Albuquerque morning journal., 1914-12-22
Japanese Surprised That Ger
mans Should Surrender Be-
fore All Were Killed or Dis
abIed by Wounds.
COURTEOUS PROTEST
DROPPED BY AER0PLANE
Teuton Defenders Showed
Bitterness Toward English,
One Prisoner Splitting in
Face of Commander.

Assotinted Press Correepondcueel
Tsing-tau, Dec. 1.--Shortage OF ann
WIS the compelling factor
In the surrender OF Tsing- tau. Doml-
mating the ultimate event, of course.
were always the numerical inferior
~ Of the garrison In men and guns
and the strategic weakness OF tho
Notifications. unknown TO the Japa-
nese. but the Germans did not actual
ly hoist the white flag until they had
run out OF powder and shot.
Japs Couldn't Understand.
Even this dosged and skllfully con-
Quoted defense fell short OF what tho
Japanese expected. The Japanese
seemed to have the klndlIest feeling
toward the Germans personally but
their troops could not understand why
the Germans had surrendered before
the last man had been killed.
But II they were kindly toward the
Germans individually. the Japanese
well understood what they were fight
ing for nationally. "our men In the
trenches knew their task. . said Jap
anese officer after the capitulation.
settling Old Score.
1T was a score OF seventeen years
Every private knew that
Germany combined with Russia and
France In 1897 to forco us to yield
Port Arthur aud then Germany took
'rslng-tau for herself. With Port
Arthur In the hands OF China. though
won Nv assault from Fufhja at eNor-s \
nous cost to japan. the possession by
Germany Of Tsing-tnu was stand
ing Insult
Few sieges have resulted in SO few
In proportion TO the NUM-
bers engaged and the scope OF the op-
cratlons, The Germans lost ITO Kilt
cd and between five and six thousand
The Japanese casualties
rs given by Lieutenant General Ka-
mio. the Japanese commander-in-
chief. were slightly IN excess of 1.7O0
and the British sixty Against be-
sieging force of $4,000 Japanese. 1000
South Wales bordercrs and 500 sikhs.
assigned purely for political reasons.
was German garrison of 1900.
German Garrison Too Small.
The defenders had not sufficient
strength to stretch their lines across
The peninsula at a distance from the
,ity and therefore were compelled 10
concentrate on a marrow span from
The bay OF kiachow TO the sea. This
eft their last line so close TO the city
that a battery had TO be placed In
he very streets.
In guns, the garrison mounted for-
y pieces, of all patterns, calibers and
tges ana the allies 140 siege guns with
/ preponderance Of heavy twenty
light and twenty one centImeter
Four OF the German twen-
y-four-centlmeter cannon we're cap
ured from the Chinese at the time OF
he Boxer uprising and six twelve
,entlmeter pieces had been used
lgainst the French at the siege OF
Paris, more than forty years before.
Not Great Stronghold.
Then there was scattering of field
)ieces and light naval guns carried
ishore from dismantled gunboats IN
he harbor.
In short. Tsing-tau was nothing
rear so strong as the Japanese sun
'osed Il and in nowise merlted its rep
ltation of a second Port Arthur Had
he japanese but known they might
ave carried the defenses by storm
much earlier than they did. Their
cautious operations, how
ver, undoubtedly saved their men.
on the morning OF October 81, the
of the Mikados birth
lay, the besiegers began their final
bombardment, The ar
illery fire was continuous and over.
and until tho capitulation on
November 7. there was constant
oar from the batteries and an unceas-
ng crackle Of rifle and machine fire
rom the trenches.
Work Of Japanese Sappcrs.
Meanwhile. under cover of this hail
4 shot and shell, japanese sappers
Verc steadily pushing forward their
rench nedds 1iirti f@Hh hen the big guns
gere silenced to permit the infantry
0 take the open field, the Germans
vacuating Redoubt No. 8. found Jap
nese rifles and machine guns already
overing the exits OF their bomb
roof
Once the heslegers had broken
through at this point, the city was
heirs. for there was nothing left TO
ppose them
At . O'Clock on the morning Of the
IN, 40 the white flag went up over
he forts the stocky men with the
ed shoulder straps we're already
iarching through the streets with
heir entrenching spades on their
houlders, shouting ''Banzai'
Deliver Furious Charge.
In the assault the Japanese charged
nth as much dash and fury as they
ad shown caution in the siege. The
lost terrible incident of the capture