Yen Hsi-shan
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To Fenghua went old Marshal Yen Hsi-shan, governor of Shansi province, to plead with Chiang for return of the funds.
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Marshal Yen Hsi-shan received us in one of the small visiting rooms in his huge compound.
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The famed "Model Governor" of Shansi Province, General Yen Hsi-shan officially abdicated his command to General Huang All this meant that brutally invaded China was rallying strongly last week, apparently united more closely than ever.
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Acting President Li Tsung-jen and Premier Yen Hsi-shan flew to Chungking, 700 miles northwest on a Yangtze cliffside, were greeted there by thousands of bright "Welcome" flags.
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In Kenanpo the news men met aged, wily Yen Hsi-shan, an old-style but relatively progressive warlord.
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