CHINA AND JAPAN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5068, 29 September 1894, Page 5

CHINA AND JAPAN.

__, [Special to Pbkss Association?} SHANGHAI, Sept. 28. Further reports from Yalu state that the Lan Yuen sank by the stern, with her bows upright, in ninety eacoads. A shell burst in her cockpit, killing those in it and wounding a number of the crew. The j vessel left action, extinguished? the fira, which was the result; of a shell bursting, and after trans- ! ferring the wounded re-engaged the ] Akajis. The captain himself worked | the vessel from her tops, watching j torpedoes until the mast vras shot ! away. > j A Chinese court-martial is inquir- ] ing into the cowardice alleged against j captains. Admiral Ting charges l three of the vessels with leaving | without engaging the enemy, and the | captains of these vessels make as ; excuse the suddenness of the Japanese ] attack. Tho Times special correspondent; stated that the concussion from the j first discharge of the Ching Yuen's j guns capsized everyone on the bridge, I and that the execution of the ! Japanese quick-firing guns was mar- j vellous. One of the Japanese vessels } was sunk, and three others were j badly damaged. A fourth is said to j have been so badly injured that her j bows were submerged and her propellers were in the air. j The Chinese have attacked the j Japanese at Taku, and reinforcements are being dispatched from Seoul. j Russian newspapers propose that ! England, .Russia and France should . partition and occupy China, and cause civilisation to trade. Eight Japanese cooks employed on a French cruiser, who landed at Chefoo, were seized and killed. Admiral Ting telegraphs to the Emperor that the Japanese developed the main attack so suddenly that he was surrounded before he discovered their intentions. The Japanese did not discharge a single torpedo in the battle off Yalu. LONDON, Sept. 28. The Times correspondent toys the Chinese at Yalu tried to come to close quarters in order to use their heavy guns with effect, but the Japanese dodged and circled around the Chinese ships. They approached sometimes within a thousand yards, but generally kept away at a distance of two to four thousand yards. Quick-firing guns, throwing a large number of projectiles, were those which inflicted the greatest damage. Earns were not used. Barbettes proved an effective protection, and steel shot made no impression on them. TOKIO, Sept. 28. An envoy has arrived from Admiral Tso, bringing details of the fight at •' Yalu to the Mikado. He states that j the flagship Matsusima is the only vessel which will be compelled to go into dock. The others are repairing their damages at sea. {