893.00/11358: Telegram
The Consul General at Hankow ( Lockhart ) to the Secretary of State
Hankow
, February 4, 1931—4
p.m.
[Received February 4—1:15 p.m.]
[Received February 4—1:15 p.m.]
12. The following telegram has been sent to the Legation:
“February 14, 3 p.m. U. S. S. Oahu fired upon yesterday by field piece at mileage 117. Fire silenced with twenty-two 3-inch shells and [Page 938] 1750 rounds machine gun. No casualties on Oahu. Steam launch Mei Lu, squadron’s [Standard Oil Company?] vessel, fired upon at mileage 204 and at Temple Hill yesterday. No casualties.
Repeated to Department.”
Lockhart