Yet in spite of these acts and words, it is only too clear that China is decidedly pro-German to-day. Why? Because along with such high-handed actions they have been the most accommodating in nonessentials. For instance, it is well known that the German Post Office was the first to take Chinese franked letters and forward them to Europe or America. Then, again, the British Post Office arranged—for parcels vid Siberia, but the Chinese Post Office would not take them in Tientsin. The woy reported to get over this difficulty was, that the British Post Office handed these parcels over to the German Post Office in Tientsin, who in tarn hand-! th arrive Mf the Sydney in readiness to aot te Ait coteer of te boldest, and most enterprising vessel in the Ger man navy, and public thanks are due to every member of the stall for s mot jumble public service, The following are the most interesting portions of the report At 5.50 a.m. on the 9th, I was in formed that a warship with four funnels was steaming for the trance between Horsborough and Direction Islands. Quickly invar tigating and finding that the fourth funnel was palpably canvas, I found Mr. La Nauze and instructed him to proceed immediately to the wire less hut and to put out a general call to ths effect that there was 8 ange warship in our vicinity, asking for assistance and signalling ow naval code. At the same time I proceeded to the office and sent services, as previously instructed, to London, Adelaide, Perth and Singapore. The Emden, for such she turned out to be, came in at 8 great speed, nearly as far as our outer buoy, where she wheeled and disclosed an armoured launch and two heavily manned boats under her counter. They were immediately slipped and speeded straight for the tty. Through a glass we managed inguish four machine guns, two in the launch and one in the bow of each boat. This information 8 conveyed to the aforementioned stations and I personally told Sisgapore that it was the Emden.
So quick had been their move: ments, evidently with the hope of rushing our wireless, that the slip of the last mentioned services was passing through the autos whea they entered the office. In the meantime Mr. La Nauze was put
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