Japan's Position
THE STEGE OF KIAO-CHAU. JAPANESE COMMENTS. London, December 18. An American correspondent, who was present at the siege of Tsing-tao, said that some of the German guns were previously used in the siege of Paris in 1871. When the Germans had exhausted the ammunition they dynamited the guns. Aviator Lieutenant Plushkow es--1 eaped and was interned with :hi,s machine 'ln China. The Japanese are unable to understand why the Germans surrendered while a fighting man remained and why the Governor of Tsing-tao did not commit suicide.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 167, 21 December 1914, Page 5
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88Japan's Position Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 167, 21 December 1914, Page 5
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