Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1912

File No. 893.00/1137.

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[Telegram.—Extract]

American Legation,
Peking, March 4, 1912—7 p.m.

Serious mutiny in Wuchang February 27. General condition of anarchy occasions reasonable fear that foreign intervention may become necessary. Japanese are bringing one more battalion to Tientsin from Manchuria.

Calhoun.