The Archive · 1926

Denial of Any Speeches

Canton, Oct. 5.

According to the Bureau of Imformation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Douglas Jenkins, the American Consul-General, in a letter to Mr. Eugene Chen, the Acting, Minister for Foreign Affairs, stated: "In. view of the statements recently} published in several newspapers alleging that the American Minister made a speech or speeches while in Canton, it seems proper for me to inform you that Mr. MacMurray made no speeches of any sort on any, subject while he was in Canton, nor} did he authorize any public statement."—Reuter.

Manila, Oct. 4.

Mr. MacMurray, the American Minister to China, who a here on Sunday, refused to make any statement—Reuter.

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