Show RUSSIA WOULD RULE I Czars Czar's Government Pushing China Back in Mongolia Buffer State Between Between Seek Siek Latter as Herself and Celestial Republic- Republic British Int Interest rest Involved In Movements of Muscovite Nation London is rapidly spreading spread spread- Outer the market of or oYer oVer i ing herself ng China back and and pushing M Mongolia It would therefore seem o out ut has baa arrived for or Great t that hat the time Th spread herself over B to In of the same way that R Rusi Russia I Is spreading herself over Mongolia Non Mon writes Sir Claude Macdonald golia golla ohia g f former ormer British minister at Fekin and ambassador a at Tokyo in a pr tace to toa toa a new book on the far east entitled In Mongolia With the Russians John Lane Company The authors of ot the book are two Englishmen II H. G. G C C. Perry Perry-Ayscough Chinese postal service and of ot o f the Capt R. R B. B Otter-Barry Otter of the Royal Sussex regiment Their journeys mado mario separately took them through south and Mongolia 1 proper north and east and and west and together covered t the he majority of Important places in inthe inthe t the he country Mongolia proper cannot be said to be unknown but it is certainly certainly t very little known knO In Iii vew view of t the he International questions raised by Russia's advance ance In Outer Mongolia the book Is of timely Importance and besides It gives an interesting picture of the present condition o of a once great race of conquerors Of Russia's Russins plans in Outer Mongolia and their effect on British Interests the authors say There seems no doubt that Russia's Rus Rus- skis sia's aim in obtaining a dominating Influence In Mongolia has been been- in order order order or or- der to obtain a buffer state between herself and China Her Tier eastern diplomatic diplomatic diplo diplo- matic authorities own that they fear that China may become some day one too strong for Cor Russia Russia has had one experience of the rapid growth of an eastern nations nation's military prowess and she does not intend to allow China to balk baHt her well laid plans She fears Chinese Insidious commercial enterprise Chinese admirable colonial methods She Site does not want China 1 4 s' s 5 I 4 AS The tuk tu or Living Budda Spiritual Spiritual Spir Spit and Temporal Sovereign o of M Mongolia o ngoi i a along her frontier and the subsequent ex expense ense of a frontier line to guard From a British point of view one cannot help seeing the danger of any Russian Influence In Mongolia and Mongolia are very closely allied allied Their religion is identical Their Thel population in both cases consists o of fanatical followers of or their respective e spiritual leaders headers the Dalai Dalal Lama o of the tuk tu of Mongolia the former being the spiritual head o othe of the faith of both countries Lamas from Lhasa ar are constantly visiting and many Mongol Mongo Lamas rec receive lve their education in Lhasa The dominating Influence in either Mongolia or means the eventual dominating influence in both these countries Russia is obtaining this influence in Mongolia Great Grea Britain might have obtained the same rights over as Russia has obtained ob ob- ob- ob tamed over Mongolia and Russian diplomats quite expected Great Britain to take this action |