Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1925, Volume I

893.00/6844: Telegram

The Consul General at Tientsin (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

Tientsin, December 14, 1925—3 p.m.
[Received December 14—8:50 a.m.]

Communication with Peking now limited to radio. Li Ching-lin, Military Governor of Chihli, successfully resisting advance Feng Yu-hsiang forces from Peking on a line more than 6 miles from Tientsin. Feng’s forces however attempting encircling movement to the east and Feng’s troops at Tangshan also advancing against Tientsin. Military Governor expects reenforcements from Shantung without which his position appears hopeless.

Gauss