TWELVE CHINESE WARSHIPS BADLY DAMAGED.
600 MEN DROWNED. THE EMPEROR FURIOUS. (Per Press Association.) Shanghai, September 19. Upon the receipt of the news of the Chinese defeat at Pekin, there was a great outcry against Li Hung Chang, who was deprived by the Emperor of his last peacock's feather. The Chinese Government has appointed two censors to watch Li Hung Chang's plans. A crisis is expected. Admiral Ting is only wounded, not killed. September 20. Twelve Chinese warships too refuge after the naval engagement m Fore Arthur, all badly damaged. Six hundred men were drowned when tho Chen Quen and King Quen isank. The Chinese report that they lost 1500 and the Japanese 1000. The Emperor is furious at the recent disaster and wishes to take charge of operations himself, but his advisers dissuade him from this course on the ground that it was not consonant with i;he dignity of his position. Admiral Lind and Captain Hanneikin are both able to resume duty.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 74, 21 September 1894, Page 2
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163TWELVE CHINESE WARSHIPS BADLY DAMAGED. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 74, 21 September 1894, Page 2
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