ALL OF ALLIES PARTICIPATE IN ATTACK OF KIAU-CHAU.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15749, 26 October 1914, Page 6

ALL OF ALLIES PARTICIPATE IN ATTACK OF KIAU-CHAU.

GF.R.M \NS MAKE GRAND PREPARATIONS FOR DEFENCE BRITAIN'S -ATTITUDE CAUSES GRATIFICATION IN JAPAN. Sydney, October -21. lie- Svd.i'v Morning Herald's Tokio correspondent points out M-..it th. su'iie of Tsing-tau in being undertaken by Russia, France, loitain an-1 Japan, «... that Japanese preponderance in the outcome is p..e|..d-l ''''"' Japanese arc utilising small obsolete craft, to sweep the b.iii.oiir dear of mines, which at the outset prevented vessels approachi .c within eight miles of Tsing-tau. On 'I- laid sole |i„. port is protected by three lines ~f powerful '' ' ' ; " v 'i'k-. winle approaching them the fields everywhere are ; ' ""' ' I ''" "hole area ~f eight miles |, v land and sea is thoroughly lened. and aK„ protected by innumerable electrically-charged eiiiariL'lemeiiK the whole commanded by the most powerful guns ''' us '"' ''• modern warfare, while the garrison consists of expert f'»-''"-'-'. I' '' ; ' wek a thousand prosed Chinese coolies have been Strelit't'nei.ing the defences. Advice- f,,,m I'ekin state that the allies' warships captured a G'' rmaii destroyer which escaped from Kiau-Chau. A message from Tokio says that there is unmeasured satisfaction in Japan ..wr deaf Britain's assurance that Japan will have a voice m the peace negotiations. It. is felt that Japan will occupy a seat of -"quality for the first time in the council of the nations.