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

File No. 893.00/2041.

The American Minister to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Peking, December 16, 1913.

Nearly all the Ministers, and the Chinese themselves, believe withdrawal of troops would be premature.

Reinsch.