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Interview with Prince Teh Wang.
Prince Teh Wang, July 14th
Jones - Aims of the Mongols - a unified
Mongolia with outside influence.
Prince - “A unified Mongolia without outside
influence”
Jones - “Do you mean creating an Outer
Mongolia?
Prince —“Yes - we want all the three,
coalition under Russia, and the free Mongols to be united into one great
nation.”
Jones - “Are signs to a nationalist feeling
in Outer Mongolia?”
Prince - “I think there are signs of them
wakening the sense of nationality”
Jones “Are there any indications whether the
Mongolians in Manchukuo will join a united Mongolia?”
Prince - “I don’t know”
Jones “Best method to attain united Mongolia,
would it be with Japanese help?”
Prince - “Our aim is to attain it
independently without any outside help.
Jones - “What would the attitude be towards
Japanese help?”
Prince -“Everyone who sympathises with us is
our friend. We Mongolians are divided into three parts, North, East, and
the free Mongolians, we are the ones who have preserved root of Mongols,
and anything which must be done for unification of Mongolia, must start
from us.”
Jones - “What po1icy to adopt?”
P.R - 2 alternatives,
A) Free Mongols to unite with Eastern
Mongols and Northern Mongols.
B) Free Mongols to join Northern
Mongols and free Manchu Mongols.
Jones - “Which policy?”
Prince - “Wait and see, depends on
developments” He yawned, seemed very tired, cunning eyes, sharp
diplomatic replies, skilful.
Jones pressed.
Prince - “The Chinese want the people, we
prefer to rely on them, but if they treat us badly, (colonization). The
Japanese are the second people we would turn to as a last resort. If we
are squashed, then we have one choice, it would be to the North, but it
does not mean we have sympathy with Russia.
Jones - “Would not any link with Russia mean
a blow to the Mongol Princes and destruction of the Mongolian
Organisation. Prince - “Yes we realise the dangers.
Jones - “How are the Japanese roads affected”
Prince - “Have heard a rumour, they have no
proposals to make a road their cars can use, and fly their aeroplanes.”
Jones - “Have the Japs made any plans for
wool and industrial development?”
Prince - “No, they have made no proposals for
any development at all, that would come from us.
Aerodromes, said Jones. That was denied.
Jones - “Whats the significance of the visit
to the Japanese to Pai Ling-miao?”
Prince - “Merely social”
Jones - “Prospects of war between Russia and
Japan, what would the attitude be?”
Prince - “We cannot foretell what will
happen, we prefer to await developments”
End of Interview
Prince Otcheroff's comments.
The Buriats are much cleaner than the
Mongols, they have beautiful milk, butter and milk, had a fine bowl of
milk. Otcheroff invited us in, Brandy and Vodka. Suddenly he started to
make a political speech to me “You were the secretary of Lloyd George,
he is a vigorous old lion, he must come to help us Mongols, we are of
the finest race in world. Under Genghis Khan we conquered half the
globe, what do we see? We see that parts of Russia like Latvia and
Lithuania, who were mere provinces are now independent nations, while we
are still scattered and under submission, we who received the tributes
of Russian Princes, we conquered Moscow and have had Russians as our
Slaves.”
“What do we want?” “We want to become an
independent nation under the protection of the League of Nations, we
want England to help us, for England could guarantee an independent
Mongolia under the league of nations and is the right arm for defence of
India”.
“You have seen we are a dying people, perhaps
we cannot be saved, but we know that we are doomed if the Japs or the
Russians or the Chinese dominate us. We hate the Japs they want to
control us. We want to be free. The Chinese are to weak and have been
bribing some of the Mongols with money and gifts. The Japs have been
doing the same. We have four alternatives, China, Japan, Soviet Russia
or ourselves. We must choose ourselves, but the princes are scattered in
this area.
Teh Wang he’s no good, he is too friendly with the Japs”.
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