Transcription: "Moosch, le 17 XI 1917 Un souvenir affectueux à ma chère petite amie et compagne de cours de dessin. Georgette Prêcheur "

Transcription: rzeczy metalowych i jakoby mają nawet zdejmować dachy z cerkwi.    Jakoś dostał się do Wilna Na  gazety z opisem zajęcia Wilna przez Niemców, tej treści:    Trzy dni trwał straszny bój. W Wilii woda była czerwona od krwi i płynęły tysiące trupów niemiec kich. Wojska rosyjskie bohatersko walczyły, dając mieszkańcom moż ność opuścić miasto i wywieść dobytek, potem wysadziło w powietrze wszystkie mosty, tor kolejowy, dworzec kolei, arsenał  i składy i odstąpiło zostawiając wrogom zamiast miasta - gruzy. Nie pozostał ani jeden kościół.  Z 200 tys. mieszkańców zostało  12 tysięcy, a i z tych 6 tysięcy nazajutrz uciekło, korzystając

Transcription: Left hand page. Cutting 1.        Some of my new responsibilities,  especially connected with finances and the increased and increasing difficulties  of the period have made me count on Jacklin even more than any Secretary- General would have had to do in normal times. In any case, I have shown him  Left hand page. Cutting 2.   even personal correspondence relating to our situation and in everyway treated him as my principal colleague. Then came the question of setting up an Office outside to collect contributions. There was definitely a case to be made for this and I accepted his arguments, not without  some qualms. I recommended it to Kisch so that he would have time to consult his  friends before leaving London for the  Supervisory Committee, as I had understood the principle had been laid down there that the Treasurer and Secretary-General should keep together. The text of that message was redrafted by Jacklin elimi- nating an interpolation of mine inducating regret at losing his help at Headquarters. I was somewhat astonished to hear later that an impression had by some means developed that I wished Jacklin to go,  while he wished to stand by his post here.      From time to time I deprecatred  tentative suggestions from Jacklin that the reduction of principal officers could  include himself. A peculiarly worded message then arrived from the Foreign  Office and Jacklin at once began to  make arrangements to get his visas in order to go outside to collect contri- butions, which he believes would not be obtained from here.  Right hand page. Cutting 1.        During this period I have had from time to time rather peculiar little moral lectures from Jacklin, some times based upon complete misunderstandings and some times no doubt useful correctives. There have also been minor outbursts of irasci- bility to which probably gout has contri- buted.      Yesterday I was discussing with Jacklin questions connected with his journey and subsequent work. He expressed the fear that he would not be allowed to stay at Lisbon or to go home to London but would be sent to the United States and he said he did not wish to go to the United States. I said that I could quite understand that, but that even  if he were in the United States he would be "out of prison", he would have no  unreasonable facilities of getting to London where he could see his family, etc.-      Then, Jacklin said: "Look here, I  have not been quite frank with you; I  want to take up that post in the Treasury  Right-hand page. Cutting 2.   which was offered to me. I would like  to finish my career in the service in which I began, etc..."- It appears,  therefore, that the real intenton of the plans to get out have not been based on the arguments used. Although I had expected that this might happen, I got  something of a shock. It probably also explains the some times unmeasured lan- guage used on certain general questions, no doubt unconsciously influenced by  this deep preoccupation.

Transcription: Left-hand page. Hand written diary entry.  one can learn there has been no such opposition in the USA this time, in comparison with the campaign of propaganda & action in 1914-18.      The "Times" of 15/X contained a long memo signed by 17 leading Irishmen, all anti- ..., 12 from  N.I. & 5 from  Eire, protesting against  the method used in setting up the  Local Defence Force in the Six  Counties. Practically given into the hands of the local govment which practically means the  ...  who will think the only preparation they have to make is to fight  the Catholics. And Eden is now  War Minister. The Black Hand again. What a pity.    Right-hand page. Typed. Wednesday, November 13th 1940      Difficulties with Jacklin in the summer time were ascribed to (1) a sense of personal loyalty to an old Chief; (2) mental and moral difficulty  in beleiving wrong of him, especially when played upon by a more astute mind; (3) a certain lack of perspicacity in general political matters. It took  most patent threats to the funds to waken him, together with a certain amount of pressure from outside. In addition, the nerve strain at the time, separation from and anxiety for his  family, and perhaps a certain degree of isolation had been contributing to a "malaise" in his case, as indeed in that of all of us. At the side was an  old and extremely bitter feud with  Aghnides; perhaps a minor degree of  distrust of myself and behind all, the  regrettable inferiority complex with some of its more common manifestations.      I have myself long been convinced  that Jacklin's integrity, his outspoken- ness, his courage, as well as his finan- cial ability and the confidence with which is is so widely and properly  regarded, were qualities which made him one of the principal pillars of the  Secretariat and the Organization. I had  indeed early in the war expressed the  opinion to Avenol that he, and (Jacklin), and Loveday were the only really indispen- sabale principal officers.      These considerations guided me in my general conduct towards Jacklin  and those factors previously mentioned  made me realize that I also had to  "nurse him" to be always conscious of  his susceptibilities. The defects -  and which of us is free from defects -  have not seriously affected his great value. Indeed, if I could have recogni- zed a little political aptitude, Jacklin  would have been an ideal person to have taken charge of the Institution instead of myself.

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Description: Avisartikel fra 1936 omhandlende Peter Frederiksen samt et brev hjem til hans mor fra Frankrig den 23. januar 1919 på Røde Kors brevpapir. || Peter Frederiksen blev født den 2. januar 1896 i Herskind i Østjylland. Han udvandrede i 1913 som 17-årig til Kasson, Minnesota, i USA. Han deltog på amerikansk side i 1. Verdenskrig fra juni 1918 og frem til krigens afslutning. Han kæmpede ved Vestfronten i Frankrig, og den 2. november 1918, under et engreb på tyske stillinger, blev han såret i højre ben af fjendtlig ild. Han måtte derefter indlægges på lazaret i flere måneder. Slaget den 2. november 1918, hvor han og hans division stormede en større by, havde store tabstal til følge. Han blev for sin indsats i 1. Verdenskrig tildelt flere udmærkelser, bl.a. to guldbånd samt purpurhjertet (Purple Heart). Purpurhjertet er en amerikansk militær udmærkelse, der uddeles til dem, som er blevet skadet eller dræbt i militær tjeneste. Peter Frederiksen drev efter krigen en farm ved Kasson, blev gift og fik fire børn. I 1936 blev han indlagt på hospitalet i Rochester med blidtarmsbetændelse, som han blev opereret for. Mens han lå på hospital fik han lungebetændelse, og dette viste sig at være dødeligt. Peter Frederiksen døde som 40-årig, og fik en militær begravelse på Evergreen kirkegård i Mantorville, Minnesota.

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