14 NOVEMBER 1914, Page 2

Tsingtau, the capital of the German leased territory of Kiaochau,

was surrendered unconditionally last Saturday. It had been calculated that it could hold out for six months, and the early termination of the siege was therefore as welcome as

it was unexpected. The Japanese, who were aided by a small British force, are to be congratulated on having done their work with their usual brilliance and thoroughness. Two thousand three hundred prisoners were captured and eight ships of war were found sunk in the harbour. Of course the Germans knew that there could be no attempt to relieve them. They were simply fighting to save their honour, and no doubt that fact exercised a considerable, if unconscious, influence on the character of their resistance, which, however, is said to have been highly creditable.