The result was a failure--a bad failure.

I have again asked Mr.Bryan for all the definite reports he has heard about Carden.

That man, in my judgment, has caused nine tenths of the trouble here.
* * * * * Naturally Page did not ask the Minister's removal directly--that would have been an unpardonable blunder.

His meetings during this period with Sir Edward were taking place almost every day, and Carden, in one way or another, kept coming to the front in their conversation.

Sir Edward, like Page, would sacrifice much in the cause of Anglo-American relations; Page would occasionally express his regret that the British Minister to Mexico was not a man who shared their enthusiasm on this subject; in numerous other ways the impression was conveyed that the two countries could solve the Mexican entanglement much better if a more congenial person represented British interests in the Southern Republic.
This reasoning evidently produced the desired results.