The Representative of the State Department at London is Ambassador Alanson B. Houghton. Like his predecessors, Secretary of State Kellogg, George Harvey, John W. Davis, Walter Hines Page, Mr. Houghton has no official home provided by the U. S. Like them, he must rent a suite in a hotel, a private house, anything he can get, and hang out a sign: "Embassy of the United States of America." Several years ago, J. P. Morgan public-spiritedly made the U. S. a gift of two adjoining houses in London for use as an Embassy. Before they could be...
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