Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02
TWO THOUSAND LOST.
Chinese Transport and All OH ho'1"
Sent to the Bottom ny
Japanese Cruiser.

london July 3O.---A startling ana sen
sational turn was given to the onii
JaDanese-C orean war situation ii. NO.
TODAY. An official report received he'
states that the troop ship NOW oiiuns'
when fred on and sunk by Il Japone.e
cruiser. was flying the British nag. MS
will undoubtedly complicate matters, , 81
onsly The news that the NOW ohuilsi
was tyin~ the British flag was Iecel'eu
with great satisfaction az the NJ 10
legation where it was predlcleu .ii". ~. ~,
sinking of the steamer Woulu -, ff,;r If
tirely fresh turn to the Corean a11;llr. ~
was said that Great Britain ana Vel,
many were bound to notice TINS preacn
If Neutrality. The Globe this afternoon
takes a similar view of the case anu
saws: Japan has no excuse 1or itii na
upon the English flag War Was ta,s n Rooms ans
was in no way breach Of neutrality
Shanghai, July 3O--Particulars were
received today of the sinking or the
troop ship Kow Shung. chartered 10y
China from the China Merchants, trad
ing and steamship company, w heil .ne
Row Shung was overhauled by the Japa-
nese cruiser. the latter sent Il boat along
side the transport with prize crew 10
convey her TO Japan The Japanese
boarded the now Snung and ordered ner
commander, Capt. Galsvorthy, an an Eng
lishman to proceed to Japan: ne e'ip
tain refused to obey this order and the
Janonese withdrew To report to the COM
mander of their cruiser. me laller 'ilGh
opencd fire upon the transport, using me
machine guns mounted in the tops OF me
Iapanese ship. This fire was so wen
directed that it soon cleared the NOV
Sh,1nr's decks The cruiser then dls-
charged two torDedoes ut the transport:
sinking her and drowning nearly al OF
the 1000 souls on board. Col. Won kan
nekcn, a German. formerly the vlcefoy
aide-de-camp, and Il number OF olnSr lol-
eign officers were among those Killed hy
the fire from the tops OF the cruiser oe-
fore the torpcdoes were DISCHARGED
The effect of the explosion OF the tor
nodces is said to have been terrific. Cap
ing holes large enough to pun Il noal
through We're torn in the steamer slde'
and through these apertures the water
rushed. drowning between decks those
who did not leap overheard. According
to the reports received here two German
naSSengerS who were on their way 10
Corea to settle up business affairs before
the war began, jumped ovcrooard ana
succeeded in swimming to the japanese
cruiser. but in spite OF their appeals TO
be taken on boa3~l and the announcement
that they were non-combatants they were
shot by the Japanese marines. n mum
Der of Chinese who swan to the cruiser
shared the same fate. The transport
sank near Shopont island, Tor Whlch
place Capt Galswolthy was steering, IN
tending to beach her under the fire of the
cruiser. when the fatal torpedoes were
discharged at the kow Shung.
The French warship, the Lion steamed
I'D rs the transport sank ana rescued
some Of the Chinese soldiers, put all the
foreigners are reported to have been
killed on board the kow Shung while re-
turning the fire Of the Japanese or else
were drowned by the sinking of the trans
port. The japanese are said to nave
behaved with an utter disregard OF the
laws of civilized warfare, refusing TO re-
ceive on board the drowning people who
swan to the cruiser from the sinking
transport.
A large Chinese army has crossed The
northv estern frontier of Corea and IS
marching down the peninsula. The sec
ond army is being hastily equipped to fol-
low the first army into Corea.. No de-
tails have been received of the battle
which is said to have taken place at
Asan between the Chinese and japanese
forces.
steamers have been captured and mum
Der of others destroyed at Iaku, by jap
anese cruisers. Steamers often wait
week at Taku before they are able to
cross the bar, and it is said that there
was quite a feet Of Chinese steamships
off Taku when they were, surprised ny
ured or sunk Torpedoes have now been
placed in the Shaweishan channel OIL the
Yang-tse- kian@ river in order to compel
vessels to pass within easy range of the
WooSung forts.
Pckin. China, July 30.-The following
is the Chinese official version of the en-
gagement which recently took place be-
tween the Chinese and Japanese fleets:
"The collision between the Chinese and
Japanese ships occurred in the Irlnce
Heroine gulf in the inlet on which Asan
is situated. The japanese attacked the
Chinese vessels which were escorting the
second and smaller division of troops dis
patched from Taku to reinforce the Chi
nese army at Asan. The japanese opened
fire. the Chinese having strict orders not
to fire unless they were attacked or if the
landing of the Chinese troops was OPP
posed The result of the action was that
one Japanese ironclad was disabled by
the Chinese battleship Chen YucD. The
Kow Shung. which was sunk By the
Japanese. was Il chartered transport fly
ing the British flag. No news has been
received here Of the loss Of the Chinese
warship Tsao-Kiang, said to have been
captured by the Japanese. The Chinese
and Japanese ministers remain at their