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22nd. Tuesday. Steamy. Hot.
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Seoul home. Everybody is startled by the news that Hitler began invading Russia this morning. Another treaty―the Russo-German Mutual Non-aggression Agreement―torn to scraps. Thus the biggest and cruelest Robber-Barons of the 20th Century have flown at each other's throat. The world may be better off if both of them do each other up for good. I have no love for either of them except the fear that the defeat of Hitler may affect Japan adversely. That makes me wish he would succeed in giving a crushing blow to Bolshevism, the greatest curse humanity has seen.
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23rd. Wednesday. Cloudy. Rain 6-7 p.m.
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Seoul home. A telegram from 璋善 says "ヒユウキヨリミチナシニ□□テソソウタノム“ I had to send ¥200.00, telling him however to take safer way of traveling.
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The papers report that Hitler expects to capture all the principal centre of European Russia, such as Petersburg (Leningrad) , Moscow, Odessa, Kiev inside two months.
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24th. Thursday. Sun and cloudy.
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Seoul home. Our 璋善 and his bride returned home 1 p.m. They left Tokyo 7 this morning. Wonderful. Thank God they are back safe.
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From this day the regular R.R, schedule in Korea is suspended. A temporary schedule has come into use. The number of trains on all lines for civilian transportations is vastly reduced. Platform tickets are stopped.
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25th. Friday. Hot sun.
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Seoul home. The faculty members of C.C.C. invited Mr. 中鳥敎學官 to a luncheon at江戶川.
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26th. Saturday. Hot sun.
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30th. Wednesday. Rain all day.
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Left Seoul. 6:24 a.m. train with 珽善 for Song Do. Arrive at Song Do in a big rain. Found our children all well at Song Do.
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Returned to Seoul by 6:20 p.m. train which didn't leave Song Do until 7:30 Arrived at home 10:30.
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Japanese marines and land troops have safely landed at Saigon in French-India.
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31st. Thursday. Sun and cloudy.
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Seoul home. 4 p.m. the Mai-il-Shin-Po gave a little tea reception in honor of General Hasegawa at the Social Room of the Shin-Po Office.
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6 p.m. attended the dinner party Governor General gave in honor of the new Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Korea.
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