Directory_and_Chronicle_1939 — Page 507

THE CONVENT—

WEIHAIWEI-TSINGTAO (KIAOCHAU)

Rev. Mother Mauritia, superior Rev. Mother Henriette, Immacu-

lee, Gabriel, Chrodegand Rev. Sisters Constance, Lauren- tius, Nicolas, Eucharistie, Ma- ria, Souse, Annoberta, Catherine and Agnes

UNION CHAPEL-Liu-kung-tao

For the use of Non-Conformists of

H. M. Fleet

A. Whitelaw and Wife

REUTERS, LTD.--

E. E. Clark, agent

SIN JELLY-BELLY & Co., Naval Tailors--

Liukungtao

J. K. Chu, manager

WEIHAIWEI LIGHTER CO.-

Fock Tai & Co., managers

社工 織 編 綉刺新威

Wei sing sze sui pien chi kung cho

WEIHAIWEI HANDIWORK Co., Manufac-

turers and Exporters of Embroideries,

A129

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

S. C. Huang, manager

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 Chieh; Cable Ad: Weising

Weihaiwei Handiwork Co., nigrs. and

proprietors

S. C. Huang, signs per pro.

W, C. Lee, sales manager

YUEN CHONG & Co., Naval and Military

Contractors Liukungtao; Cable Ad:

Yuenchang

H. Hunson

勝永 Yung Sheung

YUNG KING & Co., Army and Navy Contractors, General Storekeepers

The Bund; Cable Ad: Yungking

TSINGTAO (KIAOCHAU)

州膠 Kiáu-chau

Tsingtao, situated at the entrance to Kiaochau Pay 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 disarm 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 war 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 | s the naval operations. Upwards of 5,000 prisoners were taken and conveyed

to Japan for internment until the end of the war.