Office of the Historian

893.00/5840: Telegram

The Chargé in China (Mayer) to the Secretary of State

Peking, December 13, 1924—noon.
[Received December 13—5:19 a.m.]

480. Mandates issued December 11th dismissed from office Chi Hsieh-yuan, Military Governor of Kiangsu, and appointed Civil Governor Han Acting Director General. Military rules same Province and is under Lu Yung-hsiang, Pacification Commissioner Kiangsu [and] Anhui.

Whether Chi will vacate post or make armed resistance still uncertain.27 Credibly reported Chang Tso-lin will give Lu Yunghsiang effective military assistance in removing Chi and securing military control of two Provinces if necessary as Chang is thought to be determined uproot Chihli Party in spite of Tuan’s professed policy peaceful unification.

Mayer
  1. The consul general at Shanghai in despatch no. 2837, Dec. 31, 1924, reported that Chi had retired to private life in the International Settlement of Shanghai (file no. 893.00/5960). Chi resumed military activities, Jan. 1925.↩