New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-23
THE CHEN-YUEN WRECKED.
CONFLICTING STORIES OF THE CAUSE OF
THE CHINESE WARSHlPS FATE

,e,rD TO HAVE Run ASHORE AFTER BEING DIS
.R1Ep IN BATTLE NEAR PORT ARTHUR.
TO HAVE STRUCK ROCK AND SUNK.
AND To HAVE BEEN BEACHED AFTER
HAVING BEEN DAMAGED BY 4
ToRPEDO- SUICIDE OF THE
CAPTAIN ALLEGED
PEACE PROPOSALS.
Iondon. Nov. 22.-"The Star" publishes a dis
.,ch nom Yokohama stating that the Chinese
psayang squadron attacked and shelled the Ian
srsse troops who We're marching upon Port Ar
,bur the troops having taken a road near tbe
ooas. The Japanese fleet came to the assistance
of the troops and a desperate fight took place be-
,reen the Chinese and japanese warshins the
rsult Of which Is not known. The Chinese bat
,eshp Chen-Yuen became useless in the course
the fight ana ran ashore in trying to avoid the
torpedoes at the entrance to the harbor Of Wei
Hai-Wei
A dispatch from Che-Foo to the Central News
says that Lin Tai Sau. captain Of the Chen Yuen
committed suicide by taking large quantity Of
opium. because of the stranding Of his ship The
vessel struck rock and is probably total
wreck. The Chinese authorities at Shanghai
however. have arranged to send ships and men
to her assistance believing that the Chen-Yuen
can be hoated and repaired.
The dispatch adds that all the vessels of the
japanese fleet now al Taiien- Wan and troops
are marching southwark To attack Port Arthur
The Chinese are making preparations to present
9 determined front TO the enemy.
The Globe prints dispatch from Hiroshima
stating that advices have been received there
from China. in which II is intimatei that it is
the Intention Of the Chinese Government t. offer
an indemnity Of 100 000.0 taels and also T. de-
he al no as of bn CON
ditions Of peace
The Daily Graphic" hears from Ten-Tsin
that Commissioner Of Customs Detrins has
started for Japan 10 arrange the terms of peace
From Port Arthur The Graphic" has this dis
patch, dated November 10: Port Arthur re-
sembles city Of the dead. The streets are
empty. The soldiers. Of which there are 10000
here. occupy the houses. All the troops here are
Of superior quality and are well armed and
drilled. Ammunition is plentiful and the town
IS vctualled for six weeks
a dispatch bearing the Shanghai date. but Of
doubtful authenticity says that the Mong olians
are rebelling on account Of General Yeks eXecu-
ZION of six Mongolian Princes. and that many
Chinese soldiers are joining them.
THE Times's" correspondent in Shanghai says:
The road from Tien-Tsin to Pekin is occupied by
Hunanese troops and is becoming unpleasant for
travellers. The Catholic fathers remain at their
stations in Manchuria but the Protestant mis-
sionaries have returned. The latter report that
the Chinese fought stubbornly under General
Sung and. If well led. would repel the japanese.
The cold weather is setting in
Washington Nov. 22.-The Navy Department
to-day received from an officer of the
American fleet in China, detailed for the pur-
pose Of giving confidential information Of i'm
portant occurrences in the Eastern war. a cable
dispatch saying that the Chen-Yuen. the great
Chinese battleship, in leaving Wei-lIai-Wei har-
Dor on November IS was accidentally damaged
by a torpedo and was afterwar1 bcached. there
being no docking facilities She is. therefore now
useless Commodore Lin, who In command
of the vessel. anticipated official condemnation
nv committing suicide.