893.102 Kulangsu/780: Telegram
The Consul at Amoy (MacVitty) to the Secretary of State
[Received 6:58 p.m.]
58. With reference to paragraph 3 of my telegram No. 56, June 20, 5 p.m., regarding the joint protest made by the Consular Body to the Japanese Consul General with regard to the Japanese interference with food supplies consigned to the International Settlement, Uchida has now replied to the effect that there is also a food shortage in Amoy. However, he stated, “I am considering a measure for coping with the serious situation sustained by the people of Kulangsu”. His reply to the joint protest is couched in extremely polite language and this change in attitude undoubtedly resulted from the conversations [Page 129] by Chargé d’Affaires ad Interim at Tokyo with officials of the Foreign Office.
The principal shortage in the Settlement now is meat which is practically unobtainable. A large shipment of firewood is expected from Shanghai at the end of this week.
Repeated to Peiping, Chungking, Consul General at Shanghai.