Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1922, Volume I

893.00/4468: Telegram

The Vice Consul in Charge at Canton (Huston) to the Secretary of State

Canton, June 16, 1922—3 p.m.
[Received June 16—9:47 a.m.]

Chen’s⁵⁵ troops seized Canton 3 o’clock morning, declare constitutional government at end and in favor of old Parliament. Sun’s body guards still fighting in President’s palace. Sun supposed escaped Whampoa on gunboat.

Huston

55. Chen Chiung-ming; Governor of Kwangtung, Commander in Chief of Kwangtung troops; and concurrent Minister of War in the Canton Government.