Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 2, 1913

File No. 893.00/1766.

The American Consul General at Canton to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

American Consulate,
Hongkong, July 20, 1913.

The Province of Kwang Tung declared its independence yesterday.

Cheshire.