The local Chinese press reports that a, certain Moslem from - Sinkiang, named Yo-han-fei-er (a very unlikely name for a Turki) has called upon the Premier to outline to him the aspirations and plans of his fellow religionists for the establishment of an autonomous Empire in the extreme West. The loyal papers go on to say that this scheme has the support of all resident Mohammedans and that the Premier has therefore taken Yo-han-fei-er seriously and will confer with him again. This would be interesting if there were any reason to believe that the above statements were accurate, but the Chinese official knowledge of the "Western Regions" is so vague and Chinese conceptions of Mohammedanism and the sort of people who profess it so distorted, that reports will have to come from Sinkiang or Kansu direct before they can be token seriously.
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