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The next strongest group is doubtless the Mukden faction,
and if Chang Tso-lin were able to seize the capital, any
Government he set up would doubtless secure the support of
The Anfu faction
the majority of the Northern Provinces.
are comparatively strong in political personages, but only
actually control Chekiang and Shanghai. Though the influ-
ence of Sun Yat-sen and the Kun Min Tang is strong; 14 most
of the Southern and South Western provinces, the latter re-
main each under its own independent Chief, and Sun has not
yet even secured full control in Kuangtung.
8. The foreign financial obligations of the Chinese
Government are provided for, insofar as they are met at all
out of national revenues wholly or partly under foreign
control, and the financial responsibilities of the Peking
Government are becoming more and more limited to the admin-
istration of the capital, that is to say the provision of
funds for the metropolitan garrisons, the various Ministrie
and government departments, the police and the educational
institutions, Their only considerable sources of revenue
are the salt surplus and the Teking Octroi. The former is
usually pledged and spent before it is released; the latter
is controlled by Feng Yu-halang for the payment of his
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