Teingtao, May 21.
Tsingtao's fe blood, her export! trade, Is at present in' a coagulated condition, brought on as a result of the Sino-Japanese conflet. 'The military authorities have not' been, helpful and have enforced various restrictions and this with the foisting of the new currency on the seneral public has made all exports from Telngtao more of Jess. impossible, and ata time when exchange is all in favour, The use of the wharves by foreign shipping 1s still prohibited, the exeuse being that present military Fequirements, with transports arriving and leaving dally, do not permit of others using the wharves, inasmuch fas additional shipping would be in the way; in. spite' of these excuses, Japanese merchant ships to and from Japan and the DICK, line ships yunning to and from" Dairen and Shanghai are permitted the use of the wharves regularly.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.