Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-03
WAR IN THE EAST
Another Great Naval Battle
Hourly Expected.
The CHINESE WARsHlPS
Are Gathering in Great Force
Around Asan.
THE Now sHuNG's CAPTAIN
Tells How His Boat Was sunk by the
Jape-china Accents the Issue ana
u bitter War i- Exprcted-uussia
watching nostIiitic. closely, and
England Not Asleep.


London. August - The Japanese
legation In this city has received the
following dispatch from Toxic;
The signed afiidavits OF Captain
Ganswcrihy and chief7oHicer Tamplin,
Of the Row shung have been 'ecaiyed,
The captain says that the kow shnps
was chartered by the Chinese governs
ment and that she loft TalSu on July 20
,,.,,b 1ton ,,t,l,a.s a., ,,,o,.d TO-. r.. 1,,n
W" NV so'u'V's VI 'V'''' - iS.''''o'''
Mee.ins tne '@pai'ese ""rship N"ulW''
the latter slgnRlled her to stop Con-
tInulng the captain says. 81 obeyed
ava a. ,.,.s 70 -, .,..,.,t,.i
".'r a'e "'o'su "'' Wy" s't'e''eu
an 10 proceed inc NanlWA ils-
nailed IN reply, ave TO or take the
oonseo,,enres This sIt-nqI vras mot
-. CO..
meant 'ur tle 'NoW sn"lls "ut i"'
Chinese warship lying the Japanese
flag and white nag.
"rhe Nani,va SEM mn ofecar IN tho
-
NOW Shuhs 10 see het papers ahu he
asked " | would follow the Nan,wn.
answered we are IN your power. Tho
outc,r thau rot,,rrad 10 ,ha N,,iu,n
Jul ne c"ihe JACK u inc NOW ShuhS
upon my signalling the vlsh 10 COM
munlcate personnlly with him. toid
-
lhe oi'cer Wheh ne came BACK thNt inc
Chinese generals would not allow me to
follow tho Napiwa ana INIT thsv
.,...'..., - NJ -,
.iiee,e"Vu my i,ie II "lu ~ vi II l
lett the snip. After hearing TINS the
Japanese officer returned 10 the
Nnnlwa whoreupon aha sinnaIiea omit
shin immediateIvl / repllsd j am moi
allowed 10 ieovS'
,Srbe NaniNa ihen "a a rcd nap
nj ber forenast nnd rsne.ssi - si,s,
nal IN ,Cuit All, i,np,cdintniys rhsrc
upon I called the onainerrs aud ,ther
Snrsig,,era IN 1ocls Ar I'M, min.
| ntns the Nanivva dtscbnrncd a t,,nnJo
/ At us ana heenn firing / And reyernl
others in,nned overhoard NvhiIs IA lie
waier ihe Chtncse on 5oord he Row
! gh,,ns, lrent nrirs, i. fns I u,as al, issd
nv he a M bnnt frns, no Nani.'a MN ~ S r,os
| Mr.. TamnIin me CHER oaicer'
Cbier 1nire,. T,,nniin,s andavi, oon-
nrms Tho sfntetnent n,nde nv ,,antain
cniisvartbv ma ndds tbat fhe inject
the Of second visit Of The Jansnese
ofioer was 10 transfer tho Eur6peans
Ia tbe Nnniun hsfore firinp hogati n be
C,, ~ tF"iiw ,e o,.o ,aidb nVs"n t
this, n a. announced further that bne
Jackets will be landed Al seoul 10 RENE
force The ietachments stationnd at the
British Legations.
The Times correspondent Mt loko-
hama telegraphs as follows:
The Japanese minister at Seoul after
collision there between the Japan ind
Corean troops. placed Tai-in-Kun, the
kings father. at the head OF the Lorean
/ government.
captain Gallsworthy, or the trans
| port kow Shung states that ne was
prevented from surrehuerpg by me
,hlnehe uoops atoalu ms Ncssel, ~
thereupuh Juiipeu oNeIpp.ru anu WIZ
saNsu py the eTeW ol ,he Jnplfltss
~ psypi. VI W, s ~,
~ -, =" t Tapou W. axa,iia 49, IA,
sovera,e n H." nsonie viii nonfr,h,to 10,
wards The expenses OF carrying on IN,
| WV
A disnatch from Tien Tstn 10 IN,
ri,nes sova. Tbree sur,,Ivora n III,
| Kew shunr declared TODAY hefor,
Special Inouiry ComrnIssioners 10
fengIoh and Detering. that III,
Japanese sunk the Kow Shung without
| provocation when she was at anchor
and flying the British flags a Japanes,
navel officer having previously inspec
ted the ships papers.
The Times dispatch from Shanghai
dated August l, says: Later informa'
lion shows that HE Eow Shung was
sunk with 1900 souls by the japanese
cruiser Nanlwa, near Asan, corca. An
ofilclal inquiry into the lass OF the YES
sci conducted by the commissioners ri
cnstoms at Tien rsln mas lust been
concluded. The statements OF forty five
survivors were taken. They prove that
the Kow Shung. while iegithnniely a
ner way TO Asan, on the morning Of
July rs. was ordered by the Jurarest
to anchor on the STAND OF shopagul
where she remained until noon, belnf
twice boarded by Japanese officers
Then, without giving any proyocation
she was fired into and sunk by torpe