The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-08
CHINA CAPTURES A BARK.
Low Water Will Soon Make Pekil
Safe From a Raid.

Col. Won Hanniken Makes Another
Amdavit Concerning the Sinking of
the Kow shung-Japan Watching
Russia's Movements Very Closely.
Russia Threatens to Intefere If Her
Trade Is Affected Too Seriously.
London, Aug. THE Tien-Tsin CORE
spondent of the Central News says: "A
Chinese cruiser has captured Japanese
trading bark and taken her to Talxu.
''All pilots have been warned officially
that they must not guide Japanese YES
sells, nor give them any information as TO
the waters and coast
THE rivers are falling steadily in con-
sequence of the drought. 1t will soon be
impossible for the Japanese to make
raid up the Pie Ho toward Pekiu."
The Central News correspondent in
Shanghai says that Col. Won Hanniken
has still made another affidavit concern
ing the sinking of the Kow Shung This
affidavit differs from the accounts already
given only in a few details.
SANK QUICKLY.
In it Col Won Hennekin says that after
the demands OF the Japanese officers and
y
had been made the cruiser Naniwa,
which lay on the port side, launched two
torpedoes and fired six guns at the Kow
Shung. The transport was struck amid
ships and sank quickly. The
Europeans jumped into the wa
ter before the transport was
hit, and the Chinese began to jump in as
the transport settled. The Naniwa low
cred an armed boat, which kept up the
fire on the Kow Shung until she went un-
der Col. Won Hannelin repeats that
both the how Shung and Naniwa fired on
those swimming between them.
A JAPANESE EDIoT.
A copy of a japanese edict, issued since
the declaration of war, has been received
by the Central News correspondent in
Shanghai. This edict says that the local
authorities will be held responsible for
the lives and properties of Chinese sub
jects remaining in their several districts
The Russian officials in Shanghai say
that if Russian trade suffers too severely
from the war, Russia will intervene.
Russia's movements are watched very
closely by Japan owing to the reports of a
Russo-C Chinese entente.
The weather on the China sea Is 50
rough that all smaller vessels have been
are supposed to be concentrating at
Chemulpo.
RUSSIAN EDITORS RAPPING ENGLAND.
London, Aug. THE Russian newspa-
| pers are abandoning the idea of an AMIGA
bic understanding between England and
Russia with respect to Corea, and are
| publishing anti-English articles. Espe-
| cially suspicious of England is the Novoe
| Vremya, which declares that England is
| secretly supporting China and that Japan
| will soon find this out.
No Thns1 ~
this language is not worth much, mas
much as the statements made would not
be permitted TO pass the censorship if the
Russian government objected to them.
GOOD WORD FOR THE CHINESE.
Capt. Lang, a former director in the
Chinese navy, and supervisor of the build
ing of many forts, said in an interview
to-day THE Chinese are well-trained
and excellent marksmen. Chinas navy is
about equal TO Japan's. The Japanese
have more dash than the Chinese have
but all depends upon how the Chinese are
LED. II they have confidence in their
leaders they will face anything without
fear Of death. If Admiral Ting led them
they would prove themselves a splendid
force. Some of the Chinese officers, par
ticularly those trained in America, are
bright examples Of everything that they
should be. The Chinese forts are well TO
OL0 lOIC. Ahpb. IduG Sdlu tDaI DIS
opinions were based upon the condition of
things in 1890, when ne left China. He
feared that discipline had become lax
since the European influence was with
drawn.
THINKS JAPAN WILL WIN.
Tacoma, Wash, Aug. Capt. w. r.
Bridgman, who has commanded the
United States cruiser Baltimore for the
last two years, has returned here on two
months leave Of absence, having left the
cruiser at Chemulpo, Corea, July 10. He
regards the Oriental war as an unequal
contest, with the odds greatly favoring
Japan, which he says has a splendid navy
and an army as well equipped as that of
any European country. Japan, he thinks,
is sure to win, unless China is given time
to make war preparations on a gigantic
scale. in his opinion, the Japanese gov
ernment has been endeavoring to force
the war in order TO detract attention
from its internal political dissensions.