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Shih ch’ang yielded. Then, as the result of the opposition of the "Tuchuns Parliament” and the Anfu leaders, President Hsu dismissed Wu Pei-fu and censured Tsao Kun. These Generals accepted the challenge and in cooperation with General Chang Tso-lin, the Fengtien Tuchun, undertook to support the government by the forcible removal of the Anfu Party. The power of the Anfu leaders collapsed after a few engagements. Finally General Hsu fled for refuge to the Japanese Legation. It was about the last week of July 1920. On July 4, General Hsu was removed from the Director Generalship of the Northwestern Frontier Development and appointed a Marshal of the College of Marshals with the two-word special title "Yuan-Wei.” On July 28, the post of Commander General of the Northwestern Frontier Defence Forces was abolished and a Mandate was issued depriving General Hsu of all the honors, appointments and decorations and ordering his arrest. General Hsu remained in the Japanese Legation until November 13, 1920 when the Chinese government was informed by the Japanese Minister that General Hsu had mysteriously escaped the previous night. He has remained at large ever since that time. In October 1922 General Hsu was implicated in the revolt against the Fukien Tuchun. Before this he wrote a book on the subject of How to Run a Government, in which he suggested a special system. To make a trial of the system he advocated, General Hsu made use of the occupation troops at Chuan Chow, Fukien, whose commander-in-Chief was in sympathy with him, and thus declared independence. But owing to lack of support as indicated by the fact that no response was made from other quarters his plan failed and he fled to Japan. Subsequently another Mandate was issued ordering his arrest. In the autumn of 1924 Mr. Hsu returned to Shanghai and unofficially assisted the Anfu-Fengtien party in the fighting against Marshal Chi Hsieh-yuan and the Chihli forces which began on September 1, 1924. Following the sudden departure of the Anfu leader Lu Yung-hsiang for Japan, General Hsu attempted to reorganize Lu's defeated troops for a fresh stand on the borders of the French Settlement but came into conflict with the foreign authorities, owing to his alleged violation of the settlement regulations pertaining to the plotting of disorder while residing in the Settlement. General Hsu was arrested and placed under surveillance but soon after departed on a trip to Europe. The Chinese government appointed him Special Commissioner to investigate the economic conditions in Europe.