Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1923, Volume I

893.00/5213: Telegram

The Minister in China ( Schurman ) to the Secretary of State

Peking , October 5, 1923—5 p.m.
[Received October 5—10:14 a.m.]

332. Tsao Kun elected President this afternoon by 48 [480] votes, being 37 above number necessary to elect. No enthusiasm, no crowds, only police, soldiers and rickshaw men in streets. I was only foreign Minister present.

Schurman