The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-02
THE SEIZURE OF THE BERMUDA
she Probably Did Not Land All Her
Cargo in Cuba.

Washington CITY. Apsl i.--Ssn0T pGpny
De LONE the Spanish minister here. has
received wora from Spanish diplomatic
and consular officials in Central America
saying thai the steamer bermuda. having
aboard munitions ef war for the insur-
gents in Cuba. has BEEN detained az Port
Cortez b the Honduras government and
her cargo seized.
New York. April The cable message
from la I8terisd, San Salvador. stating
that the arrlz on the sfes mer Bermuda.
Il fil.AGst@r3ng fame, had been seized at
Puerto Coftex. on the n5rth coast % Hon
duras. wooid apparently Indicate that The
bermuda had been interrupted while at
tempting to make hnsing n Cuba. ana
been compelled % tiy with a portion q her
cargo % avoid capture by Spanish crga.s-
e-s There is reason 10 believe that the
expedition reported by Havana special
dispatches to nave landed al Mnrioi, or on
the north coast Of Plnar del RIO, was not
the bermuda but another expedition.
Cargoes Of arms AID ammunition. carried
by small. fast-s1iliHg vessels. are known
70 slip across under cover of darkness
from the Ficrsia coast 20 the island Il
Cuba AZ intervals At least FIVE Of these
small fllhastering parties have landed at
different POINTS on the north coast of the
Island and sometimes close % Havana.
The sailing % the Bermuda from New
York. with Calixto Garcia on board was. -
course. known TO the Spanish officials.
All eyes we're on the lookout for her. and
e Is not strange. under the circumstances.
that the small expedition which landed in
the dark at sIuTisi on the north coast.
was mistaken fer and reported as sAe Ber-
rnsl6a When Cart p'B-s4a nickAi up
Garcia and his party off the New Jersey
Caast ani steamed ont 20 sea. II was not
sis grte-,ia- % endaage~ re and Prop
81 80
toward Cuba. thus running the risk of
intercept3-n ari capture by Spanish cr.fis-
ers which we-a knowa TO be on the watch
far him. Tho experienced old blockade
runner lad his course almost south-south
east. which would take him hundreds ~
fasies from danger OF inte~ception. He
left the RahamaS well TO the west. sgbt
,ny lard first On their extreme eastern
eixe The Waiting island Hight would have
been made IN four dsvs. as the Berm'ifa
sfeans easily eleven knots an boar. From
his point 70 Cape Maysi. on the eastern
end of Cuba. the cosrS~ IS almost dGe
south. and on the coast # tho province ~
Santiago Ae 9'lilia there i every reason 30
believe the Bermuda attempted Ia land
As the Bermuda approached the Cuban
-aast xrssst caution was. of e., reces-
sary To Pick a safe IsnArE plsee and
- avoid the patrol os Spanish cruisers
consumed time ard rsc~Ssitstei 8eisv.
sni = Is quite possible thai, As n the eaS'
= the steamer Harsa, whsch Il sad 20
have landed AEuieTre and Castillo rssr
Guantanamo. and the Steamer Three
Friends which recently snSeG E1riqHe
C'aliaxa near Cer3snss. the Bermuda nay
have t.esa caught tn she get D." ~ at.sr.
perhaps hn5,rx Gen. Siarc.a's ssrtv. u'av
have hss chased away from The cnsst
across ths Carthhssan sea toward tns srsiitf-
weSt Flying th~ British flag. N'th 50
marh noseriefv a. