June 19 Sunday – In Kaltenleutgeben near Vienna, Austria, Sam wrote to the Vienna correspondent for the London Daily News, Bettina Wirth.

I sent the play to my business friend in New York & said I would translate it if it was likely to make a success there. The response was not sufficiently encouraging—war-plays are all the go there, these days.

I see that the mutilation of our soldiers killed on picket is denied in Madrid. I wish the denial might be true; but as an American Admiral made the charge, that ends the matter. The mutilations were probably done by guerillas—it’s part of their trade; but as Spain recognizes the guerillas, their acts are Spanish acts, and official [MTP].