Office of the Historian

393.1123 Coltman, Charles/87: Telegram

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

Peking, May 26, 1923—3 p.m.
[Received May 26—7:02 a.m.]

184. My 171, May 19, 11 a.m.54 Note from Foreign Office dated yesterday states chief of staff on petition Ministry War and General [Page 738] Staff was dismissed by Presidential mandate, and chief adjutant and Adjutant Wang dismissed by Ministry of War; and Chinese Government accepts our demand for $25,000 compensation.55

Schurman
  1. Not printed.↩
  2. On Sept. 20, the Chinese Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs transmitted a draft for $25,000 to the Minister in China in payment of this claim.↩