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

File No. 893.001F35/1

Minister Reinsch to the Secretary of State

[Telegrams]

American Legation,
Peking, July 17, 1917, 6 p.m.

Minister for Foreign Affairs communicates notification from Vice President Feng that in accordance with law he is performing in an acting capacity the duties of the President, having assumed office on the 6th instant.

Reinsch