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Show FOWCWNESE PEKING, Jan. 2. Baron Feng Ktio , Chang, whose dentil is announced from ; Peking, was elected vice president of the Chineso republic in November, 191G, and was appointed acting presl-dent presl-dent by President Li Yuan Hung when I the latter resigned the post July 1. 1 1017. Later when Li Yuan Hung declined de-clined to resume office after an unsuccessful un-successful attempt of General Chang jHsun. a military leader, to re-estab-jlish the monarchy, President Feng jKuo Chang retained his place as chief .executive, holding It until he was suc-j suc-j cecded in September, 1918 by Shu Shih Chang, who was regularly elected. elect-ed. For his military exploits against revolutionists rev-olutionists In China, the most conspicuous conspic-uous of which was the suppression ofi a rebellion in tho summer of 1913, he was made a field marshal. ! On the establishment of the repub-! lie, and the promulgation of a consti- j ution in 1912, he was appointed chief j of the president's military council. Prior to that he served as director of ; the military council of the board of war, was a director in chief of the gen-! eral staff and commanded the first im-1 perlal army. In this latter capacity he succeeded in suppressing a revolu-) tionary uprising at Han Yan in No-! vember, 1911, for which he was re-1 warded with the rank of baron of iac ! second class. ! "President Feng Kuo Chang ap-! proved the decision of the Chinese cabinet in August, 1917, to declare war on Germany and Austria and as-1 serted his willingness to co-operate with the allies in prosecuting the war. nn ' |