In the East.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 55, 21 October 1914, Page 5

In the East.

JAPANESE PREPARED TO WEAR DEFENCE DOWN. Sydney, October 20. Eastern files, referring to the KiaoChau,; defences, say that both on sea and land they are of modern type, and very strong. The garrison has an available force of between 6000 and 7000 men. It is anticipated that the siege will not be hurried, as there is no chance of the arrival of a relief force, and it* is unnecessary to sacri-

fice life by hurrying operations. The statement is current at Hong King that 5000 Germans sent their wills to Pekin, and have taken ian oath to defend Tsing-tao at the cost of their lives. S

The Pekin correspondent of the North China Times says that certain myopic Germans have been employing all means available* to influence the Chinese Government against the Allied European nations and Japan. Anonymous articles of a scurrilous nature are launched against Britain in particular, and the evidence of German inspiration is detectable in the various Chinese papers. The correspondent adds; “If anti-foreignism develops in China at this juncture, the genesis of it will be found in the campaign now being carried on by Germans in various parts of the country. The leisurely manner in which the Japanese are going about the siege of Tsing-tao is worrying the Germans, particularly the unhappy weights within the death-trap. The Chinese opinion is that Germany is simply throwing away the lives of the Tsing-tao garrison, and ask, ‘What have they done to be ordered to pen themselves up and be shot at or killed for no good purpose?’ ”