They have apprecited that they wvere not only to represent the United States diplomatically. but they were to. so far as they could in- an honorable way. advance its Interests materially. financially. and commercially. And there has been nmarked improvement in our Consular Service. There are men serving our country in this branch of the State Department who have given mnany years of their lives to most efficient and faithful service. They have not been content to merely visa passports and examine the multitude of documents presented to them for examination and for signature. They have. made an intelligent.. study of the