793.94/8156: Telegram
The Consul at Hankow (Jarvis) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 19—10:07 a.m.]
A Japanese policeman named Yoshioka was shot dead while on duty in the Japanese concession at Hankow at 11:50 this morning. His assailant, according to the Japanese Consulate General, is unknown. The Japanese police allege confidentially that he was a Chinese noncommissioned officer belonging to a military unit now passing through Hankow on its way north. The Chinese version has not yet been disclosed.
Japanese patrols were landed an hour after the shooting and are posted in the Japanese concession, which is quiet. Sent to the Department, Peiping, Nanking, Shanghai.