Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-16

its Growth During the Last Ten ycars and
Its Present kmcicncy.

Prom the New York sun
IL has been surmised that the somewhat
cool and quiet way in which China has lately
received the reproaches directed against her
oy the western powers. on the score of the
Yang -tse-hiang riots may be due partly 20
the confidence which q greatly improved mill
tary and naval establishment inspires In her
teet especially, the middle kingdom has made
remarkable progress within the last ten veara
IL seems but short tine since she was rclvins
on junks with ridicalous Armamsnts hut the
recent visit OF Admiral Tngs squadron of half
q dozen modern war ships TO Yokohama Gre
ated g profound impression there by its eff
cheney.
Among the first efforts Of China to procure .
modern navy were her purchase IN Encland OF
fleet of gun boats OF about / $50 tons displace-
ment each and her construction of others at
Foochow. Then she contracted with the Vul-
can Shipbuilding Company at Stettin for two
steel cruisers having a speed Of about fifteen
knots and carrying two eight-inch and eight
four-and-one-half-inch Armstrong guns but
more important we're the vessels built for her by
The Stetun works. called the Ting luon aud
Shen luen. These were armor clads of s.4o0
tons displacement carrying fourteen aud one
half inches OF compound a-mor at the water
line. They are said 90 have n speed OF fifteen
knots. They have double bottoms and s;eol
protective decks, and THAR powerful batteries
..S iout 'NciNe-ihSh hfNpp guns. pro-
tected by an armored broastwork. and two
smaller hrupps They are also furni she'd with
eleven hotchkiss cannon and tubes for White
head torpedOes
&C., 80 -. AIso JUN NJ Stettin' IL "a "ln-
having speed of fifteen knots She has two
elsht-and-1-quarter-inch and three siA-inch
ht,er ~ M u nam battery, with a secondary
nauery OF Hotchkiss revolving cannon and
L., 49, - P0uu0e.
FIswick ~, -. u. SIuisefs' buiit az
ba,,, . ;i-.I., "a" t , S a the thing- unn.
an o,,,-r.,,i - Va ~''uV tons and attained
wcie,h,s 6.,,Ir,.l .Iler ,rlal trll's' win All
| and a lal. - m aDoard' 81 eishteen
| exransion ens,r.s ar ht.ea VITA triple
| doubIe bnttons "a = - prole0.od' nave
! of 80 IN, .i9,.. . D1.'lAof accommodation
eigI, A., . - a liiaileht consists OF thrce
tr.,,,,~ ,- NJ utfs anu TWO slA-ihch
! shields Tbev - -, = el'I'iiVer PROOF
fire Hotrbk,ss en-. - tapld-
pedo tables The, la .a.ls,,. az 'oui 'oi
| tArce-il,cb ,,l,,,s : ...,'.,..e'i Nv"tts %
and in ,bdrs -, @ - 60 tioA ou'At
vessels bullt an Fnela,,i - -, 80 eH"ipPeu
| A pair of Chm ~, -
cial notice are ia. Kim, W., a., a.. ..S IL
\ ar,norsd r., -. IAN 1 I the l-ai nah,
S,ettjn IT, no'4s ~ tne vulcan works az
sells with co,1,,or,,,5 - I, s'oel YES
thickness of nips ana n III ile ma i h.l, am
line and drcr,nsin,, 20 l1, e., ~ 'ile Ns'ef
They carry each two ci.bt.,, -
kruDD "a the hours ,,,,,,,.,..1 :. =
and surrcundet l,y an ,,,,,,I h,,, 90.
two six-iuch krunps Viii, th - , . Al.a
terry contains two TIotcl,liss - g; -. M
hive revolving cannon and foBr tnr,io SINS Iis'
Still another nair of mo5,-n ,,ssis -
| steel cruis.rs yan,, ~ -. - 80 N
!. $50 tons disbursement bn,It % FIs,,,I's "a
having > 400 horse poWer H., forp,cr - tilh
reached speed of I6 , knots a,,l r. h, e. =,
los knots on trial Tbcy carr,- a - I,,,. ~
of Armstrong puns The cors,,',,e,; =. -
|
| works for txro I.r,o -, ~, - =. ~ ''''a
Las; year. at the Foochow ar-enaI ,ho A.
mored coast defense vessel Ping Ne, -
pleted. She is 200 feet long bv 40 beam ana "a
| draught. and of about 2 GOO tons dis,,lace,,o,,
She has triple eNpansion engines 81 .,,,, . $40
horse power which Give m b,,,,, -,
| Disappointing speed of IOI knobs AZ thc ,,,axi
| mum. But she has a belt of s-in.b ,.,,,,,,, -.
| the water line and a 2-iuch protective ds,l
She carries a TO-. Krupp gun forWard. mo-
! tected by 5-inch breastwork. and two G-inrrb
Krupps aniidships. besides .l,-bt r1,is - - -
| In the secondary battery and fap- ,ar,5-Ss
tubes At Foochow tins year tu,, ,a,,S, -, -
| boats the hong Nj ana k,n,, I,,i "a -.
1000 to.ls displacement, have been under con-
| struction
| The yard al Foochow ia indaca o,a %, A.,
| most remarkable sivns of rIi;.a's -
progress Founded tS,Ive or f,T-,.,,, .'a..
ago ON the Min river by a French ,,I,,sr =, a.,
Chinese service IL Was Stumbled b,. - -
1 M in
| fact, all the appliances for naval constrnc,,o,,
and reyair During the last half Coo, -.
| 1t has been turning out var Vessels al ,.rs.'|s
sorts and sizes although. a. has hem cen o.
principal vessels Of he CLinese nav we
| obtained in England and t;erma,y rI;.s
also supplies herself with heavy guns ss v.II =.
ships, and her factory AZ Kia9gh,n = -.
| buiIdipg ..aoI 1T l. -, -s uah N nov
inches caliber which Is as high a. ony ~ CO.,
factories have gone. The Steel for r.. -.
| is rough turned in England and sen, &c a.
| factory. Wv
| tmust be Confessed that tba China. --
has never Distinguished itsolf n,pcb ~ go. 10y
During the war yitb Trance "a IS.a ~. "a ,.-
PRINCIPAL fleets wa. utterly dastr,,ss ~ -
niral Courbet in the Min river ,i,.h, p,,iI..
| IA dozen vessels rgrgins, e., = 80 s ui.y
| 500 tons were destraI,ef ,hara 1911 W
the remarkable featIres % 10 Er.,t a..,
| being the blowing mn Of vssssls hv -
boats and the greet d.s,,,,c,ia,, =, vi lo az
| Hotchkiss reyolying csnroa d., :, o'',.. ~
il is NOT sunnosa5 ,ha, 49, =. Souise,
match for even the smaller na,t - ,h'
| ,,yaI &C., = -, s0 n1u"iief Part oi tne