Viewing page 52 of 100

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

98
From Redman.
[[underline]] June 30 [[/underline]] Walked all morning and went to revisit [[underline]] Hotel Moderne [[/underline]] Ave Republique where in [[underline]] 1897 Celine [[/underline]] and myself [[underline]] stayed during my first vacation when we toured on our bicycles from Paris to Brussels. [[/underline]] A [[underline]] well earned vacation after 8 years (!) of strenuous, uninterrupted work harassed [[/underline]] by [[underline]] difficulties [[/underline]] of every kind and finally seeing daylight in [[underline]] 1897 [[/underline]] when [[underline]] Velox became successful. [[/underline]]
Afternoon another long walk through [[underline]] Bois de Boulogne [[/underline]] - splendidly laid out and very restful. Another conference with [[underline]] Karpen, [[/underline]] we fully agree
[[end page]]

[[start page]]
99 
on [[underline]] Moldensite.
July 1 [[/underline]] Finally located [[underline]] Redman in Birmingham. [[/underline]] He will arrive here in a few days. When I see the [[underline]] decline of [[/underline]] the [[underline]] French Franc [[/underline]] I cannot help that [underline]] 30 million Frenchmen [[/underline]] and about 8 [[underline]] million Belgians [[/underline] are [[underline]] being fooled in selling [[/underline]] for [[underline]] debased currency [[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] what [[/strikethrough]] at less that 5 cents a franc what has [[underline]] cost them considerably more [[/underline]] to purchase or to produce, and it will take them quite some time [[underline]] to find it out, [[/underline]] and that they have been the victims of their own unwillingness to balance their budget and their
stupidity of [[underlined]] listening [[underlined]] to