893.00/11294: Telegram
The Consul General at Hankow (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 14—9:13 a.m.]
117. The following telegram has been sent to the Legation:
“November 14, 3 p.m. U.S.S. Panay fired upon by cannon yesterday afternoon at Temple Hill between Chenglingki and Shasi. Fire silenced with 5 rounds 3-inch shells. Standard Oil Company vessel Mei Ping on which Consul Clark was returning from Chungking and the Yangtze Rapid vessel Chi Ta as well as other vessels also fired on at Temple Hill, including His Majesty’s Ship Petrel which replied with 32 rounds of 3-inch shells. Repeated to Department.”