The Archive · 1929

No British Consul for Urga

Question of the Recognition of Mongolia London, Nov. 11.

In the House of Commons to-day, in reply to a question the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Arthur Henderson, said that the appointment of a British Consul at Urga was a practical impossibility as China had no authority or influence. over the Government of Outer Mongolia, nor would it be possible to send a British Consul to Urga supposing the Mongolian Government consented to receive him, as this would be tantamount to the recognition of the independence of Mongolia—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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