Roosevelt declared in a radio address after Hitler invaded Poland, "but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought as well...
More than by defeat, the Indians' morale was shattered by failure to receive help from the British, who preferred not to risk hostilities with a neutral nation during a time of war against Revolutionary France.
Switzerland, a neutral nation that long had an image as a plucky country that resisted the Nazis, formed part of Germany's economic lifeline, said the group, the Independent Commission of Experts on Switzerland and World War II.
In 1958 Austria joined the European Free Trade Association, but a special arrangement with the EEC, accompanied by prudent dealings with the communist neighbours, maintained Austria's status as a neutral nation.
They were handed over after a United Nations-brokered agreement to hold the trial under Scottish law in a neutral country.
"It's a neutral country".
The rest of the world, with the exception of a handful of neutral nations, fell into line with one of those two powers.
A growing number of neutral nations met again in 1964, 1970, and roughly every three years thereafter.
In an attempt to rally neutral nations to its cause, Argentina has also been stiffening its criticism of Britain in the Organisation of American States and at the United Nations.
