Sir:

On Saturday, March the 23rd, the Secretary of State and Mrs. Kellogg entertained my wife and myself at dinner. In the course of the conversation, Mr. Kellogg told Mrs. MacWhite that he did not think he would ever again visit Ireland, because he did not think it would be possible to get a greater ovation than that which was given to him during his visit to Dublin last year, and he wants to go down to his grave with the impression of that memorable occasion fixed in his memory. He also told me how flattered and gratified he was at the statement given by President Cosgrave to the American press in connection with the Saint Patrick's Day celebration.

Mrs. Kellogg has been telling all her friends how charming a place Ireland is, and all the inducements it holds out to American visitors. She even went so far as to say that in the course of the next five years, she had no doubt but there would be a very big development and a big boom in Irish industrial enterprises, and that no American who placed his money there at the present time would have reason to regret his investment.

The Secretary of State and Mrs. Kellogg left Washington for England today. Mr. Macaulay and myself were at the station to see them off.