New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1922, Page 9

GERANAPANESE CHINESE CHAHELEON Mixed Up History of Tsingtao and Kisochow Leasehold ‘Washington, Dec. 30.—'‘The relin- quishment of Teingtao and.the Kiao- chow leasehold by Japan on Decem- ber 10, and its subsequent troubles with Chinese bandits mark the pass- ing of one dream of Japanese expan- sion in the Flowery Kingdom, just as the surrender of the same territory to Japan almost exactly eight ye marked the tragic end of the dreams of German imperialism in the coun- try,” remarks a bulletin from Wash- ington, D, headquarters of the Na- tlonal Geographic sociéty. “This 200-square-mile slice of fa. mous old Shantung, continues the bulletin, “for millenijums had littie®in ita lot to distinguish it from similar slecpy patches of China's coast coun- try. Buddenly i€ awoke twenty-four years ago with the world's spotlight beating fully upor it. It has been in the glare ever since; the bone of con- tention of empires, and an object for powertul i{f immaterial diplomatic forces and ultimatums, when it was not the target for all too material na- val guns and ‘their high explosive shells, Snatched From Shabbiness, “Tsingtao, the port of the Kiao- chow leasehold, has been a veritable Cinderella ameng Oriental communi- tlés—and to mix the metaphor, a chameleon nationally. Snatched from its existence as a shabby fishing vil- lage it was made into s . ‘Spotless Town,’ to serve first as a gateway for German Kultur and commerce; and later as-an entrepot for Japanese in- fluence and goods. “When Germany decided to com- pete with other European nations that Were taking possession of slices of Chinese territory, and landéd her forces at Tsingtao in 1898, it consist- €d of little more than a narrow main street lined by low Chinese buildings with paper windows and straw roofs. One of the few groups of buildings of ang consequence was the ‘Yamen' of the Chinese Governor of Tsingtao, with its central structures, its court- yards and surrounding houses. These the Germans took over for the head- quarters of thelr governor. “Once on the ground the Germans worked fevérishly at-making over the village and constructing the combina- tion of ‘Little Berlin’ and ‘German Hongkong' of which they dreamed. Chinese houses were taken over and madeé clean;"and temporary barracks were built, followed by permanent ones. Wide streets and avenues were laid out and lined with shade trees; substantial business buildings and res- ldences rosc. Drainage systems were established, and other sanitary measures taken, and a supply of pure water was piped in from the hills, Massive granite breakwaters and piers tvere constructed; the harbor was dredged to a depth to accommodate the largest ships. A huge f{loating dock capable ‘of accommodating mer- chantman or warship provided the finishing touch which made the lonce siéepy little Tsingtao into a full- fledged commercial and naval base and otutpost of empire. f “RBy the outbreak of the World War Tgingtao represented a brilliant re- gult of ‘German pfficiency.’ Sixty million dollars had been spent in the transformation. An excellent rail- road tapped the interlor of Shantung, mines were being opened and ship- ping was steadily increasing. Of the city itself #he Germans who then numberéd more than 4,000 shopkeep- érs, professional mon and other civil- fans, in addition to the military, boasted with considerable justification that it was ‘a paradise on earth.’ Even the surrounding hills, previously de- nuded, had been replanted to forest. Good German schools were estab- lished. The" excellent bathing beach had been capitalized by the building of hotels and the place was fast be- coming a° pleasure resort for Europ- *f.ns resident in China. i “Little Tokyo."” e}ohe character of this most Ger- njan df towns was changed in 1914 afmost as radically and as quickly as a motion picture setting is trans- formed from a representation of Lon- don to one of New York. The Ger- man flag came down in November and most of the Germans were sent to Japan as prisoners. Civillan Japan- ese as well as soldiers poured in; and while the architecture of ‘Little Ber- }in’ remained for the most part un- altered, the whole atmosphere of the ® yce became that of Japan. On their t)rt the Japancse displayed greater nergy even than had the Germans, to give the city its second transfor- mation. There, amid the incongruous Clerman buildings, blossomed the in- fluence and culture of Nippon. In- deed the Japanese were more thor- ough than their. predecessors. By the middle of 1920 more than 28,000 Japanese had moved to the wcity. Schools -had been established for teaching Chinese to the newcomers, a5 well as the regular system of low- er and higher Japanese public schools. Commerce’ through the port grew amazingly, most of the ships, of T