893.51/4481: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Schurman)
1. Your No. 422 December 26, 2 p.m.
For your information. In an interview with the British Chargé d’Affaires on December 29, I took occasion to remark that I had been somewhat disturbed by recent information from Canton to the effect that half of the British marine contingent had departed and that there was pressure on the Hongkong Government presumably by British interests which might have consequences creating the appearance that British support was weakening; and that I wished to convey to the British Government the earnest hope that the solidarity and cooperation at Canton would be maintained, and that nothing would be done which would indicate that the British were not as earnest in this cooperation as they had been. The Chargé d’Affaires replied that he had no information on the subject.