893.00/6291: Telegram
The Chargé in China (Mayer) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 19—6:12 a.m.]
235. Following from American consul at Chungking:
“No reports yet received justifying advice to Americans to be in readiness to leave. Student and labor agitation against British and Japanese growing. Three foreigners, British, Swedish, Polish, severely beaten by mobs. Chief danger is that General Yuan Tsuming’s troops may assist agitators. British consul is moving from the consulate in the city to British gunboats across the river because of the forced desertion of staff and servants. It is believed that he is adopting only feasible course. Small crowds yesterday threw stones into the Japanese premises but there is no disturbance today. Japanese consul is remaining in Japanese consulate for the present. Consuls exerting every effort to avoid circumstance that might give rise to attack upon any foreigner. There is no agitation at present against Americans.”