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6/28/1929 - miscellaneous correspondence through 11/20/29 by C. Walter Young

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Ny Noscow short prmit write there As other mmbers Amrican Groap Kyoto ontlth Vladivostok I aveling alone As matter I special effort overtake group oscow until I Stockholm Abo Finland As motor stopped Abo forced rather abrupt landing water available hydroplane caused ayfor reairs which meant missing train Helsing hence Moscow But I Tgmruga Japan Vladivostok othors I miss_m T congeniality oftemmbrsnrot W Vladivostok onStembrth Wednesday Thursday A leaves Tsuruga Sat lowing I catch trampsteamr freigh Fusan there proceed anchuria unless eastern frontier route Pogranitchnaya available Moscow through passage Harbin Chita Ny plans therefore prmit Dairen Oct Oct Harbin Oct thereabouts proceed Japan Mr Carter urged spend possibi Manchuria before Cor rmnce Now possible definite relationship With thiInstitte Current Wr Affairs occurred first opportan presume resources assistance ented itself You mentioned arrivin Kyoto I shoald cable advance connection things mentioned concernin Kyoto Conference connction proposed Nanking Shanghai I ering possiOle cable Dairen National City Bank there arriv between Oct Oct I suggest several reasons which first I definitely along trawller cheques I required across Trans Siberian Kyoto I instructions Washington forward adOitional Eyoto arrive until Oct My Manchurian activities especially circuitous route taxed little cipatd I wonder therefore kindly advance cable Dairen between Oct I shall course accounting later funds arrive Kyoto about Oct actually Nanking It therefore merely matter advantage cable advance which I handle competently Washington Itemizing enditures connection advace course accoriance conversation I assure great favor caSle first advance Dairen instead Kyoto specified I ressed likelihood Institute actually rceiv littl direct return assista_e Time perhaps represented whole matter generous spirit would I rather Institute stand Fofit immediately Particularly tentative offer connection Hepiupon return connection followi summer I assure three things first I deeply nstitute second I receive I instructions particulartasksichyoumightwantmtotkecare connection Kyoto Nanking third I shall utilize opportuniiies there tenet contacts Both Kyoto Nanking I shall better important tacts apanes Chinese through intgrpreters without support Instit I certain foreign Office contacts Tokyo I Dr C T Wang ather prsnt administration Tokyo shall sugst about Keiyo University In Ky9 I shall oerhais opportunity Mr eroma Greene Perhaps I should mntion I additi reasom going ManchUria connection Hopkins which depends success otain certain especially Dalren I pepri those materis Carter Conference Economic erests Manchuria This course introductory political report espec ially infoation Group certain issues It perhaps published Mr Carter suggested publaton depends attitude matter Perhaps itomldbewisetowritemorfrklyd having report published On arrival Vladivoso I shall cable briefly Ne York substance request advance National City Bank between Oct I shall perhaps advanc there Trusting understand reason requesting advance instead later looking forward letter Ky I 1228A Charge account Inst Orent iFora fSirs Fir DOMESTIC CABLE TELEGRAM FULL RATE WESTE DAYLEI DEFERRED CHECK CABLE MESSAGE LE ER WEEK END LETI ER LETTER TINE ElLED Patronssbou dcheck asofBervi UNION L desired otherwise message eommunieation NEWCOMB CARLTON PRESIDENT J C WILLEVERo F IRSI VICE PREglDB NT tranBmitted Sendthefollowingmess subjecttothetermsonbaclhereof whichare fierebyagreed Ous received cable money cablea Oi Branch Eogers THE QUICKEST SUREST AND SAFEST WAY TO SEND MONEY IS BY TELEGRAPH OR CABLE October I99 Oitynk York Gent Plese trnfer hundred dollrs yourbrmchatDiren ntLesedrritory sAchuri credit O Walter Enclosed check II cover cbled chrgeso wereous themeybewilabls Young tomorrow ingyau ttautionto thistter Yamato Hotel MMen Manchuria China October 1929o Tr Walter S ogers stitue Currentorid Aff Avenue New York City I received telegram Ysmato Dairen mitred imeiately Ym arrival being October Thank promptnes forrding advance which I informed Dairen National City Bank I communicated Bank instrtcting dvance until return lrbin North anchuri I cable Vladivostok I intended reson I better until rrival Dairen There particular urgency about mtter intervening would cause inconvenience I cabled Diren within The Svance enable short trips ilways Tanchuri especially Hailungcheng Chinese Feng Hai Tunhu Japanese finnce I shall write details later I Lorwin Brookings Institution arrived ukden We proceed together Hr0in tomorrow fternoon remain there about He speks iussian I ssist getting contacts short order Consul General Hnson pprently instructed Department remain there while although relieved Thomas ukden during Hansons