893.00/6252: Telegram
The Chargé in China ( Mayer ) to the Secretary of State
Peking
,
June 10,
1925—11 a.m.
[Received June 10—7:05 a.m.]
[Received June 10—7:05 a.m.]
214. The following telegram has been received from the consul at Antung:
“June 9, 6 p.m. At noon today Japanese police opened fire on Salt Gabelle patrol attempting to arrest Korean smugglers off shore of Japan[ese] Concession, killing five Chinese, then marched en masse into Chinatown and surrounded Gabelle office. They have returned to Japanese Concession. Feeling running high among Chinese.”
Mayer