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

File No. 893.00/2367

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American Legation,
Peking , March 31, 1916, midnight .

There is much uneasiness among the native population here and it is reported that certain troops are ready to revolt. I am taking every precaution but do not think that harm will befall foreigners as the mutiny, if begun, will be innately a political demonstration.

Reinsch