JAPAN'S TASK.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 248, 21 October 1914, Page 5

JAPAN'S TASK.

SIEGE OF EIAO-CHAU

NO NEED TO HURRY OPERA-

TIONS

ANTI-FOREIGN CAMPAIGN IN

CHINA

PROMULGATED BY GERMANS

(Received Oct. .20, 9;55. p.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 20. ' Eastern files, referring to th© Kiaoo'bau defences, says that both on sea and on 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 fhe_ siege will not be hurried, as there is no dha»nco'of "the arrival of a relief force, and it' is unnecessary .to sacrifice life in hurrying Mill© operations. A .statement :is current in HongKong that ■■500.0 (Germans sent their wills to Pekin, and -.took :an oath to defend Tsing-tao. at the cost of their lives.

The Pelrin, correspondent of . the North China Times says that certahv myopic Germans have heen employing^ all the means available to influence, the Chinese Government against the Allied. European nations and Japan.. Anonymous articles of a scurrilous nature have been launched against Britain in particular > and evidence of German inspiration is noticeable in various Chinese papers • '

The correspondent adds: "If antiforeignism develops in China at this juncture, the genesis of it will be found in the campaign now 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, who are particularly unhappy wights within a deathtrap." Chinese opinion is thnt Germany is simply throwing away the lives of the Tsing-tao garrison, and asks: What have, they done to be ordered to pen themselves up to be sjiot at and killed for no good purpose?