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

File No. 893.001Y9/3.

The Chinese Chargé d’Affaires to the Secretary of State.

Legation of China,
Washington, October 6, 1913.

Sir: I have the honor to inform you that the Legation is in receipt of a telegram from the Foreign Office stating that the Chinese National Assembly has this day elected the present Provisional President, Yuan Shih Kai, the President of the Republic of China. The telegram further states that the President will be inaugurated on October 10, 1913.

Accept [etc.]

Chang Kang-jen.