793.94/9238: Telegram
The Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 8—6 a.m.]
436. My August 7, 2 p.m.69 Japanese Ambassador to China arrived here yesterday afternoon from North China and in brief statement to the Japanese press declared that “the Sino-Japanese situation is grave and the circumstances seem to me to be gradually pointing towards a dangerous crisis. I intend to exhaust all diplomatic steps in securing a solution.” According to press reports the Japanese Ambassador refused to amplify his statement and informed reporters he did not know whether he would proceed to Nanking.
Shanghai quiet.
Repeated to Department and Peiping. By mail to Nanking.
- Not printed.↩