Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-08-11 | Page 27 | Swede Becomes Duke of Mongolia; Makes Big Fortune as Merchant

Swede Bec Becomes mes Duke of Mongolia Makes Big Fortune as M Merchant Entered Interior China as Missionary Was Wa Favorite With W t Living iving Buddha By MILTON BRONNER BROWNER N NEA EA Ser Service Writer tel LONDON Au Aug Aug- I 1 10 O Hes He's Hes a duke of Mongolia arid and pid he heo o owns ns andl and runs big wholesale s saI le business and speaks speak with speaks an an English accent and and- n his his' re real I naine name is F. F A A. A L Larsson because lies hes s' s really a Sw Swede de His us story is one of lof the most fascinating yarns that has Ilas come out of the tile troubled realm of ol the t e Chinese I in recent years cars Wh n he w was vms s a a whose iose were pen peasant ant far farm I lIl in in in middle Sweden S went sent to China as IS a a. a missionary A Mongolian prince to too took lc It a hiking ib to him protected him ir In his work worl worland and taught hIni Mongolian Armed with this h ho moved Into hito tho the Interior and settled at which h happens to th bo-th the scat t of that mysie mysterious kh khyn yn aa The Living Buddha whO wha is forthe for tor the Buddhists of oC Mongolia soine something something some some- thing like what the pope Is Ifor Cor the Cn Catholic world y ROSE IN POPULARITY The Tue Living Buddha af ol took a n afancy fancy t to this Christian missionary mis missionary Y and nd 1 ha had him come to his palace O u they talked about t things that excited the Buddha's curiosity especially lally roil foil lamps amps and anel aneli i watches time later Larsson moved dow down to 1 to Kalgan near th the Chinese c walt wall Kalgan Is a a. great reat trade o and azid c caravan center r and here Larsson expected to spend the balance balance bal hal ance o of ol his drys ii si as h he had married an an English woman missionary 10 All AU went well wen with him un until tit the Boxer r rebellion 7 Two thousand Boxers Boxers- their Jr red girdles s and their cr crooked swords rode Into lal an one one pe evening dud and ld summoned summoned- all tho men to join johi them in inputting putting an n end rid devils Us throughput lt China Their leader said ald this this- was easy I because he and his hits chosen hoset ones onea were Invulnerable lo lo 10 wounds wounds' flom nen then nien l walked out faced this lead leader header r and offered him hint 50 SO tads All MI wanted in re return return re- re turn lurn was that the the leader lead cr should hould make himself a 3 voluntary t target for a a. shot from front a Swedish 11 gun The offer was not accepted but bOt tho stock toe of the Boxer r chief fell rapIdly rapIdly rapidly rap- rap Idly as ati I ro roi cV But Dut Larsons bI big biff chance came in whets when the Mongols rebelled a against Chinese rule and their theil general achieved e considerable military mIll mili tary success Peking eking was worried Peking wan wanted Lcd to deal with the Mongol chief But both sides shIes were troubled as to toan an Intermediary who could not be bc bought by their theft I side tilde Tho Mongols proposed d Larsson I and he le was was' acc pled back and forth between lie a and t Peking and finally brought rought about peace Whereupon the grateful Living Buddha promptly m made dc him hint Duke of f Mon go HES HE'S A MERCHANT PRINCE Thc trUe may not not man much in Europe E or r America but It lt means c a alot alot lot out out there and Larsson L has has' cashed cashed In in on nIL It S Starting In Itt a a small way ay as ns a man In Kalgan ho h has now prospered to such an extent he Is h on one on of oC tho mercha mer titer chant chaut princes of bf t Mongol peas peasants peasants' come onie to his place to get thread A great explorer explorer ex ex- like hike his fellow countryman o n Dr HedIn comes to him n and d orders a wJ whole caravan with Just justas as much nonchalance And in-duc in time the caravan is r re ready ady dy tudes of or stout camels camels' Camel Came drivers stocks of ot food and nd drink and supplies and and arms arms arid nd every every- everything thing that Is needed form exploration explOration tion In the great unknown steppes of Central Asia h. h