Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 4, 1917

File No. 893.00/2642

Minister Reinsch to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

American Legation,
Peking, July 2, 1917, 8 p.m.

It is becoming evident that the coup d’état was the personal act of Chang Hsun and that it is not approved of by other leaders even in the North, some of whose names were used in this connection without authorization. It is possible therefore that armed resistance may be offered Chang even in the North. Tuan disapproves.

Reinsch