893.00/12895: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in China ( Gauss )

389. Your 581, December 18, 3 p.m. and 583, December 18, 5 p.m. The Department desires that the Legation, if it perceives no objection, [Page 484] instruct Peck to inform the Foreign Office as under instructions from the Department that the American Government is gravely concerned over the disturbed state of affairs in Anhwei province which has already caused the death of two American citizens and is endangering the lives of others and that the American Government expects that the Chinese Government will immediately take effective steps to meet this menacing situation and to insure the safety of American citizens.

Hull