893.51/5309: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 30, 1930—10:20 a.m.]
520. Following from Reuter, Nanking, June 29:
“The Customs Administration has ordered the customs at Chinwangtao, which has heretofore been under the jurisdiction of the Tientsin customs, to be immediately transferred and placed under the control of the Shanhaikuan customs as a precautionary measure to prevent the Chinwangtao customs from being seized and utilized by Marshal Yen Hsi-shan.
The Navy Minister said that Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang has despatched the gunboat Tinghai belonging to the northeastern (Manchurian) naval squadron to Chinwangtao to enforce the transfer.”