::Respectfully, Hesseltine stated Grant supported Secretary Fish in settling problems of diplomacy. That statement infers that Grant was pro active in matters of diplomacy. Grant allowed Fish to settle the military dispute, remember, after Santo Domingo Grant let Fish run the State Department. There are two paragraphs dedicated to the failure of Grant's Santo Domingo Treaty. I believe the addition would add to the neutrality of the article. This was an important armistice and followed in line with Grant's Monroe Doctrine policy...The U.S. peacefully stopped the fighting in Central and South America...not the Spanish government. Why does Grant get blamed for the crimes of his corrupt cabinet but does not get credit for the accomplishments of his successful cabinet ?