The Archive · 1931

Apostolic Ningsia (Chinese South-Western

/Mongolia). "Father Leon Desmedt iwas nominated Apostolic Vicar at rantze in Chinese Mongolia. phere entirely congenial. And we know that you will exercise it gen-Jerously on our behalf in every sphere {for all honourable ends. We have jin Hankow that we have everything long since come to, the concision to gain and nothing to lose by saying plainly what we think to be right. And we shall doubtless have many things to say to you, Sir, from time time, To sum up. You will find the! community hard bitten, but sanguine, You will find that it has a hard head and a warm heart. It is neither moribund nor pessimistic, It looks} to. you for leadership. Drive the [ship on a steady course, Keeping! defeatism to starboard and dichardism to port, clap on as much canvass you like, nail all lies to the counter, and you will find that the crew will be with you to a man.

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