Evening star., 1946-02-10
independence Tested
By Mongolia, Newest
OF Worlds Nations
By GEORGE WELLER,
Foreign Correspondent for The Star and
the Chicago Daily News.

the Chicago Daily News.
CHUNGKING, Feb. 9.-The world's
newest nation, 'the Mongolian Peo-
Piles Republic" tested its independ-
ence today for the first time and
found that 1t worked.
Eight Mongols, with their Soviet
mentors never far from call, made
their first formal visit to China 8
Foreign Minister Wang Shih-chieh
They were received as citizens of
q foreign country status they
have ofIicially enjoyed exactly five
weeks.
For Mongolia, it was an historical
moment, similar to the time the
first American envoy. appeared in
the British court after the revo-
luton. Mongolia gained its NOM
inal freedom through nearly quar-
ter century Of Russian support. The
SinqzSoviet treaty, which finally
Obliged China to yield sovereignty
was confirmed formally on Janu-
ary s.
Open Formal Relation.
The Mongols are here now to
open formal relations with China
as . foreign power and probably
to establish legation. Mongolia
and Russia already have exchanged
ministers.
! Like boys at their first party,
the Mongols were painfully prop
erly dressed and stifiy insistent on
protocol. And as at most parties,
several things went wrong.
When their Russian plane landed
in Peiping on February 6. it was
unannounced and unauthorized.
Hence it was surrounded by Amer
ican MP's guarding the field. The
swarthy sons Of Genghis Khan"
were peeved at being placed under
guard. Their red-starred lease lend
Cat transport, with seven Soviet
officers plotting and guarding them,
was put under protection, but the
Mongols complained about being
improperly received.
Mixup Occurs.
Another mixup occurred In
Chungking when the Russian pilots
again put down the plane at an
unauthorized field used by the
China National Airways in the
Yangtze's shallow bed. Soviet Am
hassador Apollon Petrov and Chin
ese Foreign Ministry officials were
waiting at another field. The United
States was not represented. Once
more the Mongols mistakenly got
the impression they were being
stood up.
Today, visiting the Foreign Min
istry, the Mongols again took slight
offense because the band played
only the Chinese national anthem
and only the Chinese flag was dis
played. 1t was eventually explained
to them that nobody here knew
that the Mongolia Peoples Republic
has the same national hymn as the
Soviet Union: The International,
but with Russian words. Nor did
anybody know what flag has been
created for the new republic.
Another embarrassing boner oc-
CURED in a Kuomintang Central
News Agency report which an
nounce the Mongols as members OF
the "Outer Mongolian government, +"
approximately equivalent to calling
the Soviet Union "tsarist."
Old Name Discarded.
Outer Mongolia is the old name,
but the ENJOYS are strongly insistent
on the Monaghan Peoples Repub-
lie"
The Mongolian party gave this
morning to the Chinese and spent
the afternoon at the Soviet Embassy.
1t is healed by Mongolian Vice
President Chimitodorki Surungab,
with Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Lhamasuruna at his elbow. These
two are the Molotov and Vishinsky
of Mongolia. Mongolia's President
Tsaipo-San, who is also foreign min
lister, remained at the capital of
Ulan Bator. Surungab is a swarthy
man, built like a wrestling champion.
He resembles broad-faced Hopi In
dian. He refused to meet journal
lists.
But spectacled young Lhamasu-
run, dressed smartly in a black suit,
soft white silk shirt and black tie,
consented to draw for me picture
of Mongolia's new flag. Foreign Of
flee observers watched attentively,
eager to repair their morning blum
der.
Flag Is Described.
Mongolia's flag has three verti-
cally-divided equal panels. The mid
die panel is blue and the two fanks
are red. On the panel nearest the
mast are three mystical symbols in
gold, dating from the time of Gen.
ghis Khan. Reading from top to
bottom, are a star, flame, sun, moon
triangle, two fishes in a circle and
another triangle. On both sides of
these devices are two pillars repre-
senting boundaries. The fishes stand
for watchfulness. The triangle sig
nifies Righteousness.
Such is the device of the buffer
State, closely supervised by the
Soviet Union, which claims indepen-
dence and serves as the keystone in
Russia's political thrust in the Pa
ci1c,