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[[red underline]] show no signs of hostility [[/red underline]] towards other passengers. on the contrary there seems to be a general tendency of good fellowship [[red underline]] even among some britishers or frenchmen. [[/red underline]]
A [[red underline]] belgian priest [[/red underline]] aboard fat - ugly and [[strikethrough]] ex bu [[/strikethrough]] unshaven and excited talker. This June I have read very little and written no letters. scarcely putting my old notes in shape.
Evening heard [[strikethrough]] noise [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] chinese music [[/red underline]] resembling [[red underline]] combination [[/red underline]] of [[red underline]] boiler-shop. [[/red underline]] cooperage cat yells and baby cries [[red underline]] all produced by two men [[/red underline]]; this noise seemed to be much enjoyed by ^[[chinese]] steerage.
Sat telling stories on deck till late. [[red underline]] Dr. Doland [[/red underline]] giving his experience of travels in China and India.
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Story of the "[[red underline]] sick white-elephant [[/underline]] who got exorcized by dancing, noise and weird music and prayers of priests.
Story of Chinaman who was shot and buried alive because soldiers told it was their job to bury him and who revivied afterwards in hospital and left hospital as a freeman because he was supposed to be dead.
11P.M. Going to my room [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] Moroni the catering inspector tells me wireless news just received tells [[red underline]] Brussels has been destroyed [[/red underline]] by germans, that [[red underline]] Portugal has declared war on Germany that [[red underline]] Russians [[/red underline]] are in control of [[red underline]] Austria [[/red underline]] and that [[red underline]] Germans [[/red underline]] are concentrating bulk of their army [[red underline]] towards Paris [[/red underline]].
If it is true that Germans have destroyed [[strikethrough]] Paris then [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] Brussels [[/red underline]] it will mean execration of