The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-21

he guns on several og the shtps ou botA
sides were disabled. and the great ships
rolled hesylIy. The streams % green water
pouring from most OF them showed that
fhs steam pumps we're working
necessarily. and testified to the extent OF
damage Inflicted Some 81 the Chinese
/ saiYs had exhausted their ammunition
during the lass hours lighting. More than
one Of the japanese vessels seemed 10 be
on the point Of founderlng. L. was not
untA dark. however, sha. ;he firing ceased
sad the battered Japanese 1esi departed in
aouble line formation.
Toward morning the remnants OF the
Chinese fleet. With six transports. started
for Port Arthur. which was safely reached.
The damage 10 the best Chinese ships Is 50
extensive tia: il can scarcely be repaired
before winter. The officers say bosh sides
showed the most furious courage. The
report that Admiral Ting and Cot. ven
HanneGen we're severely wounded seems
/ 10 bc incorrect, for they have both re-
/ turned TO duty
1oEoHAAA. SEPT a0-Particulars re-
/ eesyed regarding the battle at Pingyang
| show THAI the Chinese lost 2.0Oo killed and
1850 wounded and captured. fourth
/ part OF the Chinese army escaped. The
I japanese loss Was only about eleven off,
/ GERS wounded and 20 soldiers killed.
/ The Japanese army is marching on Wiju.
/ which il is expected will be reached by the
/ end Of September
| NAsHiSSToN CRY, Sept. 0.-Neither
| the Chinese nor the japanese legation has
received any advlces as 10 the great naval
| engagement of Yalu. Lieut. Miyoaka, the
naval attache of the Japanese legation. re-
| turned today from an Eastern trip. lie is
we'll acquainted with the scene OF the bat
tie, and says that 1t is so far removed from
Japanese telegraph stations that word
would first have 10 be carried by dispatch
boats 10 Tushima or Nagasaki before the
/ Tokyo authorities could be informed Of the
battle. As the fight occurred last satur-
| day, it IS expected that dispatch boats will
| have the official version transmitted very
soon- Minister kurino. at the Office OF the
Japanese legation here, regards the caDie
from Tokyo 10 the Associated Press as
giving the most trustworthy report of the
engagement yet received. aud they are
naturally gratified 10 learn from this
source that the Japanese ileet sustained no
great damage. They point out that Tokyo
is but $50 miles from Hiroshima.
where the emperor and the head
quarters of the army and navy are
located. and that there is telegraphic
connection, so that Tokyo would have the
first information from Japanese sources
from the imperial headquarters at Hiro-
schima. Lieut.. Miyoaka, the japanese
naval attache here. say. there is no such
ship Ia the Japanese navy as the Abu-
shima, which the Shanghai correspondent
says vas sunk. There are many ships
with the suffix ''shima," meaning island.
but none have the prefix ''abu," or any
thing like it. 1t is thought. however. that
the cruiser Sakio, claimed to have been
sunk, is the Sikyo. The latter was for
merry fast merchantman between Shang-
hal and Yokohama, and was recently
transferred into ileet cruiser. Lieut.
| Miyoaka says the Iossl., stated in the
| Shanghai report to have been sunk. is un-
| doubtedly meant for the Yoshin, the pride
| OF the japanese navy. IL would be start
ling news indeed, he says. If this ship had
/ gone down, bat he scouts the idea. She is
| one of tie fastest vessels in the Japanese
navy, with the remarkable speed of %
knots per hour. The Chinese minister
declines to discuss the recent battles or
any phase of the war. In response 10 an
| inquiry today he sent word that no advices
| busy. He is building a large ballroom IN
the rear of the legation. with the prospect
| of extensive social festivities in the near
/ future. There is apparently no disposition
! to share in the panic at peking over the
! Chinese reyerses on land and sea
| Sr. PETERSBURG. Sept. 2o.-The Norosti.
| commenting upon the situation in the
| East, declares that the victory of Japan
II FL L.
/ resolve not 10 permit any annexation OF
/ Korea The paper adds that the present
condition of things favors European inter-
| vention. with a view to bringing about
cessation of the war. which is prejudieial
/ 10 European commercial interests.
The Chen Yuen was a great battle ship.
/ built at Stettin in lss2. of 400 tons dis
placsment and 60Oo horsepower. equal
/ to a speed of fourteen knots with centrai
/ arniorad belt OF fourteen inches. her
/ armament consisted of four t~elye-inch
/ Krunp guns mounted in twin Varieties,
/ with twelve inches of armor protection.
/ The steel projecnies for these guns
/ weigh 7sS pounds. and the charge
/ is 202 rounds of siox-burning powder.
/ Their perforation power At the muzzle is
1 aoiL inches of armor. In addition
/ she carried two s-inch krnpp guns, one in
/ the bow and one in the stern. with li-ineh
perforation power. she also carried three
1 torpedo tubes and many machine guns on
I deck and in the tops. she was commanded
I by Capt. Lin, an experienced officer who
/ had served in training ships under Adml-
raj Tracy, of the British navy.
/ The Klng Nuen was beited cruiser. and
4 was built at Stettin in iss2. of 200 tons
/ di-nIacement and had a speed of I6 knots.
| She was armed with two 2l-centlmeter
4 Krupp guns in q bsrbette forward; two 25-
centimeter krupp guns on the brosdside.
/ and txo torpedo tubes.
/ The Yang Wei was an flsvick built
/ cruiser, had 8 speed Of Ii knots, and car
ried two 25-ton Armstrong guns.
The Chm Iuen vas also an Elswiek
/ buiit boat of 800 tons. a speed of Is knots,
| and had protected steel decks. She car
ried three 2I-iOo centimeter kTupp guns.
| two on a platform forward and one aft.
aud two s-inch Armstrong guns. She also
/ had four torpedo tubes.
/ f. Clayson calls attention 10 typo
1 sraphseal error in yesterdays paper. The
/ name OF the commander Of the Chinese
I cruiser Chin Yuen tnot Chen fuon) -
I given as Tang. ghen II should have been
I Iang. Capt Lang, an English naval off,
I e.r succeeded Mr. Clsysop's brother as
/ chief instructor of the Chinese navy.
/ FOREIGN NOTES.
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