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

File No. 893.00/2654

Minister Reinsch to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

American Legation,
Peking, July 6, 1917, 9 p.m.

Chang Hsun troops retreating before General Tuan. Chang Hsun suggests mediation. City nervous but orderly. Railway communication interrupted and the extra company called from Tientsin still on the way.

Reinsch