The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1895-01-25
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City of Teng-C
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Ching british and Amerie,
Go Prom ChIfu 10 WltnesS
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LONDON, Jan. 2l.-The ChifiN
pondent OF the Central News sa
the Japanese began bombardint
Chow Saturday. The British "
Daphne and the American cI
Yorktown left Ghifu to observe
bombardment, which is still in
gress.
Except for few shots fired at G
nese warships in the harbor Of VIZ
Hai-Wei early in the war, this Is tn
first time In this war that an attack
has been made upon any place on the
mainland of China. Teng-Chow is
fiourishing city OF $500 inhabitants
on the extreme northern part Of the
promontory that juts out into
the Yellow sea and forms the
eastern portion OF the province
OF Shantung. 1t is on the same
coast with Chifu and Wei-fIai-Wei, and
Is west OF them, The foreign warships
that have gone from Chifu TO witness
the bombardment had TO travel only
about fifty miles TO reach the city that
the Japanese warships are now assail-
ing. The city is situated on the Strait
OF Pe-Chi.Li. at the point where it be-
gins to merge into the Gulf OF Pe-Chi-Li.
II is little west of south OF Port Ar
thur, and only about seventy miles from
II, so that the Japanese vessels issuing
from the captured fort TO the north
had only few hours sailing before
they reached the point Of attack.
There was time when Teng- Chow
was great commercial rival Of Chifu.
That was when the waters in the road
stead for il can hardly be called q
harbor) were very deep. The junks
were able TO push right up TO the shore
and unload their merchandise in the
city But the Hoang river has played
the mischief with Teng-Chow. Since
II left its old bed and made new
course for itself far TO the north, It has
been sitting its great loads OF sediment
far and wide over the bottom OF the
Gulf Of Pe-Chi-Li, and enormous guam
titles Of II have been caught and de-
posted on that part OF the coast that
projects farthest 10 the north.
II is right here that Teng-Chow is
situated; and SO the sea bed in front
Of 1t has long been filling up with the
yellow earth that ''China's sorrow" has
brought down 10 the sea- To-day
small vessels are not able to approach
the shore, and have 10 anchor far from
it About three or four miles
from the shore, however, is q
narrow channel between the city
and the little island 10 the north,
known as the Strait OF Miao-Tao. The
rapid currents here have kept the
channel comparatively clear OF the
Hoang deposits and the water is about
sixty feet deep,
This is the only possible position
from which large warships might bonn
bard the city, and il is from this point
OF vantage that the japanese naval
vessels are pouring their shot and shell
into the big town.
Tong-Chow is not one Of the ports
opencdto the world by treaty, but,
through arrangements made by vari.
Gus powers, foreign trade has been
permitted to some extent This trade,
however, has been growing less from
year TO year. This is the first time in
many years that the Japanese have
seriously attacked any point on the
coast. Generations ago the people here
were in mortal terror Of the japanese
pirates
The Times correspondent at Tien-
Tsin confirms the report that the jap
Anese have made u landing at Yum
Ching. Forty Japanese ships passed
shatung promontory Sunday, he says
The British squadron has been cruising
in the neighborhood of the landing
place for week.