793.94/9149: Telegram
The Consul General at Tientsin (Caldwell) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 3—10:55 a.m.]
11. Japanese Consul General yesterday informed Senior Consul that his Military Attaché had informed him that in the event of further concentration of troops of the Central Government around Peiping Hankow and Tientsin–Pukow Railways north of Yellow River and in the event of advance of the Central troops already there, hostilities might eventually spread to these regions, and requested that the other Consuls be informed in order that they might warn their nationals. Tientsin quiet today. Japanese lieutenants reorganizing administration of First Special Area. Rumors are current of a Chinese-Japanese clash south of Tientsin on the Tientsin–Pukow Railroad. It was also reported that Japanese air divisions [omission?] area bombed Tehchow and Kalgan yesterday.