[Location clipped from letter.]October 11th, 1926.
Dear Miss Turner;
Do not bedispapointed [sic] to receive a short letter in return for your good long letter. I want to let you know that actually Miss Purington and Miss Greene are here at Tientsin. I have seen them afew [sic] times[.] Vong Ling Li has invited them for dinner tonight so we would see each other again once more before their leaving for Peking. It is so refreshing to see some good friends form [sic] America especially at this present moment of our time. Ofcourse [sic] I know Miss Purington better than Miss Greene and you know I have a very warm corner in my heart for the former[.] But Miss Greene is just as lovely as she can be and full of fun also. Even without talking I can feel Miss Purington has a very warm corner for me in her heart also. She told me that she has written to you this morning and she would be able to tell you something of our small hospital and our work. All I can say is just that I am doign as much as possible for China for I believe there is a bright future to her life inspite [sic] of this dark gloomy period. How I wish that you are one of the party and are here to give us a little courage to go on with the beat we know how. When you can come you must make a visit to us. We would welcome you with our open arms. By that time we hope to offer you better mode of travelling than what [is avail]able now.
[Your good letter] from England was read carefully so I might not miss your thoughts between lines. With such a good vacation you would be certainly ready to do your teaching for this coming year. Both Miss Purington and Miss Greene have told us something of Clapp Laboratory and we are anxious to have a chance of working in it. When I could take a vacation in 1930 I would surely visit Mount Holyoke College and my friends.
I was much interested in reading The Times. There is no Bolshevism in China. It is actually true that Great Britain is back of Chang Tso Lin. General Sutton is a British subject and is helping Muckdon or else Kuominchun would be the victorious army and China would be on road to progress. The fighting is between conservatives and progressives. There is no doubt that Feng Yu Hsiang is working for the good of our people. The trouble is that he has too many rascals to encounter at one time. We people are with him in spirit only we cannot do anything now. I must not say much or else this letter might never reach you. We have no freedom of anything and we are treated by the present government more like slaves. Such condition cannot last forever. Cantonese are the most progressive element in China and we admire their courageous spirit inspite [sic]of the fact that they have suffered the most in this civil war. Ofcourse [sic] we are not interested in war and we want peace. But with the Kuoninchun they fight for something as the other parties they fight for their selfish end. Every progressive is accused of being red. In reality we are not red at all. In fact our Chinese life is more of a community life. There is no individualism in Chinese family.
I close this letter with much love to you. I have cut the top piece purposely. In case this letter should be censored the authority can only destroy this letter and cannot do anything to me.
Yours lovingly,
[signature torn away, but written by Me-iung Ting.]