Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-19

full vessels in the east. the British flagship
at the present time alone SURPRISING them.
Built at Stettin In 1882. of 7,4OO tons dis
placement and 10000 horse power, equal to
a speed Of fourteen knots, with central ar
n ored belt Of fourteen inches, their arma-
ment consists Of four 3O5 centimeter Q2.1
inch) Krupp guns in twin mounting en- bar
bette. with twelve inches Of armor protec-
ton. The steel projectiles for these guns
weigh 725 pounds, and the charge of pow
der Is 2O2 pounds of slow-burning cocoa;
their perforation power at muzzle Is
through twenty and one-half inches Of ar
mor-no light blow, indeed. Two fifteen
centin eter (5.S inches) Krupp guns are car
ried. one in the bows and the other at the
stern. with eleven-inch perforating power.
There are three torpedo tubes and numer-
Gus machine guns on deck and in the tops.
Capt. Lew of the Ting Yuen and Capt.
Lin of the Chen-Yuen are both experienced
and trained officers. having served under
Admiral Tracey In the British navy and
more lately under Capt. Lang. Some $50
men may be the number of each ships
complement.
Tsi-Yuen, miscalled a torpedo cruiser,
with a speed of barely fifteen knots. was
but carrying, however, two powerful 81
centimeter (S.24 inches) Krupp guns for
ward, with a muzzle perforation OF 1874
inches, one 15-centimeter Krupp and four
torpedo tubes. Capt. Fong, her commander.
has received naval training abroad: he is a
resOlute and able man, and would do JUS
tice to better ship than he now COM
mands.
The Chi-Yuen and Chin -Yuen are Elswick
built boats, tonnage 800, with an entire
protective steel deck and a speed of eighteen
knots. These fine vessels carry three
twenty-one-centimeter Krupp guns. two
forward on a platform. one aft, and two
six-inch Armstrong guns. They have. fur
ther, four torpedo tubes each. Their COM
manders are respectively Capt Tang and
Capt. Yeh, both competent men, Capt. Yeh
especially so.
The King-Yuen and Lei-Yuen are belted
60 1-2-inch) cruisers. built at Stettin in the
same year as the Elswick boats. 1886, $500
tons displacement. and with a speed of
16 knots. They are armed with two 21 GEN.
tiTeter krupp guns en- barbette forward ;
two Is centimeters ditto. one on either
broadside. and four torpedo discharge
tubes. Their commanders, Captains Lin
and Kew. have both had some training
in the British navy.
The Chao-Yung and Yang-Wei are the
Elswick cruisers. of which the French
stocd so much in awe during their opera
tions of Formosa in 1884. They each carry
two 25-ton Armstrong guns and have a
speed of about IA knots. Captain Wong
commands the Chao,Yung. and Captain
Lin the Yang-Wei- These nine men-of-war
represent a force of about 1900 men.
The Pail Mall Gazette this afternoon, COM
renting on the naval battle OF the Yalu
river, says:
pen ling the arrival Of the japanese off,
cial dispatches regarding the fight. it is
difficult to form any opinion as to which
side suffered the most damage. On the face
of 1t, however. the Chinese admit losing
four of their very best ships, while the
names Of the four japanese vessels alleged
to have been sunk. have not yet been re-
ceived.
From the Chinese account of the battle
1t appears that the fight was continued un-
til the vessels of both sides were in such q
crippled condition that 1t was impossible to
continue fighting
The St. James Gazette remarks: I'VE have
only the Chinese accounts Of the great
naval battle in the bay of Corea; but even
from these accounts. 1t does not seem that
the Chinese got the best of it. They knew
that they lost four of their best ships. and
they only think, or hope. that the Japanese
loss Is equally severe.
I'VE fancy that further news will show
that the Japanese have been almost as sue
cessful with their fleet as with their army
In that case China is in a bad way indeed :"