Office of the Historian

893.512/661: Telegram

The Chargé in China (Mayer) to the Secretary of State

Peking, September 1, 1927—3 p.m.
[Received September 1—8:20 a.m.]

850. Legation’s 839, August 29, 4 p.m. and 840, August 29, 5 p.m.54

1.
American consul, Shanghai, reports having received following communication from the Minister of Foreign Affairs addressed to me stating in translation:

“I have the honor to inform you that the Nationalist Government has now decided, in view of existing circumstances, to temporarily postpone the enforcement of (a) law on the abolition of internal transit duties; (b) provisional law on national import tariff; and (c) law on excise duty.”

2.
With reference to paragraph 2 of my telegram first mentioned, Cunningham has telegraphed that the letter from Wu to the Legation has been mailed. The question of a reply was informally discussed at a meeting of Heads of Legations this morning and it was agreed to await receipt of letters by the next steamers [apparent omission] concerned before this matter should be decided. The sense of the meeting, however, in which I concur, was that reply was unnecessary and inexpedient.
3.
American consul, Canton reports that he has been officially informed of postponement of new taxation at Canton.
4.
Japanese Minister has official information that new taxes also postponed at Swatow.
Mayer
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