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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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