WITHOUT A KINGDOM.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 181, 1 August 1936, Page 17

WITHOUT A KINGDOM.

l '; MODERN GHENGIS KHAN;

FAILURE OF PRINCE TEH WANG;

PAILESTGMIAO (Inner Mongolia)

Prince Teh Wang, hailed a few months ago as a budding reincarnation of the great Ghengis Khan, now finds himself virtually a king witihout a country. Prince Teh's failure to hold the allegiance of his tribes has all but erased the last hope for an independent Inner Mongolian Government as the Japanese steadily extend their influence from the east.

Deserted by the Chinese Government in his hour of need, ignored by the Japanese bccause he would not accept a Japanese protectorate in the Gobi Desert, Prince Teh's latest blow was desertion of a large section of his personal bodyguard, which went over to the Chinese camp. , \ Teh's policy for years has been "Mongolia for 1 the Mongolians." In this he has endeavoured to prevent his arid plains from being overrun by Japanese, or his impoverished tribesmen from being exploited 'by Chinese militarists. He has maintained a frugal tribal Government in a collection of felt tents near here, acknowledging nominal fealty to Nanking, but managing its own affairs.