With all my love to all.
DICK.
TOKYO, March 22nd, 1904.
DEAR MOTHER: The "situation" here continues to remain in such doubt that I cannot tell of it, as it changes hourly.

There are three "columns," so far existing only in imagination.

That is, so far as they concern the correspondents.

The first lot have chosen themselves, and so have the second lot.

But the first lot are no nearer starting than they were two weeks ago.