Tsinanfu, Sept. 28.
About 6 p.m. yesterday I telegraphed to you regarding the Japanese occupation of Changtien, about three hours rail journey from this city, on the Tsingtao-Tsinan line. Later information has so far modified this message that the Japanese had not actually arrived in the place, but were evidently expected, as no railway tickets were issued for any station beyond Chaagtien.
Changtien is the junction of the Chihchuan-Poshan line where, near the latter place, successful mining of coal of good quality has been carried on by the Germans for some years. There is also a large trade in glass-ware from Poshan, a peculiar clay formation there making the production of glassware by native methods easy, and a large export trade is carried on by wheelbarrows all over north China. A large factory for glass-making by foreign methods was erected under German supervision, but ix not working at present. al from
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