The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-16


been the ruia previous 70 that decssser
70 rsx2ri As eeyo1a assesssoa the Tssht OF
nAtfcEs TO saetasn s<splcacsss seSssls pass
srs with1n s1ness ar sArec ssasies from
its cnass. over wksch IT'S marine tarssslc-
tsoss extended Ii will usftoGhsesasv cost
Srstn bitter effort "a acrerf tire ferce
q this doctrine. f1r II IRE rtxhx 10 stop
Suspicious ships IA Cuban waters is de-
aied. the task nf maintaining an effective
baorkads against afih,isserEag expeditions
VIII DC extremely difseult III NOT nnrcSSt-
BE. without recourse so ro-Sual aegnoxi-
estSsneras ~ the eellixwreney 90 the inxur~
gests. II IL fully experfei. sn view 20 the
prorsps action Of the Spanish minister
here. that II spain wss wrong she wonis
rsa&ke all proper Fep&ratscn and thar the
iEcs3eat Will ne Spes1isw and psaeessiiv
settled TX. however. the Spanish gov-
eminent should he sseng ay the urgency
shown By the United States 20 refuse 10
meet ossr demands. Minister Taylor Eay
demand his passport. and unless eooier
counssis may he coming from some dis
interested and friesssiy nation the ugly
the presence OF considerable feet OF
United States naval vessels in Cuban
water TO protect oar shipping.
New York, March lS-CapE Crussrsan
of the Ailianria. has mailed an affidavit
20 Secretary Gresham regarding the firing
oa the Aiiaacia. He states in brief that
his vessel ar the time OF the firing WAS
four miles from the eessf Of Cuba. Ha
said he had saiuted the spanish Graf, and
proeeedez on his way.
About i've minutes. or possibly less"
he continued after the salute heard
gun fired ard turned TO see what II meant
Mr.. Russell reported that the Spanisrd
had fred blank cartridge. Fired as Il
was on the kiga seas. I did rot intend To
Sfr fses fsra xrzf
another blank shot about three or four
minutes after the first. and shortly after
ward at intervals OF a few minutes three
more guns with solid shot were fired at
us All fell short. two or the port quar-
Ter and the last astern OF the ssarhoard
ter Of mile distant. The Spaniard. after
firing the first gun. altered his course
again He was heading directly for ns.
We were gaining on him, and at $50 a. m.
he was fully FIVE miles astera. and I saw
that the gunhoat was heading 10 the
west. apparently giving up the chase. We
were from nine TO ten miles or the coast
at the time the first gun was fired. and at
no time We're We within four miles Of the
shore. After that our course took us d.
rectiy OF the land.
Although senior Muruaga. the Spanish
minister at Washington City, says that
the story 5f S Spanish ,nan-of-war hav-
ing fired on the Aiiiancia, OF the colom-
hian line looks like q sea serpent story.
the officers OF the ship. whn1 seen this
afternoon by the Associated Sress report
e.. were very empfa In their denuncia-
tfons of the attack. The first officer. Benz
jamin Corning, who was In charge or the
ship. described the attack made on the
American steamer by the Spanish man-of-
war saying:
.It does not matter what the Spanish
yy.fn ma " n n hun hifp Y
tell you this Is no fish story. The Alli-
ancia was about six leagues of the shore
at $50 on the morning Of March 8. ] was
not the officer of the deck, "a Mr.. Russell
was on the bridge and the captain was
looking around. When about three miles
OF We hoisted our ensign and dipped Il
three times, and the oncoming steamer
answered with similar salute. shortly
afterward recognized her to be Span
ish man-of-war. We kept on our course,
which was little farther of land thar
usual, being fully three leagues from the
shore. ! was standing aft when we sig
nailed. and was very much surprised when
the warship opened fre on us. The first
three shots were evidently blanks, as /
saw no shells touch the water"
First Officer Corning warmed up as he
detailed the story of the firing. and saitl.
Now. mind you. we did not slow up. not
a BIT. We kept right on our way. After
boat was In our wake. about three miles
OF. and she hauled her hold 10 the lee
ward so as TO let her guns bear on us.
when she fired three shots at intervals az
n quarter of an hour. Two Of the shells
dropped 400 yards on our starboard quar-
ter. and they landed the third a similar
distance on cur port quarter. We kept
going. and soon showed the Spanish skip
per a clean pair OF heels
In less than an hour after the fusii-
ade we lost sight of the Spaniard. and
she seemed 20 be sniking at not being
able 20 bring us TO standstill There Is
no truth In the statement that on our fu-
tnre voyages We are going TO be armed.
as there is no necessity for our doing so.
fer we can run away from any Spanish
warship afoat.
An officer or the Atlas steamship Aiisa
has made an assertion that that steamer
had us In sights from early morning on
the day of the outrage until sundown.
This is erroneous, for when we had out
stripped the Spanish warahip we could
only see the smoke OF the Aiisa. as she
was hull down, not even a spar TO be
seen. This was 500 a. m. and we only
discerned her identity as We passed her
at $50 r. IN. on the evening when we were
scing In Fortune Inlet"
Second Officer Russell and Third OH
Ger Nohray each detailed the occurrences.
| cOTTnDOfdliHE the statement OF Offiger
Corning. hat giving no new facts
Capt. Crossman, of the steamship Al
iiancia. left the steamer complaining OF
| illness. IL was said at the Offices of the
I Panama Railway Company that the aiti-
matiim OF Secretary Gresham siernaisiins.
an apology OF Spain was probably the
/. official answer 10 Capt. crossfnan's am
davit: that dispatch sent to Mr.. Gres-
/ ham by the president of the company
! IA trv fyfn ftass
tary OF state that ten of the company =
| vessels passed through the windwarel
+. passage monthly. that one would he on
/ Cape MaIsi. north-bound, tomorrow and
another would pass there Sunday. and
! that a regard for life and property urged
/ the adoption of some immediate measure
/ 10 compel Spain to prevent any additional
oattraReg.
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