Having resonantly declared his independence of the Nationalist Government fortnight ago (TIME, April 14). General Yen Hsi-shan, "Model Governor" of Shansi, moved rapidly last week, seized the entire customs receipts of the city of Tientsin, with the exception of the 5% assigned the city by the Nanking Government for liquidation of foreign and domestic debts. There will be left some $4,000,000 a year for Yen.
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