Tsingtao, a treaty port about 300 miles north of Shanghai, is one of the finest cities of the Far East. The Germans seized Kiaochow Bay in 1898 as a reprisal for the murder of two missionaries in the interior and Tsingtao was included in the leased territory; under their administration a well laid-out city was built, improved upon later by the Japanese. On the outbreak of the Great War, Japan, after declaring war on Germany, took Tsingtao by force of arms, but returned the territory to China in 1922 under the agreements reached at the Washington Conference. The cit: once again under Japanese rule as the result of the hostilities.
The town of Tsingtao consists of well paved streets and modern buildings, the foreign, Japanese and Chinese business districts being well defined. Away from the town are the bathing beaches, hotels and residences, the whole in a setting of great natural beauty. About 25 miles from Tsingtao are the Laoshan Mountains with their wooded slopes, waterfalls and cool mountain pools. Here are nated several private residences as well as pensions catering to siters. Communications between Tsingtao and Laoshan, which were disrupted owing to the hostilities, are now said to be normal, with a bus service running regularly.
Shantung Road (formerly Chungshan Road), the main shopping street of Tsingtao. Vehicles are parked in the centre of the roadway.
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