In 1897, Gen, Li was sent to Japan to study military reorganization and educational conditions, staying there about a year. In 1809, he again went to Japan and served in the Imperial Metropolitan Troop Divisions. Upon his return to China, the year previously, he had been made a major in the cavalry and subsequently he held several commands, including that of the 2st Brigade. In 1902, he was sent to Japan to witness the Imperial Maneeuvre and the following year saw ier of four infantry ial capital of Hupeh. Tu 1994, was appointed commander an expression of his unwillingness to serve Yuan as monarch, Gen, Li confined himself to his privets residence until Yuan's death, when, jaceord: ng to the Constitution, he! }beeame President and Gen, Feng, Kuo-chang ax Vice-President. The wuneil dissolved. Marshal Tuan Chi-jui was appoint ed Premier. A conflict between his (Marshal Tung's) office and that of the President ensued and, on May 23, President Li dismissed Marshal Tuan and appointed the late Dr. Wu Ting-fang acting Premier. This was the sign for several independ~ fence movements on the part of Marshal Tuan's supporters (includ-ping Marshal Chang Tao-lin), as Shantung, Fukien, Chekiang, Shanz-Honan, Shansi, Chibli,' Shensi, as commander of the Yangtze Fleet, ce-director of the Hupeh Military' Academy, director of the—Hupeh Arsenals, and director of the Wu Chung College.
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