In the autumn of 1906, he was Premoted to be commanding officer of the Sth Army Division and, upon the outbreak of the revolution, he was forced to assume the position of Commander-in-Chief of the revolutionary forces and made Tutuh of Hupeh. In these positions, he directed the operations of the revolutionary forces against the imperial armies.
When the provisional government was formed in Nanking in 1912 (Ganvary), Dr. Sun Yat-sen was President and ce Vice-President. jen. Li was mainly instrumental arraniin for the Shanghai Peace Conference which resulted la the:
Chang Hsun's Coup On June 1, Gen. Chang Haun, then Tuchun of Anhui, circulated a telegram advocating the restoration of the Manchus and the retirement Of the President. On the following day, he sent another telegram to the' President volunteering to mediate between him (the President) and the military leaders but suggesting the dissolution of Parliament as a condition for the withdrawal of the troops of Gen. Li's enemies. On June 5, the Tuchun's Group established its headquarters in Tientsin with the object of put ting up a new provisional government there. Two days later, Gen, Chang Hsun mobilized his forces and marched northwards..dem nding the immediate dissolution of Parliament. Dr. Wu Ting-fang, the acting Premier, was asked, but refused, to countersign a mandate to this effect and ko resigned. This was eventually signed by Dr, Wo's successor, Gen, Chiang Chiao-chung, on June 13." On June 14, Gen, Chang Hsun's troops ent Peking and, on July 1, the Mauch Emperor was restored to his, throne. The coup d'etat did not ast long and the republic was re-established by Marshal Tuan Chi-jul. Gen. Li refused to resume office and he was succeeded by Gen. Peng Kuo-chang, the Vice-Preside Gen. Li went to Tientsin to live and, retirement, he took in industrial and min. throughout the coun.
specially in Hupeh, his home province, where he established a mber of educational institu tions.
Tu Sune, 1922, Gen. vailed to resume the after the Aight of Presi Shih-chang, the Antu President who was elected by the so-called Tuchun's Parliament. On the ove of leaving Tientsin, Gen, Li issued a flaming denunciation of the Tuchun system ang, immediately after his resumption of office, he dissolved the Tuchun's Parliament, Bot Gen. Li only remained in the Presidency for another year and ho was unable to carry out his policies. The military refused to. support hum and he was without power, fter being detained by Marshal Feng Vu-hsiang, he was driven out of office and, apart from a visit to Shanghai and Japan in 1924, he haw since been living in retivemont in Tientsin,
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