393.1115/2357: Telegram
The Consul at Tsingtao (Sokobin) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 29—7:07 p.m.]
By commercial steamers there have departed from Tsingtao approximately 20 Americans since destruction of Japanese cotton mills on December 18. The U. S. S. Sacramento departed today for Shanghai with 27 Americans and dependents and probably 26 Americans will leave by commercial steamers tomorrow. There will then remain in the city of Tsingtao 159 Americans and in the Tsingtao Consular District outside the city 13 Americans, the latter all missionary [Page 424] families, or a total of 172 remaining in the entire Tsingtao Consular District.
In the Tsinan Consular District this Consulate understands there are now approximately 110 Americans practically all missionaries.