ALS in French, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 3.75 x 6, no date. Letter to a friend, in part (translated): “The Emperor of China seems to be playing autocrat with unequaled skill. That’s why he will never understand that the world is not there to indulge him and, besides, that no singer has the bad taste to not worry about the state of his serfs. I have done and will continue to do what I possibly can in this affair, hoping for the sake of God, the tsar, and the fatherland!, that I will have the necessary time to act!” Light scattered soiling and a rusty paperclip mark to the top edge, otherwise fine condition. Though undated, this letter was likely penned around 1900, when an eight-nation alliance—including France, the Russian Empire, and the German empire—intervened in China’s violent uprising known as the Boxer Rebellion. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA.
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