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yet at last we succeeded.'' It was after our return 

 from Canada to Washington that the impasse re- 

 ferred to was reached. Mr. Chamberlain had 

 come to an understanding with Mr. Bayard before 

 we started from Washington in December, that if 

 the Dominion Government would make certain 

 concessions, the Americans would on their part 

 make certain corresponding concessions, and thus 

 a settlement would be reached. There is no need 

 to specify in detail what those mutual concessions 

 were. Suffice it to say that on the faith of these 

 assurances we went to Canada, and, as a result of 

 more than one protracted interview with Sir John 

 Macdonald, in which Sir Charles Tupper also took 

 part, the Dominion Government eventually, though 

 not without reluctance, agreed to the concessions 

 they were asked to make. Having achieved our 

 object, we returned to Washington in the full belief 

 that the Americans would fulfil their part of the 

 bargain. But to our dismay we found them indis- 

 posed to do so. Mr. Bayard said he had only 

 spoken for himself, and had not pledged his col- 

 leagues. What had happened during our absence 

 in the Dominion is purely a matter of conjecture. 

 Possibly some Senatorial intervention may have 

 influenced the President and his advisers. Be that 



