893.00/4320: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Schurman)

[Paraphrase]

108. Your telegram, May 1, 11 p.m., no. 187. If Colonel Martin and Admiral Strauss approve, the Department does not object to [Page 698] the substitution of marines for soldiers called for in your telegram of April 29, 3 p.m., no. 177.

Report any developments of importance, especially any increase by other foreign powers of their military forces and any evidence indicating anti-foreign tendency.

Hughes