893.00/6224: Telegram
The Chargé in China (Mayer) to the Secretary of State
Peking, May 26,
1925—6 p.m.
[Received May 26—11:37 a.m.]
[Received May 26—11:37 a.m.]
189. My 179, May 2, 4 p.m., and second paragraph my 186, May 13, 3 p.m.31
- 1.
- Chang Tso-lin’s Peking representative states that Marshal Chang is coming to Tientsin on 27th or 28th May and probably to Peking almost immediately thereafter.
- 2.
- Representative likewise states Chang Tso-lin intends to secure military control of Peking and environs in order to be in a position to head a government should Tuan vacate office. This military control to be obtained by substitution of Chang Tso-lin troops for Feng Yu-hsiang troops and attaching gendarmerie and police to Chang. Thus substitution seemingly now in peaceful progress.
- 3.
- Impossible at this juncture to forecast under what guise, legal or otherwise, Chang might attempt to assume national leadership.
- 4.
- Information obtained by military attaché strengthens opinion expressed in the second sentence of paragraph 2, my 179, May 2, 4 p.m.
- 5.
- Repeated to Tokio.
Mayer