The record-union., 1894-09-21

MORNING, SEPTEMBE
ing the main engagement, which was
fought in the estuary, and which lasted
until nightfan. Three Chinese warships
were successfully disabled and sunk, and
one was set on fire. and destroyed. Sew
eral other of the enemp's warships were
seriously damaged by the heavy fire.
The Japanese wasships were so well
handled that not onswas lost. Only two
were damaged to any great extent, but
one OF the armed transports was badly
crippled and put out of action.
The Admiral does not mention the
number of killed or wounded. A private
telegram says that twenty-five Japanese
officers and men were killed and forty
six wounded.
MANY SHIPS ENGAGED.
LONDON, Sept. 20.-Dispatches received
to-day from Shanghai say the Chinese
fleet engaged in the battle fought off the
mouth of the Yalu River consisted of
twelve warships and four torpedo boats.
The Japanese fleet was composed of
seventeen ships, some of which were
small vessels. The Chinese claim to have
sunk the Japanese warshipS ADushima
and Yossina and Japanese transport
which had been converted into a cruiser
and named the Saiko.
A private report from Shanghai de-
! clares these vessels were not sunk, as the
Chinese claim, but retired from action
disabled. 1t is reported the Chinese
transport Toonan was sunk after she
landed troops, but this is thought to be
mistake. The report that Admiral Ting
and Colonel Won Hannekin were severely
| lnd fc,s q bn~y hoxr
both returned to duty.
NO DAMAGE TO THE JAPANESE FLEET.
TOXIC, Sept. 20.-An official dispatch
! from the headquarters of the Japanese
Heet says the latter, at O'Clock Septem-
Der 10th, met eleven Chinese warships
and six torpedo boats thirty y2five miles
northeast of Hal Yang Toa, with the re-
suit that four Chinese ships were sunk
and one burned. The dispatch adds that
| the Japanese fleet sustained no damage.
The Chinese III the engagement fought
hard until dusk, when the Japanese fleet
retired, supposedly on account of lack of
ammunition.
THE PING YANG LOSSES.
YOKOHAMA, Sept. 2O.-Particulars re-
ceived regarding the battle of Ping Yang
show the Chinese lost 1000 killed and
1850 wounded and captured. One
fourth part of the Chinese army escaped.
The Japanese loss was only eleven ofti-
GERS wounded and 260 soldiers killed.
PLANS OF THE JAPS.
LONDON, Sept. 20.-Military experts
believe that as soon as the remaining
Chinese troops in Corea have surrendered
the Japanese viii transport the main
body OF their troops by sea from Ping
Yang to the Manchurian coast, and, max
ing a rapid advance on Moukden, the
capital of the province, will soon be in
position to organize a campaign on
Peking itself. 1t is believed here that
the Chinese forces are almost demoral-
! lied, and that the only obstacle 10 the
triumphant campaign of the Japanese,
apart from the inclement winter OF
Northern China, is to be looked for in
the interference of the great powers.
! The ,Ndltddrd has high praise for the
tactics of the Japanese Admiral in Sc
/ curing position of rare advantage, and
! expresses the opinion that it is exceed
| ingly unlikely that China will recover
her position in Corea for long time to
come, if ever.
Japan's arrangements of the campaign
says the Standard, contrast strikingly
with the utter want of definite and de-
cded preparations on the part of China
! There is something almost Childish in
cludes by urging that the moment is
propltlous for the powers TO intervene, in
spite OF the failure of their previous efforts
! to prevent the outbreak.
NO ADVICEs AT WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2O.-Neither the
! Chinese nor the Japanese legations here
have received any advices as to the great
naval engagement off Yalu. Lieutenant
! Myoaka, the naval attache of the Japan
ese legation, returned to-day from an
| Eastern trip. He is well acquainted with
nf loff
far removed from japanese telegraph
stations that word would first have to be
carried by dispatch boats to TCshima or
! Nagasaki before the Toxic authorities
could be informed of the battle AS the
| fight occurred last Saturday, it is expect
ed that dispatch boats will have the offi-
cial version transmitted very soon.
! The Japanese officials here are very
much elated over the latest reports, as
they say the sinking of China's big battle
! ship, the Chen Huen, fatally cripplss
China's navy.
Though the Japanese officials spoke of
the Chen Iuen as having been lost, later
dispatches indicate that it was not this
vessel, but the Chi Yuen, that was lost.
No official news has been received here
clearing up the doubt as to which of these
vessels it was that was lost. Minister
kurino, at the office of the japanese lega-
ton here, regards the cable from Toxic
W bA6 ASSOCidl6o TESS as giving The
/ most trustworthy report of the engage
ment yet received, and he is naturally
grained to learn from this source that
! the Japanese fleet sustained no great
damage. He points out that Toxic is but
titty-tive miles from Hitoschima, where
the Emperor and the headquarters of the
| army and navy are located. There Is tel
| egrsphlc connection, so that Toxic would
have the first information from Japanese
sources from the imperial head at Hiro :
| schima.
/ Lieutenant Myoaka, the Japanese
naval attache here, says there are no
such ships in the japanese navy as the
Abushima, which the Shanghai corre-
| spondent says was sunk. There are
many ships with the suffix ''shims, {"
meaning island, but none have the pre-
! fix "abu." or anything like it. It is
thought, however, that the cruiser
Sakio, claimed to have been sunk, is the
Sikyio. The latter was formerly fast
merchantman between Shanghai and
Yokohama, and was recently trans
| ferred into fleet cruiser.
Lieutenant Myoaka says the Yossila,
stated in the Shanghai report to have
been sunk, is undoubtedly meant the
Yoshin, the pride of the japanese navy.
1t would be startling news. indeed, he
says, if this ship has gone down, but he
scouts the idea. She is one of the fastest
vessels in the Japanese navy, with the
remarkable speed of twenty three knots
! an hour.
The Chinese Minister declines to dis
cuss the recent battles, or any phase OF
the war. In response to an inquiry to-
day, he sent word that no adyices had
been received, and that he was very
busy. He is building a large ballroom
IN the rear of the legation, with the pros
pect fer extensive social festivities in the
near future. There is apparently no dis
position to share in the panic at Pekin