Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1894 — OUR SHIPS AT COREA. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OUR SHIPS AT COREA.

Four Veng'ls o* the Aglut’c Squadron of the Unite.'l Ntatm Naw, The interests of the people of this country in the Pacific, where the war is just now raging between China and Japan, are in kee ing of the Asiatic squadron of the United States navy. in all- four vessels represent our sea power—the Baltimore, a battleship; the Cone rd, a cruiser, with the Hayship Charleston and the battleship Petrel. The on ire force is on duty at Corea and. though under orders to i reserve strict neutrality, instructions

from Washington call for a vigilance that will' prove an ample safeguard to every one and all interests under the protection of the American flag. Delav has oeen encountered in the trans- ■ mission of intelligence from our naval ' representatives in Corea, but that is due to Japanese interference with the i mpans of communication. Urgent messages are allowed to pass, but dei tails of engagements are suppressed by the Mikado’s Government other than such facts as are intended exclusively for official information.

THE CHARLESTON