893.512/693: Telegram
The Chargé in China (Mayer) to the Secretary of State
Peking, October 13,
1927—6 p.m.
[Received October 13—4:50 p.m.]
[Received October 13—4:50 p.m.]
926. Your [My] 914. Following from American consul at Canton:
“October 12, 10 a.m. Your 193 and October 8, 3 p.m. Joined consular colleagues this morning in protest against imposition of new tax. General Li plans discontinue tax.
The reply suggested adoption of the consular compulsory procedure adopted at Shanghai impossible at Canton. Imports discharged in native city, control of which could not be gained except by the use of force.”
Mayer