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Show UK'S COOP FAILS; REPUBLIC IS VICTOR WASHINGTON, July 11. Entry of the republican troops into Fektn was announced an-nounced in a dispatch to the Chinese le-' le-' gation today. Indicating that the monarchical mon-archical coup d'etat had come to a complete com-plete failure. Ths dispatch was the first in two weeks to come through direct from the Peliln foreign office. The second and final abdication of the Manchu emperor, Hsuan Tung:, it is said, is expected momentarily, mo-mentarily, along with the arrest of General Gen-eral Chang Hsun, the military adventurer adventur-er responsible for the coup, ordered taken Into custody by the president. General Chang HsUn has withdrawn to the imperial city, a sacred section of Pe-kin, Pe-kin, where it is reported his troops are fast deserting him. Escape is cut 6ft. Apparently Chang is not now in a position posi-tion to carry out his threat to destroy the priceless temples of the city. The legation dispatches are not clear as to whether President Li. reported to have fled to the Japanese embassy in Pekin 'for safety, has returned to his office of-fice or whether acting President Feng Kwo Chang is still serving. There is thought now to be no reason, rea-son, however, why L.1 should not take over tlie authority once again and re-es-, tablish the coalition government set up just before Chang made his theatrical coup. Today's dispatches reported the resignation resig-nation of Dr. Wu Ting Fang as minister of foreign affairs on the ground of 111 health and the acceptance of his resignation resig-nation by the president. Dr. Wu has resigned several times before, but It is thought that now the republic, has weathered weath-ered its most serious storm lie will retire from office permanently. Inquiry will undoubtedly be made to determine the source of Chang's support. sup-port. On June 22 he asked tjie Japanese minister at Pekin what Japan's attitude would be toward a restoration of tlie monarchy and received the reply that Japan would not concern herself with internal in-ternal Chinese affairs. A few days ago i official intimations came from Japan that German money had been used in an ' attempt to sow discord in China and I make actual belligerency impossible. |