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Political implications
In Mongolian Invasion
of N~. China Province
NANKING; Thursday.
The Mongolian invasion of the Sinkiang Province had
political rather than military implications, according to
Government sources. It is aimed at giving the Special
Commissioner (Le Behan) who is a pro-Russian, complete
control of the Sinkiang Province, thereby ousting the
Special Commissioner (Us Men) who as a pro-Chinese.
Both Commissioners were appointed
some time ago by the semi-autonomous
Government to keep peace in
the Province, collect taxes and administer
their respective territories
Li Rihan in the north adjoining]
Russia and Us Man in the east on the
Outer Mongolian border.
Li Rihan, in February, attacked
the i forces under Us Man and on
March 23 Us Man was forced to
evacuate Cheng chia and retreated to
Peitashan, where he was attacked by
Outer Mongolian troops on March 5.
Nanking military experts doubted
whether or not the Government could
send effective assistance to Sinkiang
in view of its reverses elsewhere, and
thought the Government would try to
localise fighting and settle the affair
diplomatically.
A despatch to the Government's
! newspaper, "Central Daily News,"
said the Mongols had advanced beyond
Peitashan towards China.
Peitashan is 50 miles inside the Mongolian
border and about 150 miles
north-east of Tihwa, capital of
Sinkiang.
Earlier reports, that the Mongols
had penetrated 200 miles, have not
been repeated and they are now as
sumed to be wrong.
The Information Minister (Holding
ton Tong) said yesterday that Government
forces had checked the Communist
drive in Manchuria but added
there was a strong possibility that
the Chinese were regrouping for new
assaults. .
Dispatches to Peiping newspapers
1 reported that the main Communist
drive was centred near Soepingkai,
70. miles south-west from Changchun,
"this Manchurian capital.
The Chinese defence, ministry
spokesman announced that Outer
Mongolian soldiers were captured at
Peitashan but he did not say when.
The spokesman said that troops were
resisting near Peitashan. ' ,
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