Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Dates of letters and topics covered: September 23, 1914. (2 letters) Trip on board S.S. China and reading about China. October 12, 1914. Written from Mukden, Manchuria about his trip to China. October 15, 1914. Written from Peking, working as Chinese, not American official. October 18, 1914. Doesn't believe in unchanging Chinese; believes that they are taking on Western things very rapidly. October 26, 1914. Interview with President Yuan. November 1, 1914. Sightseeing...