893.00/4331: Telegram

The Minister in China (Schurman) to the Secretary of State

[Paraphrase]

197. Department’s no. 108 of May 2. U.S.S. Huron is due off Taku at 7 a.m tomorrow. Strauss has given orders for landing of 150 marines with machine guns at Tientsin by tug. U.S.S. Wilmington is under orders to proceed to Taku.

Schurman