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Sept 12th & 13th

got passage
highway robbery on lines
L wanting room with us
shopped
my cold


Sept 15
on board Rex! [[strikethrough]] tourist cabin [[/strikethrough]] I am sitting in our tourist cabin with a very bad cold - but here we all are at last. The boat has 3,600 pass. - some right out on deck. But our troubles [[strikethrough]] aren't [[/strikethrough]] won't be over [[strikethrough]] yet [[/strikethrough]] till we land. The wisest people we've spoken to [[strikethrough]] plan [[/strikethrough]] agree with our own opinion - that when Poland is taken (in about 3 weeks) - Italy may make a peace offer, & if this fails she will fight with Germany. 

If she wasn't neutral now - the Fr & English would try to get through Italy into Germany, & at this moment G. wants all her strength for Poland. 

If the Conti di S. gets within a day of N.Y., & if war is to be declared in Italy 6 days later - we will be