Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to M.T. Liang, Chinese Delegation, Washington, D.C. November 22, 1921
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Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to M.T. Liang, Chinese Delegation, Washington, D.C. November 22, 1921
Subject
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to M.T. Liang, Chinese Delegation, Washington, D.C. November 22, 1921
Transcription
My dear Mr. Liang:
Let me thank you for your nice letter of November 19. I feared we might not be able to get you for the Thanksgiving recess, owing to the situation in Washington and its special significance to the Chinese group. In any case, you must understand that we shall count on you for a part, at least, of the Christmas holidays if you are still in this country. If you have to leave before that time, you must plan to make us an earlier visit. You will need rest and relaxation after these strenuous days, and I do not know where you could get it better than up here.
Of course the Sun boys are eager to see their sister and she must come, too. Mary Sun is at school at Northfield with my own daughter and is due back here for the holidays several days before Christmas. I know she would feel dreadfully disappointed to miss her sister.
No one watches more eagerly than I do the daily news from the Conference, especially as it bears upon China and the Far Eastern problems. China has the tremendous advantage of presenting a clear-cut moral issue, on the main propositions of which there can be no fair ground for serious debate. Details, of course, can be worked out in time, but justice, alone, demands that the unfortunate inheritances of the past be wiped clean off the slate and China given a fair and free opportunity to set her own house in order and handle her own affairs. To do this and at the same time protect China from the ambitions of her unscrupulous labor will not be an altogether easy matter. I am wondering just how the problem will be best solved. Needless to say, I should welcome the chance to get your point of view.
With warmest personal regards, believe me always
Very sincerely yours,
Let me thank you for your nice letter of November 19. I feared we might not be able to get you for the Thanksgiving recess, owing to the situation in Washington and its special significance to the Chinese group. In any case, you must understand that we shall count on you for a part, at least, of the Christmas holidays if you are still in this country. If you have to leave before that time, you must plan to make us an earlier visit. You will need rest and relaxation after these strenuous days, and I do not know where you could get it better than up here.
Of course the Sun boys are eager to see their sister and she must come, too. Mary Sun is at school at Northfield with my own daughter and is due back here for the holidays several days before Christmas. I know she would feel dreadfully disappointed to miss her sister.
No one watches more eagerly than I do the daily news from the Conference, especially as it bears upon China and the Far Eastern problems. China has the tremendous advantage of presenting a clear-cut moral issue, on the main propositions of which there can be no fair ground for serious debate. Details, of course, can be worked out in time, but justice, alone, demands that the unfortunate inheritances of the past be wiped clean off the slate and China given a fair and free opportunity to set her own house in order and handle her own affairs. To do this and at the same time protect China from the ambitions of her unscrupulous labor will not be an altogether easy matter. I am wondering just how the problem will be best solved. Needless to say, I should welcome the chance to get your point of view.
With warmest personal regards, believe me always
Very sincerely yours,
Creator
Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
November 22, 1921
Rights
All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence