General Yen Hsi-shan's Officials Take Control of the Custom House with Mr. Lenox Simpson Their Nominee Peking, June 16.
The Customs crisis at Tientsin has reached a head.
Shansi faction can remain in office, those who will not. give alleging to the Shansi authorities will dismissed, General Yen +Hsi-shan sent a telegram dated June 12, which was Published to-day, in which he deta Customs revenues to the South, but he has not complied: therefore, it is now necessary to re-more him.
Gevferal_Yen Hsi-shan sta has therefore appointed Mr. Lenox Simpson ("Putnam Weale") Adviser to the Grand Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief and coneurrently Commissioner of Customs at Tientsin, He has ordered him to proceed to Tientsin immediately to take charge of the Custom House and to retain the receipts from the increased portion of the tariff in the Mr. Lenox Simpson who was apinted Commissioner of the Tientsin Customs by Gen. Yen Hsi-shan visited the present Customs Com-sioner this morning at ten o'clock and requested him to hand over charge of the Customs administration," producing the full commission issued by Gen, Yen. Realizing the serious situation, the Commis: sioner proceeded to the British Consulate-General and at the same time made a report to the Consular Body to the effect that he was obliged, to takovwith him all necessary documents owing to illegal pressure by the Shansi faction, and that the official duties of the Tientsin Customs would be suspended temporarily. rd the prolongation of the war,"—Reuter.
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