The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-08
MANILA IN CHINESE.
A Curious sketch of the Great bat
tie Presented In "A Chinese Paper.

Curious sketch of the Great Bat
tie Presented In n Chinese Paper.
From the New Orleans Times Democrat
A few DAYS ago a veritable curiosity in
the shape Of a Chinese newspaper extra"
giving an account of the battle in Manila
bay was received here by Tam Choy, who
Is part owner of a northside laundry and
bricls-a-b rac shop. The paper was sent to
him by a relative in Hong Kong, where It
was published. IT consists Of single
sheet. about the size of ordinary foolscap,
and tho reading matter is arranged an
three parable columns. The paragraph re-
lating to the battle in Manila bay is about
two inches long, and the following Is
Choy's translation;
ut is told to us in a letter from our
reliable correspondent In Hong Kong, who
is known IN Hong Kong TO be honest and
truthful, that the Spanish ships at Manila
have been burned entirely by the Ameri-
can admiral, Mr.. Dewey, Also, the forts
are destroyed The Chinese people In Ma
Mia may be by now all killed. Those who
have property there have appealed res
pectfully to Inc honorable English author
tiles TO protect them"
This interesting special Is sandwiched.
without any heading, between section of
the Chinese calendar and part of a contin-
ued story Its publication was an extra
ordinary piece of enterprise for Chinese
journal and the editor evidently drew the
line at the modern scare head" The name
of Dewey, by the way, Is represented by a
queer, rectangular scrawl, surmounted by
two little strokes like accent marks. oddly
enough, the extra has no date, but Il was
evidently issued directly after the news
was received in Hong Kong.
But the gems OF the sheet are two Illus
trations, one at the top and one at the
bottom, depicting scenes during the en-
gagement and occupation OF the bay. They
were executed ia the regulation style of
celestial art and what they lack In tech
nique they more than make up in imagin-
alton. The upper cut shows the ships en-
tering the harbor with heavy cannonad-
ing going on from forts on both sides, a
piece of strong circumstantal evidence
that the Chinese war artists are thorough
Iy acquainted with the process known
technically as taking among their Mel
lean brothers in the craft.
The lower picture Is a view of the bat
tie while at its hight. The cut shows
the Olympia in the foreground. with its
military mast looming out Of It's super
structure like a factory chimney on a
slsiff. Behind the forward turret Is a
figure undoubtedly intended for the
American admiral, Mr.. Dewey. He wears
the plug hat, which is always employed
by the Chinese artists as the distinguish
ing badge of foreign notables. just as
American artists always employ patch
of tubby side whiskers 10 Indicate mill
lionaire or an Engiishman. Protrudinz
from his back Is his trusty sword The
crew are somewhat large for the snip,
but this was merely an oriental compli-
ment. as IN native art the Importance Of
an Individual is frequently Designated by
his dimensions. other of the details are
not especially clear, but another vessel
may be easily discerncd IN the back
ground. and the exploding shells are eX-
tremely obvious. The two ladder-liie
contrivances on the Hill behind are prob
ably meant for signal stations.