The sun., 1916-01-09
rs DISASTROUS WAR WITH THF UNITED STATES

ten Of ours. while engaged in deadly
combat. were swept by the sudden
gale 30 common in that region and
dashed upon the sea. The destroycrs
from both sides came to the rescue
of the unfortunate fcrs. and the
duel of the air was soon converted to
the titanic struggle Of the sea.
It was. however. when the battle
ship Nagato succumbed to the attack
Of an American submarine that our
fleet suffered the first serious loss.
The sinking Of the Nagato created
CONSERVATION at the General stan
Office and at the Naval staff Board.
The cloak OF censorship carefully COW
cred the disaster and the news never
appeared in the newspapers at the
time. Yet the secret could not alb
solutely be kept from the inquisitive
public.
The nation intuitively felt that some-
thing was the matter with our feet
at Olongapo. And at this moment Of
despondency fearful report came
from London like thunderbolt out
from the blue-the second squadron Of
america, assisted by the vessels from
the Atlantic. had left Honolulu for an
unknown destination.
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lOlongapo? Whichever might be the
case, the most trying day Of the empire
FROM hawali 10 Manila the distance
ls S'oVV kHots Ht tweNe knots al
hour inc second squadron OF america
. i"ouiu appear IN ftnnpPihe waters
~Nnin sixteen Gays, ,niess We re-
suced uhe stroheho'd oi oionSapo ana
piacen our "arsi'iS securely IN tne
haroor' both our squadron al" our
ann FORCES were d"ofheu'
For ten days after It's departure from
Honolulu the whereabouts of the en-
emys second squadron were utterly
unknown. ON the eleventh day 1t
suddenly appeared in the neighborhood
of the Bonin group, our outpost in the
Pacific. $50 miles from Toxic. The
news OF the American occupation Of
the Bonin islands electrified the nation.
The vasinted patriotism and loyalty OF
the people was put to the severest
test
some OF inc capNa!I''S ana BUSINESS
men hau Adrea"E p'euh 10 "rse mo
'onciusioh OF peace treaty NEWS
papers oeeah 10 throw 'he "ho'e re-
sPohsioih'y upon ol'e army dhd navy
ignoring tnat thes Were 'he hrS' 10 az,
tocaee war '"h,,c'ahH WI" "au
fooiishiE oppose" .ne p"Nerhi'eh'
haNa prosraliiine' "'aiho" inc nav al
eu'horl'ies toi 'iie s,a'e VI unp''pa'ru-
mess 'na' "ow ''''ir"i'''" wv" e''''"e'
Az ths criticai moineht 'er'aIh
european po~er' knowing 'hat mo
utter HuiiIiia'io" VI Japan al '',o
hahns OF the american hdh"h "ou'u
DISTURB the paiahce OF power III inc
racine approached tit' government AT
washington win ,he '"ea OF enolne
tne war tneh ana there' but 'he
'hHeu S'ateS' convinced VI hs' VIC
~, tory turned d oeat car 10 'n's p'opo-
=. sNioh'
-. Inc Gay Oh o"on vi 'he empire ""o
'.s come. our eNpeditionar! forces must
y, lose no more time IN reonclns 'ion-
sapo Driven 10 hespera''"''' AuihIra'
%, hinoshita ordered huniper oi DESTROY
:, ers TO Iash INTO me harp"r ana attack
- the enemy $ dreadhoueh'a with tor
v, pedoes.
h te The destroyers, by dint of sheer au-
no dacity and intrepidity, succeeded in
"e breaking through the obstacles that
sealed the mouth OF tn" harhor. hut
~ ~ the bombardment from the enemy 3
~ forts and ships was 50 terrific that
y. none Of the destroyers managed TO
~. escape.
On the land side our attack was
. more successful. After Il slaughter
-. and sacrifice without parallel in the
,,a whole history of warfare our army at
90. last planted the Rising sun upon the
-, walls of the stronghold which Was
10 thought impregnable.
,or with the Qualifications occupied by
"A. the Japanese the American squadron
"a, had no alternative hut To sally out OF
Inc the harb"r. DefNing the gauntlet of
"a, our squadron the enemy boldly made
n, MS way INTO the open sea ana speedeN
IN southerly direction. Admiral
,rd kihoshita- with ms entire feet. Al
Ia. once lolo"ed the neelhs Vesseis, and
md Mter chase OF several hours sue
the 'eeded IN oVer'aK'he them'
the ~. "'.s ''.''e ou' 'quauloh oo"s's'ec
,po OF nNe dreauhoush's' to"r pattie cruz
sers OF 'he oreauliouent 'FiH'' SIN DAT
vas '!eShips' iour pat.'e cruisers "ihe mrs