The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-11-07

The fall of Tsing-Tau ends the most
picturesque of the minor phases of the
great world war now raging. On two
continents and in many of the islands
of the seas where colonies of the warning
nations were planted, combats of more
or less interest have taken place, garri-
sons have been captured and towns oc-
cupied peacefully, but in the little Ger
man concession on the south side OF the
Shantung peninsula of China there has
been going on since late in August a
reduced scale of war, that from all ac-
counts has duplicated nearly all the fea-
lures of those battles in Europe that
have resulted in the capture of fortified
positions.
The capture of Using Tau loses to
Germany her last foot of possessions on
the Asiatic mainland, as well as her last
strategic position outside of the German
empire in Europe.
For nearly three months the little /
German garrison, amounting to about
1000 men and nearly wholly composed
of reservsts who were living or doing
business in China has held out against I
the land and sea attacks of the Japan
csc. of certain British detachments of
both white and Indian troops that found /
themselves in China at the outbreak of i
the war What the losses OF the garri-
son have been are not known, but the
official japanese and British reports
have Indicated that Using Tau has been
taken at heavy cost of men on the part
of the allies.
1t was on August 10 that Japan throw
herself into the European war as an ally
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Germany withdraw or intern all German
wsrships in Asiatic waters and relin-
quish possession OF kiao-Chow. In the
statement from Toxic that accompanied
this declaration, Japan asserted that her
intentions were purely military and did
not contemplate the retention Of one
foot Of ground on Chinese territory and
later affirmed that she did not intend
TO extend her holdings in the islands of :
the Pacific that might fall into her pos. :
session during the campaign
Her demands ignored, when the ulti-I
matum expired week later Japan pro- I
ceeded cautiously with plans 10 seize
the German settlement on the Chinese
mainland.
The operations IN this isolated far
eastern theatre Of the war have been re- 3
dueed 30 a scale Of some POO square
miles. a. compared with the whole con.
tinent Of Europe. but on that account
they have been none the lees interesting
Aeroplanes and al other sccompani-
ments Of modern warfare have figured Z
in both the Japanese and the German Q
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some 1000 men and the few German .
vessels a. Kiao-Chow. was - dispropor- q
tiouate that At the beginning ~ tbe !
campaign u vas taken for granted that
b. German Tsossnasinn w8uld soon faiil
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