My dear Mr. Rook: 
I was very glad to receive your letter 
of October 27, 1921, and learn that you ware in good 
health and reasonable spirits. j. an glad uO say chat the 
books you left with us as well as trie boxes of fruit cut¬ 
tings were forwarded by pouch to Washington. I am assum- 
ing that you were not wedded to the idea of sending the 
cuttings through the mail. I wrote a special note to the 
diplomatic secretary in Paris asking him to expedite 
transmission to Washington as soon as possible. 
This week .opened with the dollar stand¬ 
ing around 6000, Tuesday it passed 7000, Wednesday pas¬ 
sed 8000. Yesterday workmen from Floridsdorf and otadlau 
marched into the city, demonstrated before the parliament 
and then they or irresponsible elements, which had joined 
them invaded the hotel quarters and Jewish districts and 
shopping streets, chftcked stones through most of the win- 
dows in reach 
J.F. Rock, Esquire, 
c/'o American Consul, 
a ’ 
Singapore * 
