New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-01
THE NAVAL ATTACK ON PORT ARTHUR.

voRTs QUICKLY sII-ENCED-PLANs OF THE JAP
AxEsE COMMANDERS - CHINA's AP-
PEAL TO THE POPE.
,o,don Nov. 2o--rhe Shanghai correspondent OF
the Central News sends this dispatch: Inc briuS"
,.rsh,, pornoise has returned from Port Arthur
where she arrived November % Inc Japanese
forbade the captain to take his vessel into ihe mar
Ar The officers Of the Porpoise relate the Story
already known OF the attack upon the Chinese po-
sl,,on AT daylight on November q the torts DesdH
firing on the eleven japanese warships anu zen 'o'
psdo-boats off the No vessel was hlt aithoush
the cruiser Chiyoda had narrow escape al s'A-
mile range In the afternoon the torpedo feet dis
persed and the boats steamed shoreward IN pairs
10 attack the forts. The quickfre guns were hep'
In operation for thirty minutes. AT the END OF 'ha
tine the forts were senced. as from the hrst 'he'
had been unable 10 get the range
The officers Of the Porpose landed on November
.. after the capture of the town. lhey estimate
the japanese loss 600 in the two days The whoie
loss was caused by guns. as there was no ciose
fighting The Chinese had splendid trenches ana
the best Krupp guns The japanese employed Ch'-
nese coolies to bury the dead. The WORK "ah coii-
pltte on November %. and anybody looking over
the field could hardly realize that a oiooo' oa'ue
had been fought there"
Shanghai Nov 90-The successive defeats sus-
tained by the Chinese armies and fleets are gen
orally attributed by the native population OF TINS
and other cities In China the influence OF the
German advisers OF Ii Hung Chang, "hose o''''
aim is sel-aggrandzement. ,, 800
Divers sent from this place are examining me
Chinese warshp Chen,Yuen which receh,ly @ "she ,he
snip have already begun.
Victoria. r. G., Nov SO-The steamer Victoria
Of the Northern Pacific Line, arrived here TINS
morning bringing japanese advices TO November
From these 1t is evident that the co'liha'i'c's
0the japanese forces on land and sea had planned
their attack on Port Arthur wisely. The attacK'
10 the very day and hour, was made IN acco'"ance
with the theoretical carrying out OF 'he ca"Pais"
panned by the respective commanders DAYS De
lore II remains TO be seen whether OF not
oner details of the war will be as iaithiuNy ,. yhnh bn
ised out, even to the occupation oi PeKing s "ncn
In China Il is well understood in Japan that the
rlrst Army Corps Is 10 advance stea9ly anu l,aa, &
irregulariy whenever opportunity offers the navy
20 render assistance by intercepting Transport am
tered and disorganized fragments OF the Chinese
o oee The First Army corgs T eaon9 conn
munication open by telegraph ana postal service
In ad mn bman,snng route % FOR aysIon Is Is to ad
vance on Peking, attacking the enemy on me way y
Ing Sesesn sessah, 6e snehas and the Chinese
greatly Increased In Peking as wei as az len- siI
were on November 49, preparing to leave the chi;
= 1sse capital Serious panic ana cohiusio" pie'""
The "kohumin'' learns from .Tien,rsn that the
Cninese Government acceded TO the demands oi
% oSsrass The '0T BRITISH A Minster Mr.
%so.ner sent an ntimatum on November 70 MAKE ,e
proper compensation within seven days the British
'9rsdr9n Ts would enforce the claim ,.,,vr, was
mceiyed on November by the Japanese ,i1yern, c
n.,iro n, from Rome 70 the effect that the cS'nese sse
isp irope n the war and ,ha, the latter had replied
European Pow Powers s'e to initiate media ION Count
sso S the Japanese Premier, indorses the truth OF
ssnt to peace uns the objects are gained or wfich
'ne sword unsheathed.