The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-10-20
WAR GAME ATls[A
is BEING PLAYED
SLYLY IN ORIENT
Far Eastern Waters Are Theater
Of Prize Running and
Desperate Battles

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Stories o. steamships pursued by con.
Nerted cruisers, and taken as prizes Of
war; Of warships meeting with disaster
while pursuing their prey; Of disabled
merchantmen escaping their pursuers
and then being recaptured through i'll
fate, and accounts Of battles between
CONCERTED cruisers in the China sea
have begun to filter in from the ori-
emit.
The Philippine waters and the China
coast appear to have been the scene Of
much marine activity since the break.
ing out Of the war. Although similar
actions taking place many thousands
Of miles away in other waters have
been reported in the daily dispatches,
no mention Of these affairs has been
received through that source. Vessels
arriving from the Orient are now bring
ing in the first news Of the China sea
operations
German Cruiser Is Lost
An officer of the steamship Shinyo
Maru, which cleared on Sunday for
San Francisco, told a story In Homo
lulu Of the loss of an unnamed German
cruiser near Manila. This cruiser, ac-
cording TO this informant, was in pur-
suit of Canadian Pacific liner, either
the Empress of Asia OF the Empress OF
India, both converted cruisers, and the
merchantmen is said to have escaped
while the warship piled up on the rocks
near small island and was totally
wrecked The story was originally
brought into Hongkong by the escaping
British cruiser.
Another story from Hongkong tells
how the Hamburg American liner G.
Ferd Laeisz succeeded in elnding the
French cruiser Dupleix, after a shot
from the warship had put the liners
engines ont Of commission, only to be
captured by the same warship while
wallowing along under SAIL
The French cruiser sighted the Laeisz
while lying alongside the German
steamer Senegambia, which she had
captured near Tsingtau. The liner re-
the warship fred one shot which dis
abled the steamships engines.
Laeisz slips Away
] Taking advantage Of the gathering
darkness, the Laeisz managed to elude
the Duplex while tho cruiser was busy
with the other prize. The liner was
subsequently sighted by a British
steamship which informed the cruiser
by wireless Of her position, and the
Duplex again set out in pursuit.
When she came upon her prey, the
Laeisz had painted the top of her fun.
/ mel black and the name with the OK
4 ception of the word ~ Ferd - had been
N - l.askN arnah
Ion the stern. ThelLaeisz had resorted
TO rigging sails, but there. was no wind,
and the canvas Topped idly in almost
a dead calm. =
The vessel was unarmed and no re-
sistance was offered when the cruiser
sent her officers on board. Two Ger
man engineers were left ON the ship,
the remainder Of her officers being tax
en- aboard the cruiser which sent q
prize crew to the Laeisz. The prize
was towed into Hongkong by the Du-
lpleix, where she was found TO be laden
with coal and general freight from Yo-
kohama for New York. n
Upon arrival at Hongkong, the Off
GERS and crew Of the German ship were
sent as prisoners of war to Stoneeut-
ter's Island.
The German steamship Senegambia,
which was previously captured by the
French cruiser, is also lying at Hong
kong.
Auxiliary Cruiser Beached RS
/ Another story picked up by vessels in
Oriental waters gives an account OF the
destruction of the German auxiliary
cruiser Princess Alice by the British
converted cruiser Empress of Russia of
the Island Of Cebu in the southern Phil
lippines. According to the story the
Princess Alice was beached within the
three-miIe limit in American waters,
after being disabled by her opponent .
gunfire.
The Princess Alice carried a large
cargo of gold bullion for Tsingtau and
was under orders TO avoid conflict,
which greatly handicapped her com
mander, and probably lost him the bat
tie. The German ship carried eight SIX,
inch guns, while the Britisher carried
but four and couple of lighter guns,
Attempts To Run Away
Following out his orders, the German
I. commander attempted to run away
from the Empress Of Russia, but the
latter was able TO keep within range
and the action developed into a stern
chase. The Germans brought six OF
their guns to bear, but the British YES
| sci was unframed, while its two six
Ii inch guns forward tore away the stern
Of the Princess Alice, put her guns out
of commission, carried away the smoke
stack and the mainmast, and tore great
holes in her hull. The vessel was in .
Sinking condition when she was headed
into neutral waters and beaehed neal
Cebu. Her valuable cargo is reported
to be still aboard intact.
The Princess Alice came TO griei
while attempting TO carry out orders
from the German government TO rul
the blockade into Tsingtau, after tn
declaration Of war. She had original,
( taken refuge in Manila, but left ther'
after coaling early in September, an'
cleared at the customs house for Shang
hal. When next heard of she was rest
ing on the bottom in southern waters.
y valuable Cargo Saved
! TREATMENT FOR DYsENTERY