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

893.00/6691: Telegram

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

Peking, October 24, 1925—noon.
[Received October 24—7:42 a.m.]

463. Following received from Canton:

“Oct. 20, 4 p.m. Local government announces capture of Waichow by the Whampoa Cadets, but rumors persist city has been retaken by Chen Chiung-ming forces. Fighting in eastern Kwangtung unusually severe, local authorities admitting heavy losses in killed and wounded. Several hundred wounded have arrived in Canton.”

MacMurray