In the East.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 45, 9 October 1914, Page 5

In the East.

TSINC-TAO NOT TO BE ALLOWM TO FALL TO THE ALLIES. I Times and Sydney Sun Services™ (Received 8.a.m.) ■ London, October ~fl It is persistently stated at TientM that the Germans purpose to <1 rnol^l Tsing-tao.in preference m ;iil™ungM to fall into the Allies' liarids; H JAPANESE ACTIVITY. I CERMAN WARSHIPS SUNK M KAIO-CHAU. ■ United Press Association. I Tokio, October 7.1 It is reported that the German crfl opi- Cormorant and two gunboats w<S sunk at, Kiao-chau. H GERMANS SHORT OF FOOD M TSIN-AU-FU. ■ JAPANESE IN THE CAROLINES Peking, October 7.1 The Germans at Tsin-au-fu are inl seriouß plight for lack of food. Mafl Chinese have been caught acting ■ German spies. I According to a German report, tfl Japanese have occupied Yap. fl (Yap is one of the Caroline IslancH lying to the east of the Philippines)M DAMAGE AT PAPEETE. I VESSELS SUNK AND MANY REsl DENCES DESTROYED. I ' New York, October 7. I San Francisco advices concernirfl the Papeete bombardment show thaß considerable damage was done. TvM vessels were sunk and many residences destroyed. Two people were kiUed^l