But they will, if _I_ can find out.

I haven't yet been able to make them tell me at Washington.

Washington is a deep hole of silence toward ambassadors.

By gradual approaches, I'm going to prove that Carden can do--and in a degree has already done--as much harm as Bryce did good--and all about a paltry few hundreds of million dollars' worth of oil.

What the devil does the oil or the commerce of Mexico or the investments there amount to in comparison with the close friendship of the two nations?
Carden can't be good long: he'll break out again presently.