Japan's Campaign

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 126, 21 October 1914, Page 5

Japan's Campaign

KIAO-CHAU A STRONG FORTRESS. JAPANESE NOT HURRYING. GARRISON OANNOT BE REINFORCED. GERMAN PROPAGANDA IN CHINA. ANTI-EUROPEAN AGITATION. Received 20, 9.55 p.m. Sydney, October 20. Eastern files, referring to the Kiaochau defences, eay that both on Bea aRd land they are of modern type, and very strong. The garrison haß 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 sacrifice life by hurrying operations.

The statement i s current at lion; Konj Liiat olHX) Germans sent their wi.ls iO I ekin, and have taken an oath to defend Tsing-tao at the cost of their live,. The P, kin correspondent of the Xori'i Cmiia limes says that certain myopic Germans have been employing all means available to influence the Chinese Government against the Allied European natiens 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 agti-foreignhm develops in China at this juncture, the genesis of it will be found in the campaign now being carried on by Germans in various partß of the country. The leisurely manner in which the Japanese are going about the siege of Tsing-tno is worrying the Germans, particularly the unhappy weights within the deathtrap. 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?"'

•JAPANESE CRUISER SUNK. Tokio, OeAober 19. The Japanese cruiser Takacliiho was sunk by a mine in Kiao-chau Bay. Thirteen men Were saved. HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE. Received 20, 11.25 p.m. !Pekin, October 111. There were 284 aboard the TaWihiho.