with Chinese customs, Iam at pre-tent married to no one and am free to marry in accordance with the! most monogamous practices. Miss Soong would not consent to a mar riage in any other circumstances and T should not dare ask a lady of her! [character to marry me in any other "Please make it clear that this marriage is in no wise a political marriage. It is accidental that we are all s0 prominent in polities, but not all of us are in the "ame camp) and curiously enovgd, the Soong, family has not yet given its consent. T have been courting Miss Soong] these many years without a thought of the political beating of such: marriage and any suggestion in that] direction is unfair to me and unjust to all the members of the Soong]
Miss Soong's mother is ill in Japan and as soon as Tam informed that I may wait upon her at Kobe, I shall go there to inquire after her health and to ask for her daughter's hand, I have no other business is Japan than that. And. Whether I go to Japan or not entirely contingent upon what formation we obtain from there with regard to Mrs. Soong's health."
When interviewed, Miss Soung told me that she was quite surprised that so much interest was evidenced in her personal affairs, but she hoped that her friends would realize that} in marriage there was no explaining. why one takes the step but that} sentiment alone must be the guide. She ridiculed the idea of a political marriage and said that she only] hoped that the political members of her family would place no impediments in the way of her choice.
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