893.102 Tientsin/559: Telegram
The Consul General at Tientsin (Caldwell) to the Secretary of State
[Received 5:25 p.m.]
11. My telegram No. 9, January 24, 4 p.m.1 I have been notified informally by the Japanese Consulate General that from tomorrow [Page 844] electrified fence around British and French Concessions will again be charged. Evidently it has not been charged since submerged by August flood.
So far as reported, expiration of treaty2 has not brought noticeable change in the attitude of the Japanese military toward Americans that could safely be ascribed to that cause, though there may be less cordiality on the part of some sentries than formerly. Increased barrier difficulties appear to affect other nationals as well and in some cases may be due to changes in personnel at barriers.
Repeated to Peiping, Shanghai, air mail to Tokyo.
- Not printed.↩
- Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the United States and Japan, signed at Washington, February 21, 1911, Foreign Relations, 1911, p. 315; see also ante, pp. 625 ff.↩