For myself, I met and spoke to two Mongol princes and other Mongols fon the Suiyuan Council, and must frankly confess that I was not all impressed. If this is the best mate nol Mongolia can put forward in these times of crisis, then the term "farcical" as applied to the Suiyuan Council by its orities scarcely appears, foo strong. The prospect of independent, strong Inner Mongolia would appear to be dark indeed.
Speaking admittedly with Ignorance, but at least with strict impar-Ualily—tor Tam not pro-Chinese, pro-Japanese or pro-Mongol which more than can be said of any of the persons I met in Kalgan or Sulyuan—the Mongolian question docs not appear to me to be really Mongolian question at all, What is going on up there on Mongol territory is the same struggle between China and Japan that is taking place further south, In Hopel for instance, In this eltuggle the Mongols themselves count for very little, being without arms, money oF organization and possessed more by their tribal than by theft national Although supyiosedly independent Mongolian governments, Manchoukuo troops under Li Shou-hsin are stationed both at Changpci and Pailing-miao, The Chengpe! government is frankly under Japanese, that of Suiyuan under Chinese control, The only obscure part of the situation ig. the position of Prince Teh, /squeezed in between the other two. To make the confusion worse: although the headquarters of his government Pailingmiso, lies In Suiyuan, his own palace is in Charhar. The general opinion appears to that in the and will perforce have to join up with Changpel, Lo, go over io the Jay nese side. And It was even said, when I was in Suiyuan, that he had received permission from Nanking to do #0.
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