893.00/8627: Telegram
The Consul at Tientsin (Berger) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 9—3:08 a.m.]
Tientsin consular district remains quiet. Reliable informants report elaborate preparations in Shansi to declare for Nationalist cause at an opportune moment. Various societies among the natives of southern Chihli, including the Boxers, are preparing to avenge themselves upon the Fengtien military authorities by murdering the small garrison in that section. Chinese police authorities raided all Soviet institutions in Tientsin excepting consulate general, and including Soviet Trade Mission and Dal Bank, yesterday; nothing of importance found. This was to be expected since Tientsin had 24-hour warning through similar raids in Peking. All American women and children and most of men in Shansi and south Chihli are en route to, or have arrived, here. Those from Shensi and Kansu reported to be en route.