Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 186, 11 August 1894 — WAR DECLARED. [ARTICLE]

WAR DECLARED.

China and Japan Fight in Eara* st Jpa.n Victorioa». Lor,dou Joly 26,—Centr »lNews Ageney b.«s this du»patch from Sbanghai: “War has been declaied between Japan andCbina. The J:«par.ese have scizeU tbe Kir.g of Corea and bold him prisoner. Eleveu Chinese stearaers are on their way to Corea. Most of the troops aboard tbera are coolies, armed with bow» and arrows. Some Cbinese steamers wiiieh bave arrived at Corea have been {>revented by the Japaneae frutn l.in i.ng tro*>fs. It is reported that the Japanese aililiery sank <everal of *hem.‘’ THK REPOar COXFIKJCED. Sbarghai, Joly 27 —10 n ra. — A telegram w«s rec.:ive,d ye>ter dav ev**ning fr«>in a high authority at Tien Tsin reportir.g that the pro.{K-ot for the eonlinoalion of j ;aco was more favorable. Todav. however new- was recived that war between China and J.ipan has been d“dared, Tbere lia ve also heen rmnora tbal several Chiuese wnishij>s are in trouble. Tiio iuforrantio» rece;\ed herc is meager, :»nd the exact status <>f atf«irs in Corea cauuot be learned. Telegiaphic c<>iumunication from Corea is interrnj>ted. Shaugbai, July 29.—TbeChines oHieiai accu«fnt of tho receut cugHgemuut b*‘t\veen CTiineseaud Jaj>ancse •war«bi|M> says the CTiinese irondad Ciien Yuen, whieh is one of the Iargest ships of her c!ass, belonging to the uoiihein fteet, retre»te<l t«> Kot/e and escaj>ed capture by tho Jaj>aiu.se. The latter, the report ad«ls. caj>tured a dispatcb boat aml sauk a transport. Six other tiausports escaped. Ne\vs has heen received here that on the same da\' the uaval engagement took plaee the Japaneso tro«>j>s ashore attacked the Ckiuese at Asam. No detailsj>f ihe attack havo been received. The loss of 1 ife was ven- great. Of nearly 2,000 Cljinese troops Iou board, only forty \vere saved. Shanghai, Jnly 31. Newa has just reached here qi a desperute navnl battle fought yesterday j bot\veen tbe tleets of Chiua and Japan,in whieh thoChinese wcre defeated, aud the Chcn Y'uen, : tho largost battle ship bat one in the Chiuese seivice was sunk, aud t\vo other large Chinese vessels captured or destroyed. Tbe battle was hotly contested, but the Jajjauese aj>j)oat to bave | haudled their guus, shij)s aud 1 torpedoes witb uioio skiil tbau 1 tbe Cbinese.

Tlie Cliineso tleet cnj»a"ecl carried nearly 1,000 men aad few, if any, escaped death by bnllets or dro\vning. Two Oennan officers in com:yand of the C’hen Yiu*n nrereported to havo met death with the cre\v. On Jnly *2ōth the J«paae~e : Admiral on tbe cruiser Malunshima Kun, with two other inen-of-war in his corainand, sighted the Kow Shung, whieh w«s carryiug *2 (KX) Chint se tro *ps for Corea in Corean waters, forty miles otl' Chemnlpo. He signaied the ; Kow Shung to * Stop where yon are or t.ike the couseqnences.” Tbe trausport, whieh \\as dyiog tho British er.sign. promptly , eiine to anchor. The Chiiiese i iaan-of-war whieh wus cousort-j iug hor, steamod away. The J Kow Shung's captain, trusticg to j the protoction of the British dag, ' rdfnsed (he advice of the cora- ; raav.der f tho Cbiuese cruiser to ; sli,> hor anchor and ruu i The officer of tho Kow Shnug signale*i to the Naniwa Kan re qnosting that nnother b >at be sout with an officer. When tue , boat arrived Colouel Van H.m noky cxpiained the situation to tbo Japancse officer. He told Ihim the Kow Shnog bad left Cbina in a time of peaee; lhat there had been no declaration of war; that the vessel was British | ship s.dling noder a Britisb fiag. ! / He then nrged the impossibi!ity | of execnting the order of the Nauiwa Ken. and ciairaed that tbe fiag sfaooid be respocted and tbe ship escorted back to the Chinese coast. Thc boarding party retorned to the Naoiwa Keu und a little 1 Kow Shung waa sigoaied by the I

■»■ ■ ■■ ■ ■■ ——>■ l■l■■ ■——mmm—cruiser, ,, Qiit »Lij) *<■ soon *s jv-ssible. ’ Tl«e Kow SLuiig re;J»e>l (!iit is w»a iiD{K>SHible t ■ qhit <tkiji. The N'aniwa t ! .en fi v »n .-»nHwerir>g peenmnL stearued op qnickly and Iioed np brond» ; de on al a dis- , t«ncc «*f nbont 2T<0 mcters fruui ; tbe Kow Sbung and immediately dLscbarged a torpedo at her, foliow:ug this witb two broadside witb all ber gnns, comprising two of twenty-five tons and fonr of ten tous. The excitement on tbe Kow Sbong was awfnl. Tbe trocps bad begun fittmg up a nnmber of small mounted guns whea the Nauiwa tbrew the torpedo Tbe missile struek a eoal banker and borsted one of the boi!ers, tbe eij>losion being terrific. but •ot <nffieie»t t<) «ink the vessel. l’iie Cbiowse troopS fired oa tue NTniaa witb rifles and stc;ill gaus. Kad exliibited the greate>t bravtry. The N'..uiw.i coutiuued to flre her ten tonuers aad soou ūad the Kow Shnng in a badly disib!ēd condition. Many cf the Chinese soldiers jumped ov«rboard, aml on these the Naniwa r.iir.ed bullets frora her «leadly m-«cliine guns. The Kow Shuug gmduai!y began to siuk, nnd after fifteen discbarges from tbc cruiser s big guus slie went down iu eigbt fatlioms of water. Sbanghai, August 1. — N’ine beavy guns bave be«-n added to tho artillery at T>iku !i irbor in the lnst tbree days. u«l sabmarine unnes have been laid in espection of an attack from the Jupahese fleet Gi*eat alanu is folt ut Taka, as tl«e j)eoj)Ie there believe tliat auy day may .briug several Japaneso war voase!s and a bt'mbiidmeut. Shangli;u, Augnst 2—12:30am. —In conseqnence of the declaration of \var uponChina proclaiiued by Japau yesterday, tbe Japanese Minister will leavo for Tokio t«>morrow. Siiaugbai, Angust 2 — An ollieial telegram from Tion - Tsin saYs tbat in tbe battles fougbt July 27th aud 2Stb at Yasban the Japanese wore repulsed with a loss of over 2,000 mon. Shanghai. Angast 3 — Dispatcbes have been received eonfirming the rejiort that the Emperor bas <liv**sted Viceroy Li Huug Chaug of the order uf tlie yellow riding coat, whieli is the highest order iu Cixiua, alio\ving the \vcarer privileges next to tlio.se of royalty. The Emperor, t!ie dispatches sajr, has freely expressed bis auger at the Viceroy baving a!lowed Japan t > get a hea«l of Chiua in prepariug for war.