U.S. & BRITAIN TO PARTICIPATE IN NAVAL DEMONSTRATION IN CHINA
Peking, China (JFK+50) On July 7, 1923, Junius B. Wood reports in The Evening Star that Rear Admiral Edwin A. Anderson, Jr.* has arrived with the American Asiatic Fleet in Peking in conjunction with an announcement from London that Great Britain and the United States will participate in a joint naval demonstration off the coast of China.
According to Mr. Wood, the Chinese cabinet has been thrown "into a flutter of apprehension" over these developments. The Japanese government is withholding approval at this time.
*Edwin Alexander Anderson, Jr. (1860-1933) was born in Wilmington, NC & served in the US Navy in the Spanish-American War, commanded the battleship New Hampshire in Vera Cruz, 1914 & served in WWI. EAA was awarded the Medal of Honor.
SOURCE
"U.S. Fleet Arrives To Impress China," by Junius B. Wood, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., July 7, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov
