United States statutes allow this embassy only three secretaries, but it had to use eight, and the work continued until 3 A.M., and sometimes 5 A.M.

There was only one relief in the situation and that was in a study of the queer characters one finds abroad, insisting that they are representative Americans.

Some of the people demanding free transportation back to America declared their residence to be in Hoboken, but could not tell if Hoboken were nearer New York City than to San Francisco.

It was a great temptation for some people to get out of the war zone and into America at the expense of Uncle Sam.

The amount of business transacted by this embassy may be illustrated by the fact that the cable tolls alone for several months cost more than the former total expenses of the embassy.
Still another lesson from the war that America must learn is that food supplies are now not national, but international.