1 Limburg a/ Lahn
Missionshaus 16.XI.15 Dear Sir Roger I have been anxiously
awaiting a line from you. I wrote
you as you remember not
long since, to say that I had for-
warded a letter to Mr. Meyer, and
to beg you to remind him of it. I hope you are quite well, and
that it is not ill health that is the
cause of the delay. Yesterday I had the honour of
a conversation with Major from
Berlin. He said some things which
led me to believe that he has been
informed by some of my friends
about my protestation against
the action of the Irish Prisoners. 2 I hope I succeeded to convince him
of my duties here. I tried to. He seemed
to me a fine type of gentleman. I was
sorry I had such a short interview with
him. Should you have an occasion to
meet you may be able to supply
what I had not time to say to him.
I was very much surprised to hear
him question my Nationality. At
any rate he asked me. If I were an
Irishman, I told him I was one to
the backbone. You may be interested to know that
my late Superior General, at present
Nuntius Apostolicus at Munich, is
to be soon a Cardinal Prince of Rome.
This is a great honour in my Order
and in Germany. In a few days I
mean to be in Munich, when I
hope to meet his Eminence, according
to appointment already made. I shall
have to give him a statement of
accounts of the past twelve months, which
he has promised to dispatch to Rome.
I shall let you see a copy some time. Since the arrival of Mr. Monteith
I have met his companion more
than once. He shall be able to con-
vey more detailed news on his return
to Berlin. In the meantime I wish you
all good blessings & beg to remain Yours sincerely Fr T. Crotty O.P.