Before finishing the story of trade, 1 must not forget to mention the Sewdish business colony in. Suiyuan, consisting of the two Soderboms and Torgny Oberg, so well-known to all foreigners visiting the place for their hospitality and invaluable advice. Thanks to their long-standing con~ nections with Mongolia they know more about that country than anyone else in those parts, indeed, they alm" Seemed to me to be the only real Mongols I met in Suiyuan, For that was my chief disappoint ment with that city, I had expected to find largo numbers of Mongols stalking through the streets in their national costume, but saw hardly one. T-met a few princes—princes seem to be six a penny in Mongolin—who reside in Suiyuan, but as they and their retinue wore either Chinese dress or the ordinary grey military uniform, they made no impression on me. whatsoever, The only marked sign of Mongol Influence that I came across, was that several temples were being thoroughly, repaired, "To humour the Mongols" as T was told, "Rather Tate in the day" was the retort that at once rose to one's lips, That, however, brings us to the so-called "Mongolian Question," a burning epic in Suiyuan these days and highly controversial, which T must eave for a separate article,
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