The report from Tokyo to the effect that a movement is under way for the purpose of establishing a Mongolian autonomous govern ment is interesting as indicating the future of all the Chinese provinees which may fall into Japanese hands. At the very most what it is proposed to establish is a semi-independent Slate, owing no duty to Nanking, but. one imposed upon it by the Japanese. "The adroitness of the move is to be seen in the means by which this is to be brought about, namely through the action of a national assembly, which will go through the form of electing leaders, whose activities will undoubtedly be at all times as closely scrutinized and control~ led by Japan as those of the Manchoukuo government. Under a chief executive the various Mongol tribes will have their own administrative officers, while the cities of Sul-Swan and Paotow will be organized as special municipalities, while the 400,000 -Chinese
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