leave bsence ently Depart wants Hnson watch developments C E R situation Hnson always principal contact in_Hrbino I rrived Vladivostok scheduled proceeded Kyoto staying there night arrivin Mukden Oct I station delegation iarsh Chang arranged reservations Ynato since I beenconnwplomatlc situation refraining accepting invitations Jpan Chinese wishers conflicting hours They hrranged rshal given interview I alone villa about three hours FriayOCto4 Yesterday I Nukden Dairen present Double Ten review arshals troops It impressive least finest thing I China Incidentally I reels movie event iarshal villa The harshal keenly iutereted Kyoo Conference suprising designated three eight delegate represent China iancuria Conference I though young fellows cautioning Japanese throats Kyotoo Facts speak louder I anticipate lacking factual Japanese onslaught In meantime I chats W H Donald political economic adviser Chang I Peking director Chinese Government Bureau Economic Information Grav formerly Russo Asiatic Bank ukden friend I7 Boris V Ostroumoff former manager C E Io Mukden councillor iarsal I construct ngiueer Nu north Harbin I Grav friend Nicholas Roosevelt Dr Blakeslee Ir IacI urray Donal arranging inspect Feng Hal Chinese several japanese incluing In Dairen until Wednesday I interviews dinners Baron Okra former irector S E likely atsuoka btmpd president upset cabinet chane Japan I spent Okra villa beach Dairen atsuoka Japanese eleates Eyoto Tadakoro cocil S R intimate friend since fshida secretary President S Dairen along W Kinney I chats Vice President Odaira department chiefs Eibean8Chiba yintentionis totbacto Dairen before leaving final Eyoto about October being travel severa nchurlan egate Kyoto Conference interest which following Conference given publicity Far astern press vernaculr nglish papers anchuria princip subject cussion Japanese forwar Cooference misgivings Chinese nthusiasm W W pparently decline Chinese group pleaing buines preoccupation I infored esiring avoid personal Japanese representatives portant iplomtic questions pending beteen Jpan China Chang Poling Nnking Uo Davis Yui Y perhaps Ch group either likely spoken perhaps unwisely Eight Chinee Group selected Eirin inter esting development suggesting political strength ukden Government there istinct relationship between Conference astern politics regar nmber political posts resigned perioof Conference The Government appropiate funds expenses delegstion On Japanese quite apoarent Government represented wello I compelled I believed Conference would significance certainly Sid imagine astern press would attention Perhaps unvise Gorence attention ancburia particular C E dispute especially Soviet iussi represented observer Jro Crter leftt urging Novomi Vok encouraging Russians observero I preent however although Litvinoff seeme favorable crtinly interested Eyoto Conference genSao events original spend before Conference nchuri proceed Peiping Nanking until afterward Perhaps I return anchuri iately Conference Peiping Nanking nonth Tokyo Oefore ailing In I inchuri ukden Dairen uring November An invitation lecture astern Questions Northeastern University rshal Cang mushroom institution significance iukden eucourgeue return shortly after Conference The University S OO0 studentsn several American trained professors deans This arrangement delaying longer Jpn until after Nanking enable information regard Keio Uo other matters irterest I perhaps comments delegation bankers N Y coming ather quietly having sailed eattle October connectio iarshl Chang Hsueh ostensibly connection railways Hulutao which Japanese Perhaps might glance sticle I prepared Drottingholm Bruno Lasker Ynqiry ining The anchuian uestion Kyoto Con feenceY You might requet telephone interested should issued Oth course I poofs oveboad efore oroceeding through lussia Jerome Greene through again I efore Kyotoo Carter hotwell ilpatick laslee almost through anchui their south Ozly Lorwin cncial interest spending several iterested labor qestions North Nanchuria especially The least I ratitude cooperation correspondence Kyoto interesting developments When I lyoto I something ermanent value Institute I shall cable perhaps Kyoto after Novemb first I oarticularly interested Kemmerer mission Nanchuzia I interesting lights their Sincerely yours ZGDo C alter Young Address Iiyako Hotel I A TIC CABLE TELEGRAM FULL RATE WESTERN DAY LETTER DEFERRED NIGHT CABLE MESSA GE LETTER NIGHT WEEK END LE TrER LETTER LED Patronstldcheckclassof service UNION desired otherwise message transmitted communication NIWCOMB CARLTON J C WILLEVERo Sendthefollowinmessage subjecttothetermsonbackhereof whichareherebyagreedto vOODS HOLE To LO Walter Young Inspaorol Streel andNo Place Sender Idress THEQUICKEST SURESTANDSAFESTWAYTOSENDMONEY Sender stelephone reference IS BY TELEGRAPH OR CABLE number COPY OTO LCO OHASCEA OCT S1 NEWYORY ROGER ONEY IiECEIVED DA II EN THOUGHT BANK CABLED