The Japanese military authorities at Tsingtao have had the late Civil Administrator in Tsingtao under examination, and have discovered, alleges the "Hochi," that during the siege of Tsingtao he enrolled a number of Chinese as 795 soldiers, These auxiliaries were stripped of their military uniform just before the capitulation of the fortress, and so escaped being taken prisoners. Other complaints are made against the late Civil Administrator regarding the disposal of Government property and other matters. He is to be taken to Japan treatment—whether he should be treated prisoner of war, spy, oF an ordinary criminal suspect—still remains unsettled, but for the time being he will be interned at a depot as a prisoner of war.
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