Office of the Historian

893.00/10866: Telegram

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

Peiping, June 1, 1930—6 p.m.
[Received June 1—1:50 a.m.]

392. Following from American Consul General at Hankow:

“May 31, 1 p.m. Yangtze Rapid Steamship lighter no. 1 was heavily fired on by Communist soldiers at Hosueh on May 28 and hit many times but no casualties. British ship Pingwo attacked at the same time and place and hit about seventy times and three of the crew wounded. Firing came from machine guns and rifles.”

For the Minister:
Perkins