393.115 Hunt and Company, William/84: Telegram
The Consul General at Canton (Linnell) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 12—2 a.m.]
58. Referring to my telegram No. 56 of November 11, an inspection was made of the godown and buildings yesterday and their condition and contents noted in a general way. The principal contents appeared to be about 8,000 bags of sugar, barbed wire and cement.
The sugar bags were marked in Chinese characters meaning Kwangtung Provincial Shitau Sugar Factory.
The inspection was made by Consul Krentz and a clerk of this Consulate General, Lieutenant Clark of the Mindanao, 2 Japanese naval officers and an interpreter.
After the inspection the guard from the Mindanao was withdrawn and a Japanese naval guard substituted.
Repeated to Chungking and Peiping.