Ebook American Consular Jurisdiction in the Orient

In reading the correspondence contained in these public documents one cannot fail to appreciate the importance and excellence of the services of our diplomatic and consular representatives. To them has been entrusted the elabora tion of the American foreign policy and the promotion of American commerce in the Orient, the high character and success of which in the hundred years and more of their existence is generally known. How much our ministers and consuls have individually achieved toward this general result we may know only in the more conspicuous cases, but we may look with pride upon their accumulated contributions to the national honor and welfare.