Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1930, Volume II

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The Consul General at Hankow (Lockhart) to the Minister in China (Johnson)³⁷

Hankow, June 11, 1930.

No. 985

Sir: I have the honor to enclose a copy of a communication that has been received from the Reverend Peter Valder³⁶ of the Lutheran Brethren Mission at Tsaoyang, Hupeh, giving the details of an attack upon the mission at that place by troops endeavoring to find quarters.

It will be noted that the proclamations issued by the National Government to protect the mission property from just such incidents were completely ignored, and that the lives of the missionaries were endangered by the determination of the troops to occupy the mission premises.

I have taken this matter up with General Ho Ying-chin in an endeavor to prevent a recurrence of such incidents and to obtain the punishment of the officer responsible for the attack.

I have [etc.]

F. P. Lockhart

37. Copy transmitted to the Department by the Consul General in his despatch No. 1428, June 11, 1930; received July 17.
36. Not printed.