793.94/3592: Telegram
The Consul General at Shanghai (Cunningham) to the Secretary of State
[Received January 21—9:30 a.m.]
The following telegram has been sent to the Legation:
“January 21, 4 p.m. My January 20, 6 p.m. At Japanese mass meeting held on afternoon January 20th attended by about 12,000 Japanese, local Japanese Consul General was denounced for his failure [Page 42] to obtain satisfaction in various local incidents. The crowd demonstrated in front of Japanese Consulate General and then marched through streets of Settlement to Japanese Marine headquarters. They smashed windows in Chinese shops and assaulted several Chinese. The entire police force of the Settlement is mobilized but so far no disorders today. Chinese and Japanese members of Settlement police force are functioning harmoniously. Another Japanese mass meeting scheduled for the 23rd.”