Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-11-16 | Page 5 | Japan Rushing Ships to Chile

JAPAN RUSHING SHIPS TO CHILE Powerful Fighting Craft to Join Allies in Search for German Warships. Honolulu T H., Nov. lfi That Japan Ja-pan Is rushing naval forces toward the coast of Chile to join other vessels ves-sels of the allies in a search for the German vessels that brought defeat to Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cra-dock's Cra-dock's British squadron was indicated indica-ted bv a report brought here last night bv the schooner Robert R. Hind which arrived from Port Townsend, Wash. The schooner's captain said he sight ed the Japanese battleship Illzen and armored cruiser Asaraa on Thursday, Thurs-day, 500 miles southeast of this port, and headed In a southerly direction The Hizen and Asama appeared off Honolulu harbor soon after the German Ger-man gunboat Geier put in here for repairs re-pairs As soon as the captain of the Geler decided to interne here, the two Japanese warships put in for supplies and sailed for an unnamed destination. November 11. Both are powerful fighting craft The Hizen has a tonnage of 18.700 and the Asama is of 9750 tons The German squadron is supposed to be near Valparaiso, which port the cruisers crui-sers Leipzig and Dresden left Satur day after taking ou coal