The Archive · 1934

Mongol Chief Shot

as Spy tientsin, Oct. 15.

of Prince Teh Wang of Mongolia, Geo, san Peng et ote Whose mysterious disappearance From Peking las month cosied Sensation, Nas been executed by Chinese authorities on suspicion of having been a Japanese. spy, recording' to" reports received Han, who was Prince Teh's close adviser and 9 grants tthe Japanese: Miltary "Acad: tim, war aeot to Peking to oise Mongolian questions with the Peking Miitary Counci, He was detained by the Peking Gendar= ferie, and was tee reported Raving been sent to Nanking for lamination, "thas since fran: fired that he was shot by a 8ta soa tre, mand who is said to be a eral Chiang Kai-shek, This body appears to be a kind of special poli-the tact authorities, but dlrecty res-Watipottee who are not under any of

ponsible to Nanking, General Chiang Filaotwien himself {9 aid. to have deen absent from Peking on the night when the raid tok place.

Buch are the facts which are not quputed by either aide. Tt is after fits that the statements clash, The affair, needless to say, caused 1 tremendous commotion in the Local ton got community. In reply to. Ulgnant Mongol deputations various public bodies, the headquarters of the Third Regimant, the Bureau of Pub-Iie Safe, be, Polles, the Munilpal Authorities, aid the Peiping. Political Gounel one and all declared that they knew nothing of the matter that they" ad ever tasued any war Fant for Mr, Man's arrest, The Afongo! community then addressed a circular fetter fo the various public ofoes offering every possible guarantee £0" the appearance of Mr. Han engin before court, shoud he be" oleased Tis injresting to note that the any once that replica to. thin were the Headguarterg of the 'Third Regiment who stated toat anybody they arrest td'was at once handed over to the Doula, that any any arrest would Entered in thelt "warrant-book, and that, therefore, the raid must' have been vearrled" out by Kidnappers Darading under the guise of gendar-Merle, the Tesder wall form his onelisions, but it may be. said a nce that, fs. an Feng-lin was for a: wealthy man, the kidnapping Can, a any ate, only have beet: due {o political reasons, Endeavour to Hush Up Another strange feature of this case wre the extraordinary efforts that ave been made by the Peking authorities to suppress the slightest mention of the case in the Chinese Press, where not a single word about the whole affair has been allowed to appear, except for the following eculigr advertisement in the "Shih Chieh Jih Pao" of September 14:—

Foo Has Fexo-um $1000 Rewaso orrenup ay ce Miszany Han Feng-lin, residing at a certain umber at Pel Hsin Chiao, who came to "Peking from. Suiyuan "the day Detore yesterday was suddenly lost on the night of the Sth. It is learnt that! Han is a member of the Mongolian Premier—United Press. and. If sil alive, isin the hands lake oft by the Chines authority the'third Regiment of Gendarmes; they Drofess complete ignorance' whol ati cles are able to suggest for this only Reason that Mongol ci-

tapping is that Mr. Stan was one of the Tending spirits behind the autonomy Tovement. and that itis hoped tha by'his removal' the moversent. wi collapse, "It there is any Suppostion, then those responsible for the Kidnapping would' appear making a very: bad mistake, Know from conversation with some of she Mongol eadera If anything hap, pens er has happened te Mr sion Fenge-lin, It will tave very dangerous repercussions in Inner' Mongols not to'mention that the Indspenience Movement. will receive avery case "erable impetus an scarcely be believed thatthe central Goverament which at tte present, lime is already" sumeietty harassed with dificult and dangerers Problems, "one of which is thi sony Mongolian "question, would' have lightheartedly added toy troubles by a foolish step of this king, therefore," generally assumed here {hat this' Kidnapping of Mr. 'Ha Feng-lin, if due to official inspiration Tenn, official inspiration, of local official subordinater nee of rhode murmerouy have become so typical of the' cons fUsion, divided" wi way and inoly Policy, existing at "present sao" founséts up here in the Note

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