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fellows who have nothing but ill will towards Japan and want to draw this country into war by repeating calumnies and half truths. I shut up all his arguments as soon as he repeated that [[red underline]] falsehood [[/red underline]] about [[red underline]] Japanese banks having their accountants and confidentential  staff [[/red underline]] made up of chinese.
I walked to [[red underline]] Young Hotel [[/red underline]] x and first sent cable to [[red underline]] Celine [[/red underline]] as follows: Baekeland Yonkers ([[Adwarent?]]) Vessel to arrive on or about (Seegel) September 17 Frisco (Larriatern) Please address letters to Palace. [[strikethrough]] for [[/strikethrough]] I paid 45 cents a word. Spent morning reading back numbers of [[red underline]] newspapers [[/red underline]] in which I found confirmation 
[[note sideways in margin to correspond to "x" in text]] x There got first news of the Battle of the Marne which stopped the Germans [[/note]]
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of most news we had received on steamer except destruction of Brussels. Latest news shows [[red underline]] Russians [[/red underline]] advancing further [[red underline]] into Austria [[/red underline]] and Austria in still weaker condition and germans retreated considerably before allies near Paris. After lunch went to [[red underline]] Waikiki [[/red underline]] Beach with electric tramcar. I all but [[fat?]] looking Kawaka women with waisteless [[srikethrough]] shirt [[/strikethrough]] long kind of cotton dress. x big broad brimmed straw hats and hat band of peacock feathers. Laughing and speaking loudly their speech being a very rapid succession of unconnected syllables. Pretty cottages and bungalows everywhere. Pleasant general aspect. The long beach very shallow and heavy surf. Admired the 
[[note sideways in margin to correspond to "x" in text]] Mother Hubbard dress [[/note]]

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