The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-18
CEUMANY'S DOOR IN CHINA
4 FINE CITI ILRE iDI BiILT
tT TSINGT
from u the Germans Are G~ekiRG . share
~ China's Trade and t.rttinG %
TsInEtau We'll situated StrateEiraII,
Great Progress Made since ssUS.

IN the Orient. 30 far a. first place in
CHINA II concerned the average English
man thinks Great Britain - too strongly
IntrenChed TO h. ousted
No says: We have Hon Kkong. the great
s~t port IN the far East II - the natural
outlet for the trade Of China. II Is I'M
rNalled m tn" valu" Ct lis imports and
exports It, shipping is un"'Iuall"d IN the
i'renr "" hav" nothing To- f"ar from
rnv nation
he averdg" German smokes his pipe !
says nothing. hut b" - thinking 81
L. IA.
lV' ." years ago I-ingtau was "A small
fishing lage situated IN peninsula |
81 the eu. 'nc" 10 kiauchau Ray. IN tho
province of Shantung In tho summer /,
Of 1897 two German missionaries were |
murdered in the vicinity 81 the village
and a German squadron was sent 20 kIao- |
ChAu Ray, where landing in force was \
made.
Negotiations were then begun and ended I
In Germany's securing ninety nine year (
lease ~ the territory surrounding kiao- I
ChAu Ray. This was the beginning Of the b
European encroachment on Chinese terri !
tory that finally led TO the Boxer uprising
in 1900.
The peninsula on which Tsingtau il /
situated j. about eight miles long and 4
four miles wide NJ the base, tapering down .
N a point that projects into the Yellow .
Sea Ignoring the native village the /
Germans proceeded short distance be-
vond and laid out a city which was 10 I've
built on European lines. The result il
that Tsin gtau is now a modern CITY. There
IL no city in the far Fast with perhaps the
exception of Dairen Manchuria. which
il Russian built. that IL comparable to IL
l. has broad streata fine avenues GOOD
rnads a sanitary sewerage system and
every modern Improvement II il clean.
and therefore e.captional in China.
On both sides ~ TN. reninsula ia fin.
archorare for yes.els ~ the dasr...t
I..,.L, u,-. -. -, I'll. -, |
'''' NM ~"
,rhs nui" ann IN" largest n"auhS ury-
dock IN the Orient. larger than our
Dewey. /. anchored here.
The ropula,;,p ~ ,h. ,i,v i. about
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eIN'E 'n"h>ann o' whom VIM are thr"-
p"ans located permanently. and about
three thousand soldiers marines and
sailors The land defencas consist Of
,hr.. For,s Eo,t Wilhelm, ,ba I.r,c.,
-, .. -. w" $3.50
~ sunateh on NH wv te-t AhoN" sea
lowell and commands the entrances 20
both harborS
Prom a strategic s,andpoint both mill
'"ry ann '"n'iner,'A. 's'hE'An - al
nirahly situated. By steamer u is sixteen
hours from Chsmulp". N" port II entry
for Seoul Cor.aS capital. ~ Is twenty
ho,,r. 1ro,, psir,, M.,,.b,,r,, a., a., .
49, :, ~. H,".,l...' I,.,, ~
MINUS "' NV nen'h"'t., r"a'"Sy. Nhl'h
connects AZ Hafbn win IN" Sih~rlan
railroad. II il two daY- to Chefu 10y
-ieeuer hut a railroad IL being con
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- -, ~
Nh''h '''~ journey VIII ~ ''"'" IN nv"
hours
Ghsh 10 hat a day from risnsi.n tho
port q entry for Pekin, and thus Using.
a., an -. ,,i,h,, 60. H.. -, -. -
W = N'' .,,', '~'N VI va" '''''
val OF NINA. ,rr' : -" 'a''r"A' h"~ m
operation eNtrhhlhE ~, ihll"- IA IN" m.
terror from ] -li Stah, Nhl'I l. controlled
Nv German caTitAl ~" y .. m"
hNnpurS hIn"tlcah' m" Nnrth German
tioNn ana NlP,on lu-th hAi~hA nav"
stesn"rr touchlhg r"RuAtN irlnR-
taI ana there are aIwhNr ~ th" harh"r
number 81 tramT- ana nnhS
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are no manuiaStori-s ~ IslhstaH u -
merely a olStIlpu'lhg 'ehIr" ana neal
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