8th January 1938 
Dr. P. van Hulstijn, 
Governor 79th District, 
Kotary International, 
Buitenao rg, 
Java. 
Dear Governor van Hulstijn, 
I am always pleased to receive a copy 
of your monthly bulletin but unfortunately 
I do not understand Dutch and neither does 
Secretary Sidney. Dp to now we have had 
the privilege of having it translated by 
Hotarian C.ven Burke n but this month he has 
returned it to the R. I. Office with a state- 
ment that he is at present too busy. I am 
sure there must be much in your bulletins 
which is not only interesting to your own 
members but would be Interesting to us and 
the purpose of this letter is to ask whether 
you would find it possible to send us a gist 
of your letters translated into English. 
I am aware that this sounds like a 
presumption on my part and that you might 
readily argue that if a Dutchman can apeak 
English, an Englishman ought to speak Dutch 
or at least to understand the written text. 
Like so many Englishmen however I have to 
admit that I am a bad linguist bjit my excuse 
is that of the average Englishmen that in 
the course of my travels I have always found 
a number of people who speak and understand 
my language. If I am not asking too much, 
as aiming you are willing to meet my request. 
