893.00/8608: Telegram
The Consul General at Hankow (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State
[Received 3:42 p.m.]
Still impossible ascertain exact number of casualties in yesterday’s riots in Japanese Concession but best information indicates eight or ten Chinese killed, four Japanese sailors missing, said to be at labor union headquarters. Japanese volunteer and naval forces are in full control of situation in Concession today with machine guns at strategic points. Japanese have let it be known that they will defend Concession at all costs. One warehouse destroyed by fire. Pickets in ex-German Concession preventing anyone from entering Japanese area.
No disorders elsewhere in Hankow but situation very problematical.