Contains among other things: Establishment of a direct Tsingtaus steamboat connection with the Yalu estuary for the transport of raw material for silk production from Manchuria (application by the German-Chinese Silk Industry Society), (1903) 1904 Attacks on the German administration in Kiautschou in the Chinese press, 1904 Railway construction projects of the Chinese-German Tschunghsiang Coal Society of Ihsien in Schantung ("Ihsien Society") and question of German concession rights in the province of Schantung, 1904 customs collection procedure in Tsingtau, 1904

Contains among other things: Short political and military orientation about Japan and China Expedition of the Japanese Red Cross Society to Tsingtau Report from a prisoner of war camp of the Japanese demands of Japan on China and the interests of other countries affected thereby List of names of prisoners of war (high officers) The attack S.M. Torpedoboot "S 90" in the night from 17. to 18. Oct. 1914 on the blockade forces off Tsingtau and the march to Nanking

Contains among other things: Radio messages to the cruiser squadron about the attack England and Japan and the Japanese ultimatum, 17 Aug. 1914 Crew lists of the S.M. ships "Jaguar", " Empress Elisabeth", auxiliary cruiser "Prince Eitel Friedrich", S 90, auxiliary cruiser "Comoran