Office of the Historian

File No. 341.622a/31

The Consul at Nagasaki (Baker) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]
Nagasaki, undated.
[Received February 23, 1916, 8.15 a. m.]

British cruiser Laurentic 18th instant, 10 miles from entrance Yangtze River, fired blank and projectile shots; sent boat containing heavily armed party 22. Two officers, 5 armed men boarded China, despite captain’s protest, removing 28 Germans, 8 Austrians, 2 Turks, including physicians and merchants.

Baker