THE WAR IN THE EAST.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9610, 7 September 1894, Page 5

THE WAR IN THE EAST.

j-i''?.'. 1 .. "' . v ' ( '" dfrt rrf -- [ Jni' , . • v SINKING OP THE ROW SHINCf; DETAILS OP. THE ENGAGEMENT* Pie3i As3ociifclcm.--Electrlc Telegraph. —Copjrißht^ Shanghai, September 0. Owing to a report that two spies were/ beheaded, 70(3 Japanese have fled from Shanghai. _ . The Emperor of - China has contributed a million from his private purse towards th& war. ■ ' Tiit/KSfiAV IsLand, September 6. i ; News from China shows that every facility was given by the Japanese to the officers of the steamer Sow Shing to leave the ship, but their intentions were frustrated by the Chinese aboard. " ' , )t ~ Captain Hannekin states that when . ha interpreted the Japanese message -to tie Chinese commander and the crew of the vessel, they set up a great uproar, manacled the Europeans on board, took charge of the davits and no one was allowed to quit the vessel. Captain Goldaworfchy then (signalled that he was nob allowed to leave and the Japanese Ship Manlwa ranged up and fired a torpedo, following up this action with two broadsides. .

The torpedo hib the Kow Shing amid* flhips, and then day became something like night. Ib is believed all the Europeans jumped into the water. While swimming, Captain (Goldsworthy noticed theKow Shing sinking, and a Japanese boat firing at the Chinese. .. r The Kow Shing sank in half an hour, and of the large number on board only 170 saved themselves by swimming. ' Captain Fong, of the Chinese cruiser Chyneu, gives a highly-coloured account of the valorous doings of hie ship, and declares he had nearly captured the Japanese admiral's vessel, the admiral having been killed, when the Japanese cruiser came up* The . Chyneu retreated with the Japanese vessel in pursuit, and then began a magnificent spectacle. Both ships were tearing through the water at full speed, and kept} up a running fire of shot and shell for five hours. The Chyneu's conning tower was desroyed by shell," and its • occupantsperished, the loss being 13 killed and 17 wounded. Captain Fong declares? that one shot from his stern gun swept away the bridge of the Japanese vessel, and that all the officers on that portion of the ship were killed.