WARD OFF GRIPPE Get rid of that cold quickly before fev: tions set in and 'M’I hlvoe: bad condition! reono s} ulchly W nardi's ckly * soothes raw throats, cuts the phlegm, protects E%%.. -rd‘wOonn 8yrup 'off more serious trouble. Sold by City Drug Store, CHRISTMAS GIFT SUGGESTIONS FOR HER FOR HIM FOR Tlll% KIDDIES On Today’s Want Ad P: Classifications 65 A-B-C- course, fiying the Japanese fi “Taingtao 18 remote from Amerlea, but, through commerce it has its con- tacts with this country. When you 800 & sult of Bhantung silk on & sum- mer day, the chances are high that the fabric took ship at Tsingtao; and tons of the almost Invisible hair-nets that'hold America's unbobbed femin- ine tresses in place also start their| sea ‘journey at this German-Japanese pott which in name now becomes Chinesé.” NO LOAN TO BERLIN- MORGAN MAN'SAYS na|T, W, Lamont Belleves Peaple Wold Not Buy Bonds ‘New York, Dec, 20,—~The American people have no intention and the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co, will not float a gigantic loan in the United States for Germany because American in- vestors do not wish to buy German bonds to enable that country to pay off reparations with American money, sald Thomas W, Lamont lasc nignt. Addressing the Councll on Koreign Relations at Bherry' Mr, Lamont stated the '¢onditions under which a German loan might be floated in this country at some future time, not a large loan, butghough to“enable Ger- many ‘to get over the hill”” At the same time he voiced the opinion that the people of this country had the utmost sympathy for France and con- fidence in the thrift of the French people, and that they would be glad to lend money to France ‘‘on a large scale.”” “I want to say that neither the firm of which I am a member nor any other bankers are going to make a loan of a billlon and a half dollars to Germany,” bhegan Mr, Lemont. “I want also, to deny a report that one of the newspapers brought to me to- day that the State Department had sent'the German Ambassador to con- fer with Mr. Morgan. The State De- partment did not send the German Ambassador, “The papers have been filled with articles regarding a possible loan to Germany, and such a loan has been described as if. it were a panacea. There is nothing of that kind exist- ing in the situation. Believe Loan Impossible. ““When Mr, Morgan and I told the German Ambassador that a loan was impossible we did not refuse such a loan, but we gave the reasons why it was impossible to float such a loan. The reasons are patent to you. They do not lie within the province of the bankers. He can only mobilize the situation. When we say that the loan is impossible’ we mean that the in- vestors of this céuntry would not con- sider such a loan and would not buy bonds of Germany at the present time and we could not in good faith recommend such investment. The reason is.that Germany is not in any position at the present time to in- spire our people with confidence to buy its bonds. “Bankers are unable to perceive the possibility of such a loan at the present time. The first thing on the program, as the bankers view it, is the' Settlement of the reparations problem, the fixing of a definite sum 80 that Germany wjll be aware of her obligation. Following the fixation of this sum Germany must set out on a perfod of deflation. There may pos. sibly come with that a scheme of the Allies for the supervision of such deflation Including the administra- tion of Germany's customs. ‘“When those things are done, then I can imagine American investors will be prepared to lend money to Ger- many, not on a gigantic scale, ‘but enough to help her over the hill. Even if that is borne in mind; I doubt that Germany will be ' leht a sum sufficient to discharge her reparations debt. “All of us have the utmost .sym- pathy for France.. The investors of the United States have confidence in the thrift of the people of France and they will be glad to lend her on a large scale, but I do not opine that the situation of Germany in the near future will be such that Germany will be enabled to borrow money in order to take these sums and repay her reparation obligations.” There are 341,000 more women than men in London, according to latest census figures. WHAT YOU WANT * FOR CHRISTMAS—IS AN —because bicyciing 18 the Real Sport. And the INDIAN is a Real Bicycle. It's the junior member of the famous INDIAN Motorcycle family, with the same rugged'con- struction, and beautiful and. dur. able finish. 14 New Models—ILower Prices Easy Payments 3 Come in and look' at them Charles . Hadfield Suceessor HADFIELD-SWENSON CO. 21 Myrtle St. Phone 17068 “PAD—Make my Christmas gift an Indian Bicycle!"” \ NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, ‘WEDNI=#%AY, DECEMBER 20, 1922, Ten “Men Lacking to | . 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