393.1153 Texas Co./3: Telegram

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

197. The Texas Company has reported that military authorities in Honan under threat of confiscation of company’s goods stored in rented warehouse at Taokow have extorted silver dollars twenty-five thousand in illegal taxes. Please radio briefly circumstances and the steps taken or contemplated by the company, Consulate General and Legation.

Stimson