Nationalist leaders cynically claimed foreign citizenship when convenient, undercutting their own nationalist stance

Evidence

British officials noted with great smugness that “this supposed Egyptian President of what is looked on as the most exclusively national institution, who had always ostensibly availed himself of Egyptian nationality and used the Native Tribunals, should, when detected in breaking the Egyptian law, endeavor to shield himself by announcing that he was an Italian subject.” British observers considered `Alï Pasha Sharïf to have conceded his guilt once he applied to the Italian consul for protection. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 695

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Christian nationalist operatives publicly deny party loyalty while using parties instrumentally — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 71; Irish leaders claimed naturalized citizens must act exactly like native-born Americans. — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 62; Dynasts who adopted national identities became vulnerable to charges of betraying their nations — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 346 (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Christian nationalist operatives publicly deny party loyalty while using parties instrumentally — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 71; Irish leaders claimed naturalized citizens must act exactly like native-born Americans. — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 62; Dynasts who adopted national identities became vulnerable to charges of betraying their nations — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 346 (+1 more)