Tuesday, Sept. 17, made public the following:
Incident to the elevation of the JAmerican diplomatic mission [China to an embassy, the American Consulate-General at _Nenking has been closed, effective September 17, Jand the Nanking Consular District has been incorporated into the Shanghat Consular District. A Vice-Consul Jdetalied to the embassy will. be on Jduty in Nanking to perform limited Jeonsular services for American resl-
Jdents of Nanking on behalf of the jAmericon Consul-General at Shang-hal. The registration and other pertinent records of the former sulate-General at Nanking are being transferred to the American Coa-—|sulate-General at Shanghai "The commissioned personnel, of the American Embassy at Nanking is at present as follows:—Mr. Willys IR. Peck, Counsetlor of Embassy; Mr. IGoorge Atcheson, jun, Second Secretary of Embesy; Mr. Jobs Carter Vincent, Second Secretary of Bmbassy: Mr. Kenneth J. Years, 'Third Secretary of Embussy:_ Mr. Douglas Jenkins, jun, 'Third Secrelary of Embassy' and Vice-Consul for JShanghal; Capt, Wiliam E. Enst, US, Amy, Attache representing the The offices of the American Enbassy at Nanking will remain in the building at San Pai Lou which formerly housed. the American Lega-jon and Consulate-General at Nan king.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.