Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1925, Volume I

893.00/6648: Telegram

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

Peking, October 7, 1925—5 p.m.
[Received October 7—8:30 a.m.]

428. Following telegram repeated from Canton:

“October 2, 3 p.m. Commissioner of Foreign Affairs states that Canton army is mobilizing. Heavy detachments of troops are being sent to east front to check Chen Chiung-ming advance. Fighting reported southeast of Waichow and East River points. Wounded arriving Canton daily.”

MacMurray