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153. Grand Hotel des Wagons-Lits, Ltd. Tel. Address: Wagonlits. Code: A.B.C. 5th Edition. Peking, Septem 30, 1909. Dear Colonel Hecker. [[note]] omit [[/note]] My affairs here are going very nicely and I have just determied the plans for my homeward journey, and cabled you as follows: - "Sarcenet - expect to leave here - Stumpfahl - Oct 12th Retergebo - expect to arrive at Shanghai sturn [[strikethrough]] elles [[/strikethrough tosen - Oct 20th, Seesaw - shall sail. Shanghai sturnelles - October 25th, Sassolin - expect to arrive at Japan for a short visit, Sturzlatte - Oct 29th, Seesaw - shall sail - Sebaverant - Pacific mail - Stylisque - November 24th San Francisco. Retex - forward letters to Yokohama." which I now confirm. On Oct. 12th, I go by train from here to Hankow and from that point by steamer to Nanking and thence by steamer or train to Shanghai. After three to five days in Shanghai - quite long enough after Peking - I shall sail by the Princess Alice to Kobe arriving there about the 187