New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-18
GERMANY'S ACT OF WAR.
THE OCCUPATION OF THE CHINESE
FORTS AT KIAO-CHOU.

CRUISERS TRAINED THEIR GUNS AND THE
CHINESE GARRISON VIGOROUSLY FLED
THE GERMAN FLAG HoIsrED OVER
THE SEIZED TERRITORY.
Shanghai Nov. 11.-When the landing party
from thu German cruiser division occupied klao-
chan Raw. on Monday last. the German flag was
hoistcd ashore.
London. Nov. 1S-A dispatch from Shanghai
saws that the commander Of the German cruiser
division. Admiral Won Diederich. landeo troops
AZ Chau on Monday morning november
II The three forts were held by fifteen huhoreo
Chinese. and their guns COMMANDED the meet
Admiral Won Dlederch placed his -FOUR cruisers
,,,,,,odi.to,v onposite ready 20 fire. and sent an
ultirnatum ordering an evacuation OF the ior's
within three hours.
Six hundred German troops ana Elk GUNS "eio
then landed and began TO march lOr"aiu in0
Chinese hesitated for few Moments anu inc"
the whole fifteen hundred ooited hei'er -SAei'ei
across the hills behind the lotus Inc "e mons
onicklv entered the fortlncatons' hauieo WV"
c,n,.aso e.s and hoisted the German stand
ard which the warsnlps sdluteu iiii'i
~, C.,,as. General who had his family with
h,r, d,a not fee but claimed German protec'!on
IT, ,or,s are now held BY the Germans "ho'
4. - ha,eved at Shanghai, intend to remain
orently In official Chinese circles Ger
-, &. considered to have committed an act
:. ,,or. hut II is regarded as improbable that
o.,n. IN account Of her weakness, VIII take
action upon it as such.
american and British warships have been or
hered 10 Kiao- Chau\ to watch developments.
The greatest interest is felt as to the result OK
Csrnany's action because the region Is I'M
,oerse1v rich In minerals and the harbor the
best along the coast. 80,
II is now asserted that tn, murder OF the two
German missionaries near Yen-Chu-Fu (ieng-
tn y was not the work Of bandits, as originally
understood, but was deliberately planned ny III
Pung Hing Governor Of the province, prior 10
his departure for SeetChouan. OF which ne mas
been appointed Niceroy.
The Berlin correspondent or INC Da"S
Chronicle" says: . .
Emperor William is devotins considerable
attention to the course OF affairs IN CHINA, ana
to-day "wednesday discussed the position OF
the missionaries with Bishop Amer vicar OF the
German Catholic Missions in China
Ktaochau Bay Is the nearest port to Yen-Chu-
FIJI IN the Southern Province Of Shan-Tun. where
the German missionaries were recently murdered
AS cabled from Berlin on Saturday afternoon last
II was sem-oflcially announced that day that the
German squadron in Chinese waters had oeeh
ordered to the coast Of Shan-Tun. with instructions
20 anchor IN the vicinity OF the scene Of the recent
German naval commander instructed to OBJ
tain immediate satisfaction
News was received IN Berlin the week before
last Of an attack upon the German mission near
Yen-C hu-Fu. in the southern part of the Province
OF Shan-Tun, and the news was subsequently
confirmed bv the announcement that the Rhenish
missionaries Mes and Hennle had been killed that
escaped. In addition, II was announced on Satur-
day week ago that the German Minister 10 China
and the captain OF the German gunboat Cormorant
had been attacked by a mob at Wu-Chang, IN the
Province Of Hoopee. on the Yang-tse-kang River.
and that the rioters had stoned the German flag
and insuted the Minister
The German cruiser division at Kiaochau Bay
consists of the flagship Kaiser, with 64i men, the
second-class cruisers Irene and Princess William,
Arcona, with 2SS men. The division Is under the
command OF RearAdmiral Won Diederich.
The Berlin correspondent of THE London Stand
ard" in dispatch to his paper on Monday said
That 1t was doubtful that the occupation OF Klao-
chau Bay, II effected. will last long. as Russia
has been negotiating for the cesson OF kiaochau
Bay and Tsia Bay, In order to use them as naval