詹姆斯·戴德律(James Deitrick)致孙中山函 (1912年1月16日)

(原文)

European American Finance & Development Company

Paris, Jan.16th, 1912

Dr.Sun Yat Sen,President United States of China,Nanking or Shanghai.

My Dear Mr.President,

Your many friends have been watching very carefully your personal interests in Europe and America.

Soon after you left here the Peking correspondents sent out so much hurtful nonsense against you and your party that I organized a press agency in London and Washington in your behalf and we had the satisfaction of having the actual facts printed.Soon all of the papers stopped the nonsense and commenced to write editorials in your behalf.It completely upset the New York Herald and the English papers in upholding the Manchus.We have to thank my good friend Francis John Dyer, the able correspondent at Washington, who sends out weekly letters to over 2,000 newspapers.He also telegraphs daily to the newspapers in Western part of United States.

Mr.Dyer is a Commissioner of the Panama California Exposition.His address is “rooms 405 Southern Building, Washington, D.C.,U.S.A.” If it would be consistent with your views, can you not write or have your Secretary write a note of thanks to Mr.Dyer for his very able and daily assistance rendered to you and to your party by his telegrams to the Press.

I will remain in Paris for some time.I hope that you will find something for me to be of service to you.You know full well that I can handle with diplomatic skill any delicate subject and will be only too happy to serve you in any manner.

Please write to the address above given or cable me with the above cable address.

With assurances of my devotion and high esteem, and with kindest congratulations from my wife.

Yours faithfully,

James Deitrick

President E-A Finance & Development Co.

(译文)

巴黎,1912年1月16日

致中华民国总统孙逸仙先生,南京或上海。

尊敬的总统先生:

您的许多朋友一直关注着您在欧洲和美国的个人声誉。

您离开这儿不久,北京的特派通信记者们便刊发了大量中伤您和您的政党的谣言。为您的名誉起见,我在伦敦和华盛顿组织了一个新闻通讯社。令人满意的是,我们刊行了事实真相。不久,所有的报纸停止了谣传,开始站在您的一边写社论、时评,这完全使《纽约先驱报》和支持清王朝统治的英国报纸苦恼不堪。感谢好朋友弗兰西斯·约翰·戴尔,他是一位在华盛顿的能干的通信记者。他每周送信给2000家以上的报纸,还每天致电给美国西部的报纸。

戴尔先生是巴拿马加利福尼亚博览会的特派员。他的地址是:美国华盛顿南方大厦405号房间。如果您同意的话,您能否写信或让您的秘书给戴尔先生写信,感谢他通过给新闻界的电讯天天给予您和您的政党有力的支持。

我将留在巴黎一段时间,我希望您能让我为您做点什么,您深知我有过外交训练,能处理任何琐事,极乐意以任何方式为您效劳。

请写信给上述地址或以上述电报地址致电给我。

致以崇高敬意,我妻子也致以最衷心的祝贺。

詹姆斯·戴德律 谨呈

欧美金融发展公司总裁