Show PRESIDENT PRESIDE T Of I CHINA OUSTED BY IN INSURGENTS SUA GENTS Li Li Yuan j Flees From I Pekin With Hostile Army at Gates Dem Demanding Demand Demand- nd- nd ing His Hs Abdication II I I CAPITAL IS LEFT 1 WITHOUT CABINET I Chieft Chieftains Chieftain's int s Warning of Invasion Invasion Invasion In In- Unless Abdication Abdication tion lion Took Place Results i in Pe Flight PEKIN June 13 By A A. A P Pres P.-Pres- Pres President ident U LI Yuan Hung with a hostile army of ot his his' countrymen at the gates of ot his capital ready to ent enter r it If it he ho refused to vacate his office yielded to the pressure of the militarists mill mili tari ts' ts today an left and lett for at p. p m. m oia oina special train An hour earlier General Feng Yu- Yu Hsiang military Ins Inspector ector of the metropolitan area had Issued a final warning that he be would ln Invade de Pekin unless the president left President LI made a spectacular dash Sh from his residence to the station station station sta sta- tion In a motorcar followed by cars containing his pers personal nal guards The train already under steam having been prepared for tor such an eventuality eventual eventual- ity pulled out Immediately The minister of ot war war and a few faithful adherents waved goodbye goodbys to the president The city was Quiet this after after- noon HAS NO CABINET The flight of ot LI Yuan Hung flung left the Pekin government not only without a president but without a a cabinet The cabinet of ot Premier Chang Tseng Shao resigned JuneC June 6 C ostensibly because of a dIsagreement disagreement disagree dIsagree- ment meat TV With gith the president over the appointment of ot petty bat m actually it wa was wad said b be s ufe financial ise and the other difficulties dif dit- dif dif- faced by the Chinese e gov gov- President LI attempted In vain to reorganize the cabinet First he urged Chang Tseng Shap-Tseng who went to lp 10 o return and resu resume e ethe the premiership but Chang was deaf to the appeal Then the president president president dent asked Dr W VW W. W Yen formerly formerly formerly for for- merly foreign minister to form a a. cabinet and the task also was offered offered of of- V. V W. W Wellington Koo formerly formerly formerly for for- merly minister to the United tates States but neither was willing to assume the responsibility in of the po political political po- po uncertainty INTRIGUE SET IN MOTION Meanwhile the intrigue that drove Yuan Li-Yuan-Hung from the city was set In motion last Friday by a strike of the metropolitan police The police po po- lice g gave ve the excuse that wages were owing them hem and they returned to work the next evening but the president and others In authority charged that both the cabinet crisis and the police poUce strike were part of a a. plot to replace his regimo regime with a militaristic government The scheme of the police walkout apparently apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap was to cause disorder In Inthe Inthe Inthe the city so BO that troops would be forced to to take over the situation In some quarters it was said that Marshal arshal Tsao Tsao-Kun head of the powerful Chihli military p party was slated elated for the presidency President LI secluded In his residence held out until this mornIng mornIng morning morn- morn Ing deciding to quit only when convinced convinced convinced con con- vinced that he could not reorganize the cabinet In a a. recent Interview he recalled that his resignation had been placed In the hands of parliament parliament parliament parlia parlia- ment months ago though never acted on He suggestion that parliament parliament parliament par par- accept It It if considered de desirable do- do but declared he would not turn China over to the militarists He also telegraphed Marshal Tsao and General Wu Fu Pel-Fu commander commander commander comman comman- der of ot the armies supporting the Pekin government asking them what they Intended to do LI Yuan-Hung Yuan has had a distin distinguished public career Trained as asa asa asa a naval officer he was In command in 1911 of Ot the land forces of the rev that forced out the Manchu dynasty and established a a. republic In China Chino After Ater serving nerving twice as vice president he became president in 1916 ana and resigned a year jear ear later after atter the coup of a arival arival arival rival general had nad effected a fleeting restoration of the Manchu emperor The Tho republic was reestablished quickly but LI refused to resume the executive office lie He remained In retirement in until a year ago almost to the day when responding to a no na nationwide nationwide nationwide na- na na- na demand for tor his services In Inthe Inthe inthe the effort to reunite the country he returned to Pekin and the tho dency Inviting Sun Yat-Sen Yat the southern southern south south- em ern leader and others opposed to the Pekin government to meet him and discuss Chinas China's LI called on all the provinces to support himin himin him him- himIn in his attempt to reconcile the differences dif dlf- that had split spIlt the country into armed factions It Itis Is my Inclination said LI in a manifesto to stay until death In my home I hae have no more desire to see the people of ot the world I am old What ambition I 1 have ha Is only that I long to see re reunion reunion reunion re- re I union and would lay down my life ute to bring it about a day earlier I Since then he has waged a losing fight against the provincial lal military systems the various opponents of the Pekin the dissensions dissensions dissen dissen- along within his administration He was hampered by financial difficulties ties and by s several cabinet crises |