Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-11-16
OF
NARSH|PS in
SOUTH PACIFIC

patches OF NOFSmDtT anu a.
LONDON. Nov. 3. 1880 a. m.-The
following statement was issued
through the official press bureau in
the name of the secretary OF the ad-
miralty:
The admiralty cannot accept the
facts given in dispatches from Val
paraiso as accurate at present, for the
battIeship Campus, which was special
ly sent to strengthen Rear Admiral
Craddock's squadron and which would
have given him a decided superiority.
was not mentioned in them. Further.
although FIVE German ships concen.
trated in Chilean waters, only three
entered Valparaiso harbOr.
1T is possible, therefore, that when
the full account rof the action is re-
ceiyed, IL may considerably modify the
German version Effective measures
have been taken to deal with the stu
ation in any event" 49, -.
OTTAWA, Ont, Nov f.-The pres
ence or i've German warships in the
Pacific on the coast Of Chile and the
probability that two more, the ORES
den and the Emden. are on their way
to join them, created considerable ap.
prehension for the safety OF Canadian
cities on the Pacific coast. q
To meet the situation the naval au-
thofities at Ottawa were in confer
ence all forenoon. Measures OF some
sort, IL is said, viii likely be taken,
though what they are has not been
determined. ..- 49,. Il
The fact that the German warships
had been gathered into one feet was
taken here as clear indication that
Germany had perfected arrangements
for coaling feet and IL was felt that
little could be done to round up this
feet until British and Japanese war
ships now at Tsingtau are relieved
II is feared that the German feet
may steam north and under threat of
long distance bombardment attempt
to levy tribute on the city of Victoria.
The only danger to which the feet
would be subject in carrying out such
an enterprise. 1t is pointed out, would
be an attack from the two submarines
which Canada brought from Chile at
the opening Of: the war and which are
stationed in the waters about Van5
c0uver island.
Vancouver Feels Secure.
VANCOUVER B. C.s Nov. Y. No
apprehension is felt here of raid on
Victoria and Vancouver by the Ger
man wrships which ai)parently scored
q victory over the British squadron In
the South Pacific on Sunday.
DoafNnc fhcfs Iona =, xas,o o,.,1{or.., Tslr,,A
mo. the British Cruisers Newcastle
and 6wiftsure. as well as the Cana
dian cruiser Rainbow. are attached
TO the Esquimalt station. There are
at least two japanese cruisers off
Honolulu and the great japanese bat
tleshiD Kongo. which has battery Of
14-inch guns aboard, is reported to be
between the Golden Gate and Homo
lulu
1t Is also pointed out that several
more British cruisers now operating
around Kiaochau could get To the
coast as soon as the Germans could
get to Cape F9attery.
There Is little. chance of the AUS
tralian feet coming this way, because
It would be needed to protect its own
coast.
The Strait Of Fuca in the vicinity Of
Victoria has also been mined, 1t is
announced, and II is declared for this
reason alone to be impossible for any |
foreign gunboat to get into the Gulf |
OF Georgia between Vancouver island /
and the mainland.
Hs;1ishers stlll Misslna.
SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 4.-Noi
word came today from the British
ships that engaged the German squad
ron on 6pronel Sunday and the Brit |
ish side Of the story Is yet to be told. |
according to German accounts, their
srmored cruisers, Scharnhorst and |
Gneisepau and the light cruisers Nurnl ]
berg. Leipzig and Bremen ESCAPED un-4
scratched, while the British cruiser
Monmouth was sunk, the. cruiser Good |
Hoope put cut Of action, and the |
cruiser Glasgow with the transport
0tranto sent seurrying for shelter in |
the neutral port of Talchaunana,
where they are bottled up by the Leip.I
zig and Bremen
The Gneisenau and Nurnberg ar
rived safely at VALPARAISO. although |
the worse for the encounter with the
Britishers.
One report has IL that the Glasgow.
badly damaged. arrived IN Coronel
bay, while the 0tranto escaped to
Puerto Montt. It has been impossible
10 determine the exact movements OF
these two vessels following the naval
action, ID,
British Guns inferior.
Despite the fact, that the British |
had only three fiehting ships as
against I've Of the Germans. the decfsl
siye defeat Of Rear Admiral cradock' 8
squadron appears to have produced a
profound impression.
The battle took place in a heavy
sea. The Germans opened FIRE at I0I
kilometers and Tor time all the Brit.
ish shots fell short Later, when thew
ct within range. their guns scorei
q few. but oRly few hits, and the
casualties among the German crews
were said to consist Of half dozen
wounded.
The German FIRE is described asI
having been excellent. although at tho
long range It required 400 hits to mt