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Show CHINA GLAD TO I HAVE NEW RULER Retirement of President ; Hsu Acclaimed as Opening Open-ing New Era PEKING June 2 (Bv Tho Associated Assoc-iated Pressi President Hsu Shlh-fhang. Shlh-fhang. who Thursday resigned under pressure, will retire to Tien Tsln lea -I ing tho presidential palace to his successor, suc-cessor, who in all probability will be Li Yuan-Hung, former president j Membeis of the old parliament, meeting at Tien Tsln, have requested U Yuan-Ilung to r"sume the pr-ji-dency, from which he resigned In 1 f 1 7 after the militarists obtained control, L.I Ib expected to come to Peking Immediately Im-mediately to take office until the full parliament holds a regular election. LCOLAIMRD BY PRESS, President Hsu's resignation was announced an-nounced In a mandate published today to-day The president's action followed a demand that he vacate voiced by members of the Republican parliament, par-liament, supported by the victorious g n ral Wu Pel-Fu. I The liberal press of China today acclaimed ac-claimed the retirement of Hsu-Shlh .("'hang aS opening a new era in thc-' thc-' country. It was pointed out thai as long as he remained In offiee the north and south were antagonized, but that since pa rllamenta ry government I seemed restored, there was no longer reason (or Sun Yat Sen to maintain a Separate government at Canton. YV11 Pei-Fu is retarded as having aohleved a master stroke in removing the president through a peaceful strategy stra-tegy after his brief bin decisive war lh General Chang Tso-Un Without Interfering personally he guided th'-i parliamentarians at Tien Tsin making Pr sklent Hsu s position untenable. TO MAKE SI X YTFXD. Wu Is said to lew his work as onl begun, because Sun Yat Sen has not yet shown a disposition to yield A majority of these members of parliament par-liament still at Canton are reported to favor Sun General Wu, having disposed tern porarlly of the Peking situation. 1 expected to devote his attention to Canton The foreign diplomatic corps, meeting meet-ing here agreed that tho change of administration would not affect foi-eign foi-eign relations. Hsu signed his own dismissal and handed it personally to acting Premier ChOW Tzu-chl. The retiring president's opponents hold that LI Yuen Hung Is the only legal president. The restoration of the old parliament is implied in their plans. |