The German prisoners, fifty-five in number taken at Tsingtao, who arrived at Mutsure by the Nitta Meru, were taken to Moji on the Sth instant. There they were eupplied with new " semi-Japanese" clothes made of flannel and were sent to Hikojima for medical inspection.
According to a '"Jiji" despatch, they were very glad to get out of their uniforms and into clean clothes and some of them, it ie reported, went so far as to dance with joy. They were taken prisoners at Poushan and Liteun. There was no trouble on the voyage and the prisoners fell in with all regulations readily. They expreseed their appreciation when they were given hot baths. The officers were given European diet, while those of lower rank were given Jrpanese food with one European dish. One of the prisoners named Wimark (1), a petty officer, bad lived in Japan for many years. He has @ Japanese wife, and his sister is now residing at Aoyama, Tokio. He speake Japanese fluently, and acts as interpreter. The prisonere landed at Moji at two o'clock in the uiternoon, and left by rail for Kurume at four o'clock.
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