| Show BY THE SEA AND BY THE LAND Chinese Reported as Surrendering Surren-dering in All Directions Di-rections I I SUICIDE OF TH ADMIRAL Another Conflict With the Usual Results ajmiiese Seem to Have Solved For Themselves and tie IVorld tie Question ns in the Relative Merits or the Battleship and the Cruiser Which is Now Agitating Coiisrc It is In Favor or the Larger Vessel Several Orders Placed Yokohama Feb 17An official dispatch dis-patch from Wei Hal Wei bearing date of Feb 13 was received here I states that in response to the offer made by Admiral Ting the Chinese naval commander com-mander to surrender his vessels on the condition of amnesty which were granted Admiral Ito commander of he Japanese forces demanded the naval na-val stores be turned over this Wednesday Wed-nesday morning The Chinese messenger who conveyed eyed this demand returned to Admiral Admi-ral Ito and informed him that Admiral Ting had committed suicide on the night of Feb 12 and that his responsibility responsi-bility had been transferred to Captain McClure formerly the captain of a British merchant vessel who had been appointed by the Chinese government assistant to Admiral Ting Admiral Admi-ral Ito at the time the dispatch was sent was conferring with Captain McClure Mc-Clure A dispatch dated Feb 1 from Fiolo Marshal Oyama who is in command of the Japanese military forces at Wei Hal wei announces that the captain I surrendered the Chinese on land and sea He also announces thaj Admiral Ting and two other officers committed suicide after addressing a letter from the Chinese flagship accepting the Japanese demands The Chinese soldiers 1 sol-diers garrisoned at forts on the island of Liu Kung Loa the last of the defenses I de-fenses of Wei Hai VVel to hold out against the Japanese and the sailors agist of the Chinese feet were to be taken I beyond the Japanese lines trhd liberated liber-ated while the captured officers and the foreigners will be conveyed away IJY ship before they are given their liberty i A dispatch from General Nodzu commander of the first Japanese army in Manchuria dated Feb 16 says that 5000 Chinese with twelve guns attacked tacked Hai Cheng from the Lao Yang New Chang and Jinkao roads They were repulsed leaving over 100 dead wounded The Japanese loss was five killed or |
