393.115 Foster-McClellan Company/1
The Minister in China (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State
Peking, June 25, 1929.
[Received August
2.]
No. 2179
Sir: I have the honor to enclose copies of six
despatches from the American Consul in chargé at Mukden, to the
Legation,35 in
regard to efforts of the Japanese authorities to close the office of
Foster-Mc-Clellan Company, an American firm, doing business in the
Japanese Railway Settlement at Mukden, such action by the Japanese being
in complete disregard of the extraterritorial privileges enjoyed by
American
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citizens throughout
China. There is also enclosed a copy of the Legation’s instruction of
today’s date to the American Consul in chargé at Mukden.
I have [etc.]
[Enclosure]
The Minister in China (MacMurray) to the Consul at Mukden (Myers)
Sir: In response to your despatch, No. 231,
of May 31, 1929,37
and to previous despatches regarding the efforts of the police
authorities of the Japanese Railway Settlement at Mukden to
interfere with the business of the Foster-McClellan Company, as
conducted in the Railway Settlement, I beg leave to inform you that
this matter has been the subject of informal personal
representations addressed to the Japanese Legation here, in the hope
of bringing about a satisfactory adjustment of the matter without
formally reopening the general question of the rights of the
Japanese authorities in the Railway Settlement at Mukden. This phase
of the matter was tactfully brought to the attention of the Japanese
Legation, which in reply stated that it would address prompt
inquiries to the Japanese Consul General in Mukden, since it was
possible that there had been some misunderstanding.
A copy of an informal note of today’s date, addressed to Mr. Eiji
Amau, First Secretary of the Japanese Legation, by Mr. Spiker of
this Legation, is enclosed38 for your information. It is hoped that
the informal representations made will prove sufficient to bring
about the cessation of the efforts of the Japanese police to
interfere with the legitimate business activities of the
Foster-McClellan Company in Mukden. However, in the event that this
does not prove to be the case, the Legation will give further
consideration to the suggestions contained in the last two
paragraphs of your despatch, No. 213, of April 25th, to the
Legation,37
namely: that your office make reply to the Japanese Consul General
in the general sense of the Department’s instruction to the
Legation, No. 992, of June 3, 1919,39 relative to previous efforts of the
Japanese to exercise authority in the Japanese Railway Settlement in
Mukden in disregard of the extraterritorial privileges enjoyed by
American citizens in China.
A copy of your despatch under acknowledgement and of your previous
reports concerning this case have been transmitted to the
Department, together with a copy of this instruction. A copy of my
transmitting despatch to the Department is also enclosed.
I am [etc.]
[File copy not signed]
