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me for it, any more than, in the recent South African War, 

 he could have blamed Lord Roberts, the British general, if 

 the latter had been sent to the Transvaal with insufficient 

 means, inadequate equipment, and an army far inferior 

 in numbers to that of his enemy. 



I am not at all in this matter a man with a grievance ; 

 for I knew what American representatives had to expect, 

 and was not disappointed. My feeling is simply that of 

 an American citizen whose official life is past, and who can 

 look back dispassionately and tell the truth plainly. 



This case is presented simply in the hope that it will do 

 something to arouse thinking men in public life, and es 

 pecially in the Congress of the United States, to provide 

 at least a suitable house or apartment for the American 

 representative in each of the more important capitals of 

 the world, as all other great powers and many of the 

 lesser nations have done. If I can aid in bringing about 

 this result, I care nothing for any personal criticism which 

 may be brought upon me. 



