Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 5, 1916

File No. 893.001L76

The Acting Secretary of State to the Chinese Minister

Department of State,
Washington, October 19, 1916.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 13th instant, enclosing an autograph letter addressed to the President of the United States by which His Excellency Li Yuan-hung announces his assumption of the duties of the office of President of the Republic of China, in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic.

His Excellency’s letter will be laid before the President whose reply will be delivered through the American Minister at Peking.

Accept [etc.]

Frank L. Polk