Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1922, Volume I

893.74/222: Telegram

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

Peking, February 20, 1922—10 a.m.
[Received February 22—3:15 p.m.]

55. My number 43, February 10, 11 a.m. Representative of Ministry of Communications reports that information received by Ministry from Moss¹⁵ indicates arrangements made by Federal Company to secure loan from bankers of two and one-half million gold. Ministry urges that construction of Shanghai station be carried out first as this sum is ample for this purpose and that beginning of work operation hastened as Japanese wireless station near [Peking?] nearly completed and will be operating in April.

Schurman

15. Barnes Moss, representative in China of the Federal Telegraph Company.