Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-08-29
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come" aud shortly after hoisted
ard q g at the fore. sent tor
pedo at and opened fire on the
Kovshing and sank her. With
regard to the resistance of the
Chinese Generals ~ the Captain s
intention, L obtained from him
further particulars and / was
convinced that the Generals were
determined tn resist u mort the
orders ri the N4nIwa. The writ
ten statement of the captain
relating hereto is as follows:
When the Chinese Generals
heard that | intended to fullow the
Naniva, they objected to my
doing so saving that they would
not allow me to follow the Jspa
nese ship. then told them that
it was usel, S. tn resist as one
shot from the Naniwa wuuld sink
the Kowshing; they said then
that they won d Father die than
follow her, aud that they had
100 men, and the NanIwa had
only about 400; that they could
fight the NlnIwa | ag ,in t'ld
them of the f1olishness of that
"lea, also that. # th"y wanted to
fight, that ] and my officers aud
eng ncers would go on shore.
they then threatened ME u king
many g-sticnlat ons. that they
would ex cute me or shoot me IT
[ male any attempt whatever tn
leave the ship or follow the
NAniwa." The time when the
Kowshing was fired at, was about
10 minutes past noon, lie. nearly
1 hours from the moment zen
she was first ordered to stop by
the Niniwa. Thus we Gu ser
that the Niniwa had used every
ordinary ue ans before she at
last appealed to the extreme
MEASURE of firing. The report that
Chinese Transports left Taku on
the 2lst and 22nd were then al
rendy known Ia all our men-of
war there, and from natural geo.
graphy OF the place round the
5ho lmi-oul island, 1t mnst have
neen most uncertain To onr ships
when aud where any ships OF the
enemy might come ana attack
hem from behind. so MANY isl
ands being scattered there More
,yer two C I'm .nlnlnn ships nf the
Niniwa were in search of their
,nemy, aud it must have been
,lso very uncertain to the Mini
wa what kind of severe fighting
those two were eng ged IN with
the r enemy. At scuh critical
moment. SO long Il time as afore
said was spent in negotiation be-
tween the Kowshing and the
Naniwa simply because the kow
shIng happened to d spay u Ma
tionHl q G If England. This will
be quite ample To show VIII
kind of deliberate care was TAX n
by the Naniws. and also what
amount of untiring patience she
must have exercised Besides
these, the Glamour and exc tement
{ the Chinese soldiers ON hoard
the Kowshing was actually seen
10y the NanIwa; 1T must have
been q lite impossible on her part
to try to capture the Kuwshing
By any common and ordinary
measure. The fact is also plain
from the statements of the cap
tain and Others ON board the
Kowshing Thus you will see
that the firing of the Naniwr was
measure quite unavuld ,bl-.
At the time when the n .niwa
s,gnallrd quit the ship" and
warned the k"w>hiLg of .d,ngsr
huisting red flag, the capita II If
the latter vessel and his officers
md others Jumped overheard one
,fter another At that moment
the captain had already collected
uis officers on tue bridge aud the
emergency was already con.uu-
nicsted to The engine department
When the Clins 20 tro 'ns saw the
captain and others jump over
bmrl, they mt once poured firth
their rifie-buIlets ndiscriminate
" upon those IN the water. While
these things were going on in the
Kowshing the Nanlwa un on b and
seut torpedo against the Kow
shing first. and when 1t m ssed
her. fred her side gum which
sealed the fate of the knwshingI
which gra,lu lily sank beneath
the waycs. and on the other hand
dispatch, d her boats and d Il her
best in rescuing as many foreign
ers as ps,ssib.e But alas! only
three were saved, that is captain,
first officers and y quarter-ma>ter
as aforesaid Toe captain aud
the FIRST officer were fortunately
unhnrt, but the gu .rter IN .sterI
was shot through b neck and IS
still under medic j treatment at
the hospital in Sasebo. As to,
the remaining M MIXERS { the
crew, their fife is still un
known but it is most pro-
bable that they were mostly
killed by the bullets poured
down upon them hy the Chinese