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E. E. Clark, agent
WEIHAIWEI TSINGTAO (KIAOCHAU)
SIN JELLY-BELLY & Co., Naval Tailors-
Liukungtao
J. K. Chu, manager
WEIHAIWEI LIGHTER Co.
Fock Tai & Co., managers
社工織編绣刺新威
Wei sing sze sui pien chi kung cho
WEIHAIWEI HANDIWORK Co., Manufac- turers and Exporters of Embroideries, Laces, Hoses, Tea-pots, Silver Orna- ments, Model Junks, Shantung Pro- ducts-28, 29A, 29B, Kun Ming Street; Cable Ad: Weising
S. S Handley, director
U. S. Huang, manager ..
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來
泰
WEI-HAI-WEI IMPORT AND EXPORT CO., (successors Weihaiwei Wine Import Co.),
Wholesale Merchants-The Bund; Cable Ad: Tailai
Y. C. Lee
F. C. Lee
Agencies
McEwan-Younger Ld. Gande, Price, Ld.
WEI SING TRADING Co., Importers and Exporters of Linens, Flax Yarn, Silks, Embroideries, Laces, Hoses, Tea-pots, Hair-net, Silver-Ornaments, and Shan- tung Products-28, 29A, 29B, Kun Ming Chiel; Cable Ad: Weising
Weihaiwei Handiwork Co., nigrs. and
proprietors
S. C. Huang, signs per pro: W. C. Lee, sales manager
勝永
Yung Sheung
YOUNG KING & Co., Army and Navy
Contractors, General Storekeepers The Bund; Cable Ad: Youngking
YUEN CHONG & Co., Naval and Military Contractors Liukungtao; Cable Ad: Yuenchang
C. L. Chang, manager
TSINGTAO (KIAOCHAU)
州膠 Kiáu-chau
Tsingtao, situated at the entrance to Kiaochau Bay in Shantung, was occupied by a German squadron on November 14th, 1897, in consequence of the murder of two German missionaries, and Germany obtained from China a lease of the territory for the term of 99 years When the great war in Europe broke out in 1914, Japan, under the terms of her treaty of alliance with Great Britain, intervened because the peace of the Far East was menaced by the German occupation of Kiaochau, inasmuch as the Colony constituted a naval base for operations in the East against the shipping and territories of the countries with whom Germany was at war. Shortly after the out- break of the war Japan advised Germany to disarni all her armed vessels in Chinese and Japanese waters, and to hand Kiaochau over to Japan with a view to its eventual restoration to China. Germany returned no reply to this communication. Consequently, on August 23rd, Japan declared
! against Germany, and took measures at once, in co-operation with the British. to blockade and invest the German territory of Kiaochau. The bombardment of the place by land and sea began on September 27th, and the garrison capitulated on November 7th after all the forts had been taken by a final night attack, in which the South Wales Borderers co-operated with the Japanese H.M.S. Triumph and the destroyers Usk and Kennett assisted in the naval operations. Upwards of 5,000 prisoners were taken and conveyed to Japan for internment until the end of the war.
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war