393.1154 Standard Oil Co. No. 2/6: Telegram
The Consul General at Canton (Jenkins) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 28—6:50 a.m.]
Referring to my telegram of August 27, noon, to Legation, Standard Oil Company has just been informed by telegraph that company’s office and residence at Nanning have been looted and Yunnanese are mounting guns on all oil lighters.
I am radioing this information to Consul Stevens at Yunnanfu and in the meantime would urge the Legation to impress upon the Minister of Foreign Affairs at Nanking the evident seriousness of the situation at Nanning and urge upon him that measures be taken promptly to bring Yunnanese under control and ensure protection to [Page 180] Americans and their property. As far as I can ascertain, four American missionaries are still in Nanning.
Department and Legation informed.