793.94/4517: Telegram
The Consul General at Tientsin (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State
[Received March 2—6:35 a.m.]
The following telegram has been sent to the Legation today:
“March 2, 3 p.m. The war materials described in my March 1, 3 p.m.28 were brought up to Tientsin by lighter yesterday afternoon. Japanese military authorities minimize importance of shipment but the large number of machine guns and fieldpieces would seem to place the shipment outside the category of normal additions to the equipment of the local garrison although it might well be intended merely to meet any eventualities that may arise in or near Japanese concession.
Repeated to the Department and Shanghai.”