The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-11-11
Ends PICTURESQUE Phase.

The fall Of Using Tau ends the most
picturesque Of the minor phases; OF
the great world war now raging. ;
On two continents and in maAy
islands of the sea where colonies Nf
the warning nations were planted
cOmbats Of more or less interest have
taken place, garrisons have been cap
tured and towns occupied peacefully
but in the little German concession bi
the south side of the Shan Tung pen
insula Of China there has been 60.
ing on since late in August q reduced
scale Of war that from all accounts
has duplicated nearly all features soi
those battles in Europe that have te.
suited in the capture Of fortified no.
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The capture Of Using Tau loses to
Germany her last foot Of possessions
on the Asiatic mainland, as we'll as
her last strategic position outside of
the German empire in Europe. For
nearly three months the little German
garrison Of about 1000 men and
nearly wholly composed Of reservists
in China, has held out against the
land and sea attack of the japanese
and of certain British detachments of
both white and Indian troops that
found themselves in China at the out
break of the war.
What the losses Of the garrison
have been are not known, but the OFF,
cial 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 Is that Japan
threw herself into the European war
as Great Britain's ally, after demand
ing that Germany withdraw or inferno
all German warships in Asiatic waters
and relinquish possession Of Kiao
Chow. In the statement from Tokyo
that accompanied this declaration,
Japan asserted that her intentions
did not contemplate the retention of
one foot Of German or Chinese terri
tory, and later affirmed that she did
not intend to extend her holdings in
the Pacific. Her demands ignored,
Japan proceeded cautiously with
plans to seize the German settlement
on the Chinese mainland.
The operations in this isolated
theatre Of the war have been reduced
to scale Of some 200 square miles
as compared with the whole con-
tinent Of Europe. but on that area
they have been none the less interest
ing. Aeroplanes and all other accom-
paniments Of modern farfare have
figured in both Japanese and German
operations.
The strength Of the attacking force
as compared with the little garrison
OF some 1000 men and the few Ger
man vessels at Kiao Chow was so dis
prOportionatc that at the beginning of
the campaign it was taken for grant
ed that the German possession soon
would fall. The surprise was that so
small a force could hold out so long.
Reports from various sources pieced
together indicate that the allies loss
around Kiao Chow has been upwards
of 1000 and several second rate war
ships.
Details of the movements have been
secret. but the first general operation
undertaken by the Japanese was the
sweeping of the waters around Kiao
Chow for German mines. In this
connection a hundred Japanese wo-
men shell divers offered their services,
thinking they unseen by the enemy
could dive and release the mines.
But the offer was declined since
the Japanese law prohibited the en-
ploymcnt of women i'm warlikc opera
tions. During the mine sweeping