The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-23
CHEN-YUEN LOST
China's Finest Vessel Sunk
by a Torpedo.
laps RepuIsed at Port Arthur After
the Reported Attack.
BY The Associated Press.

SHANGHAI, Nov. 23-The Chinese have
lost the finest and most powerful vessel OF
their navy. the great battleship Chen
Yuen, which stood the brunt Of the fight
ing at Yalu
The Chen Yuen, I'm leaving the VOL
Hal Wei barber on the 18Th instant acci-
dentally struck torpedo. She was
beached, but was rendered useless for lack
OF docking facilities. In despair ut the
catastrophe, the commander, Commodore
Lin, committed suicide.
The ChenYuen was magnificent fight
ing machine She was built In Europe In
1882, and was of 7430 tons displacement 1t
would appear that the ship fell victim to
one of the torpedoes planted by the CHI
nese themselves to guard the entrance TO
Wei Hai Wei, which was the last OF the
great naval strongholds OF the empire
save Port Arthur, now tottering itself.
IL was as we'll that Commodore Lin
committed suicide, for he would doubtless
have been decapitated as the result OF his
error.
This loss may deprive the Chinese navy
OF its offensive power. There remains tho
Ting Yuen, another powerful battleship
and a few lesser ironclads, bat without
the aid of the Chen Yuen they would
hardly dare 10 make an offensive cam
paign, and probably will remain in port to
assist in the defense.
Japanese Repulsed at Port Arthur.
Reliable information from Port Arthur
shows that the fret attack of the japanese
drove In the Chinese outposts. Three
other attacks were subsequently made,
but in each instance the Japanese were re-
pulsed. Heavy and incessant firing has
been going on since noon, Tuesday. The
japanese are landing additional troops.
They warned a British vessel to clear, as
their feet intended 20 lombard the forts
Wednesday.
The Wounded Unattended.
The efforts OF foreigners TO reach the
Chinese wounded meet with small sue
cess. The wounded Chinese mostly re-
main Mt Simenting, between New Chang
and Moukden, the state OF the country
preventing the Chinese medi.al staff and
the foreign volunteers from proceeding
there
Wounded stragglc1s have reached Mouk-
den and Kew Chang and some of them
have even reached Tien-Tsin, where they
hav been attended TO. But no succor
has reached the main body OF the Chinese
wounded. All the foreigners have svac-
uated Meukden.
A portion vt the road between Tien-
Tsin and Pskin is occupied by Hounaese
troops, and this locality is becoming un-
pleasant for travellers Cold weather Is
setting in.
The Catholic fathers remain at their
stations at Manohuria The latter report
that the Chinese soldiers fought most
stubbornly under General Sung and they
add That II the Chinese had good leaders
they would certainly repel the Japanese
Only Awaiting Ratification.
WASHINGTON. Nov. s3-There is good
reason to believe thai Secretary Gresham
and Minister Kurino yesterday added the
finishing touches to the new treaty be-
tween the United States and Japan, and
that the document now awaits only the
ratification Of the senate and of the Japan
ese government, the latter being almost
beyond question. The new treaty abol-
ishes, after about five years, the system of
consular court jurisdiction which has been
so obnoxious TO Japan, and also treats OF
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