Scenes of destruction and pillage greeted Japanese landing parties as they took possession of Tsingtao, a Japanese naval spokesman said yi day morning.
The up-to-date textile plants, presenting Japanese investments $200,000,000, were a pile of ruins. The heavy machinery had been blown up and the factories subsequently set on fire.
Also out of commission was the giant electric power plant at Szefang, the industrial-area of Tsingtao. The city power plant. however, was in a good state, as was the telephone exchange, the spokesman stated.
Japanese houses along Liengning Road were completely looted and some of them destroyed, while other Japanese official residences and private homes were only empty shells, having been completely plundered. Included were the Japanese Consulate-General, Japanese schools, hospitals and banks,
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