CHINESE OCCUPYING GERMAN CONCESSIONS.
TROOPS iIEET NO OPPOSITION. ' * "ifi fifi! -. fi j. ; PEkING> March 19. : . Cliihese , troops hxeve. occupied i without opposition) the German concessions at Tienstin and 1 Ijlankow. : . The Dutch, have taken Over the Geripan. cpnaulates. - The immediate, effect of China's severance, of relations probably , will be- ft greatly', increased output ,of* munition**, for China is Japan's sourcte' of iron and ha® provided, much of the' raw rtiaterial on which the latter's immense •rfianitions trade hae-been built /-up.;. r - Ohina also has large arsenals,
'1 whicli, with her mines, will add large!*, to the resources against Germany. China has already seni. 100,000 coojies to and Russia and can iii- . create the number almost* without limit. So far tlie men have gone under private auspices as laborers.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14285, 30 April 1917, Page 4
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