The Archive · 1939

Mukden Incident

Accompanying her husband to Inner Mongolia, the róle of wife soon palled and the urge to become a boy once again asserted itself. Adopting the uniform of a Mongolian soldier—her first exploit—she forced her husband to appoint her a military instructor, and displaying a knowledge which amazed those around her, she moulded ill-equipped and badly trained Mongol troops into a body of men comparable with well-trained Japanese troops.

When the Mukden incident occurred, the urge to help her cousin took her away from her husband in Mongolia and she was next seen in Tientsin. Here she became one of Mr. Henry Pu Yi's staunchest adherents and his advent to the throne of Manchoukuo brought great joy to her life. Although little is known of her work during the Mukden Incident there is no doubt that she faced great danger On several occasions, for which she received thanks of her Royal relative upon his accession.

The Sino-Japanese hostilities in 1932 fourd her in Shanghai. Here she was responsible for some very valuable information from the Chinese Headquakters coming into the hands of the Japanese authorities,

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