In the East.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 43, 7 October 1914, Page 5

In the East.

ATTACK AT TSINC-TAO. FAILURE OF NIGHT ATTEMPT. Tokio, October 5. Official.—A German night attack on Tsing-tao failed, and 47 were killed. Five Japanese were killed, and eight were wounded. The Japanese heavy guns hit the Ilitz, which retired. THE GERMAN BIG GUNS. \ Pekin, October 5. China has consented to the Japanese controlling tho Weihsein railway. The German 17in. howitzers have disastrous effects at long ranges, but the mechanism is so complicated and the transport so difficult that the ideal conditions arc rarely obtained. The howitzers are harmless at close range. THE KAISER'S LAST MESSAGE. T::mes and Sydney Sun Services. London, October 6. The Kaiser’s last message to the garrison at Tsing-tao read: “God be with you. I shall bear you in remembrance. In tho imminent hard struggle defend to the last man.” THE PROGRESS OF PEKIN. (Received 8.45- a.m.) Pekin, October 6 An Anglo-French-Chineso corporation is reported to have completed rn agreement to lend tho Chinese Government ten million sterling for tjamway extension and water and electric light services in Pekin.