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Show MONGOLS TO MAKE CHANGE PEKING. Saturday, Nov. 22 By the j J Associated Press.) Mongolia, through j . its princess and lamas, desires to end the state of autonomy under which it exists, and give political and diplomatic diplo-matic control to China. A Mongolian petition has been brought to Peking by Genera) Hsu Shu Chong It declares that Mongolian official circles empowered to deal with the question 01 Mongolia s autonomy au-tonomy beg to petition the president tii the Chinese republic as follows: "Outer Mongolia has been under Chi-Q( Chi-Q( ae rule for over two hundred years, during which time everyone from princes to the lowest BUbJecl enjoyed peace Dut near the end of the Man-chu Man-chu dynasty the officials China sen' to LTrga (the chief town of the northern north-ern districts of Mongolia) were cor- 1 runtisl k lii "The mosl extreme indignation arose among (he Mongols, of which foreigners foreign-ers took advantage, instigating the Mongols against the Chinese and the independence of Outer Mongolia was l Btablished. China retained no suzer- ( 1, anitj while Outer Mongolia was deprived de-prived of its rights No improvements improve-ments in Mongolia's condition have since occurred. "Russia, recentl occupied with domestic strife, hns been unable to protect Mongolia or fulfill her treaty obligation-- The Buriate, backed by brigands, sen! messengers seeking to compel us to enter tho Mongolian league, with the object of robbing China of suzcranily and depriving Mongolia of autonomy." It i? understood that a mandate will be issued this evening embodying the above and adding that the Klatka treaty and the Urga protocol notes and the Russo-Chinese notes regarding Outer Mongolia are abrogated. |