893.00/6264: Telegram
The Chargé in China ( Mayer ) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 15—5:37 a.m.]
227. Referring to my telegram No. 223, June 14, 1 p.m. The following telegram has been received from the consul general at Canton:
“June 14, 1 p.m. Referring to my telegram of June 11 [13?], noon. Hundreds of Yunnanese and other Chinese not speaking Cantonese dialect have been hunted out and beaten to death by the civilian populace while the victorious Cantonese army did little or nothing to prevent it. However, police department is beginning to function and it now seems likely that order will be restored shortly.
Antiforeign agitation continues and there is considerable uneasiness in Canton and other cities. During student demonstration in Wuchow on the 8th mob yelled ‘kill foreigners’ and threw stones at American Baptist Hospital.
Local situation seems to be dominated by Whampoa military school cadets to whom complete destruction of Yunnan army is due. However, it appears Ng Bong Ping and other conservatively inclined Cantonese leaders will have a share in the new government.
I am continuing my policy of urging Americans especially women and children to leave for Hongkong and other safe places.”