Office of the Historian

893.00/11071: Telegram

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

Peiping, August 8, 1930—5 p.m.
[Received 9:02 p.m.]

682. Following from Hankow:

“August 7, 5 p.m. Despite augmented garrison there is much uneasiness in Hankow. Emergency martial law imposed at 8 p.m. yesterday, instead of 12 midnight as usual.

Am informed that 150 Japanese marines have arrived at Hankow and that more are to come from Shanghai and that 130 British soldiers are either en route or ready to depart from Shanghai for Hankow.

Changsha reported quiet and I shall send Clark76 sometime within few days if conditions remain favorable.”

Johnson
  1. Lewis Clark, Consul at Hankow.↩