Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-16

THERE ANT NO ANSWER, SIR"
 pression created by it was intensified
 when it became known what the syndi-
 cate proposed to do the next day. Orders
 and advices from the British admiralty
 and war office sped across the ocean, and
 that night few of the leaders in govern
 ment circles in England or Canada closed
 their eyes.
 The opinions of the commandant of
 the fort were received with but little fa-
 vor by the military and naval authori-
 ties. Great preparations were already
 ordered to repel and crush this most
 audacious attack upon the port, but in
 the meantime it was highly desirable that the utmost caution and prudence should be observed. Three men of-war
 had already been disabled by the novel and destructive machines of the enemy, and it had been ordered that for the present no more vessels of the British navy be allowed to approach the crabs of the syndicate.
 Whether it was a mine or a bomb which had been used in the destruction of the unfinished works of Fort Pitcher, 1t would be impossible to determine until an official survey had been made of the ruins: but. in any event. it would be wise and humane not to expose the gar rison of the fort on the south side of the harbor to the danger which had over- taken the works on the opposite shore.
 If, contrary to the opinion of the con- mandant, the garrisoned fort were really mined. the following day would proba- bly, prove the fact. Until this point should be determined it would be highly judicious to temporarily evacuate the fort. This could not be followed by oc- cupation of the works by the enemy, for all approaches. either by troops in boats or by bodies of confederates by land, could be fully covered by the inland re- doubts and Notifications.
 When the orders for evacuation reached the commandant of the fort. he protested hotly. and urged that his protest be con- sldered. It was not until the command had been reiterated both from London and Ottawa, that he accepted the situa- tion. and with bowed head prepared to leave his post. All night preparations for evacuation went on. and during the next morning the garrison left the fort, and established itself far enough away to preclude danger from the explosion of q mine. but near enough to be available in case of necessity.
 During this morning there arrived in the offins another syndicate vessel. This had started from northern part of the United States, before the repellers and the crabs, and it had been engaged in q should put the office of the syndicate ill New York in direct communication with It's naval forces engaged with the enemy Photographic connection between the cable boat and Repeller No. having been established, the syndicate soon re- ceived from it's director-in-chief full and comprehensive accounts of what had been done, and what it was proposed to do. Great was the satisfaction among the members of the syndicate when these direct and official reports came in. Up to this time they had been obliged to depend upon very unsatisfactory intelli- gence communicated from Europe. which had been supplemented by wild and rumors smuggled across the Canadian border.
 To counteract the effect of these full report was immediately made by the syndicate to the government of the United States, and a bulletin distinctly describing what had happened was is sued to the people of the country. These reports, which received world wide circulation in the newspapers, created popular elation in the United States, and gave rise to serious apprehensions and concern in many other countries. But under both elation and concern there was certain doubtfulness. So far the syndicate had been successful, but its style of warfare was decidedly experi- mental. and it's forces, in numerical strength at least, were weak. What would happen when the great naval power of Great Britain should be brought to bear upon the syndicate. was 3 question whose probable answer was likely to causeapprehension and concern in the United States and elation in many other countries.
 The commencement of active hostil- | tics had been precipitated by this syndi- cate. In England preparations were making by day and by night to send lpon the coast lines of the United States, | fleet which. in numbers and power. NO cid be greater than that of any naval