ACKNOWLEBGNT SHALL OBSERVE YOUR INSTRUCTIONS LEASE OABLE FIVEHUIRED HANGI DECEMBER IIi8T YOUNG Keining Hotel ukden Nancuria China November Walter S Rogers director Institute Current World Affairs Fifth Avenue New York City Mr Rogers I hardly Kyoto Conference itself itable flood entertainments imposed Japanese there little correspondence I Tok three after Conferenc letting somewhat attending garden soiree Takuma Dm thence I found little correspondence calls I found quite worth while Tokyo however I chance Achilles again frequently gether Kyoto others including Frank Hedges Burton Crane Advertiser staff Also chance Premier Hamaguchi through atsuoka formerly Baron hidehara villa Tokyo chance ground Tokyo beiore sailing states beginning Tokyo December first January Tokyo Imperial Hotel G S Phelps Y C A Aside interest Conference round tables forums Kyoto interesting pesonalities brought together I value highly exper ience especially because opportunity rather women corners Was particularly several Dr Keppel Jerome Greene swamped receptions I chance Mukden Harbin several interviews together Harbin Twice I dined Japanese Inn Ivy Lee along Vogel another Achilles Lee interested irnensely Shanghai travelling through anchuria Saw Dr Lorwin together about Harbin before Coference frequently chatted Kyoto Saw G B Rea H Kinney frequented lobbies Kyoto Hotel present Chester Rowell press iterviews But Kyoto personalities though Conference There portunity study procedure conference technique press propaganda views outsiders thereanent Naturally interest especially Chins questions especially lanchuria China questions paramotmt Conference I found employ I hunch Conference which place China pehaps Peiping attention problems islands Pacific especially interest Austr New Zealand groups vitalize interest Dutch capable observer Ir Einthoven Batavia Perhaps Philippines agenda another I inteested subject Chinese Philippines Not I think I gather Filipinos others interested Th research gravitating southwards But I tried priwte memorandum prepa spcially future reference Institute Current World Affairs impressions specific probls which bfore Conference comment further Conference I taking liberty sending second Dr Hornbeck I interested third Dr Willoughby I I endeavored interpret somewhat accurate report round tables I obtained information ectly attendance I obtained daily conversatons members other round tables I value rferenc prsonal inter Ny rturn anchuria product contacts befor Conference The several interviews lading Chinese officials Kirin Harbin rather close General Wang gntleman school vision desire utiliz American tchnique machinery agricultural dvolopmnt North Nan churiao We together after duing Harbin request I chanco Harbin estate agric coioany lading shareholder This another which interested together individuals theslvs excellent Hiiungkiang Kirin C E R Hu Hai Railway Wang almost plead Harbin visit other states criti irrigation cltiw It unusl oioportunity large olding comloanies Harbin reality attempt arrangement develop these projects singly Consul Genra Hanson telgrn Kyoto encouraging return saying General Wang asked Hanson rturn I wired reply delayed Mukden doing other things thesis General Wang hhslf called hotel ukden other His student Northeastern University unlike father speaks little English The wanted accomany Harbin W together tomorrow early arriv Harbin night ovmbr_ I celled Hu Hai railway inspect 001acre estate entirely virgin Wan state Wang believes weather nclemnt there He would rather these three trips Harbin along C R eastern section Schweyer International Harvester Come I known tithe other similar procts being developed dividually Chinese their capital I report inter esting successful venture Erhart American Trade Coissioner report obtaud 8chweyer Natu I nothing about interesting study practical field assist vitalizing colonization studies Erhart Harbin yesterday He wants accompany Kirin Tun travel Japanese financed which political point important project Manchuria Marshal Chqg Japanese logge rheads extension contract Chosen there evidence deadlock factor marshal death I shall until I Harbin I Kirin I shall prhas write Dairen retun Another interesting venture ukden Stone Webster Had several chats Hoskins Redikr yesterday befoz about whole matter I chance ormation return They asked The Ston Webster proposition Marshal Chang raised Kyoto round tables anchuria interesting silence Japanese plans leave Dairen direct Shanghai Nanking abuut first December I afraid I shall Peking Perhaps I I there I written Willoughby indicating I shall return first February Washington Baltimore Shortl after I New York By receive perhaps perhaps Dalton requesting advance second instalment Shanghai Travel expenses mount I Japanese translator Dairen Tokyo Manchurian matters I extra hundred The cable indicated there reckoning I You I appreciate deeply cooperationt confer increly C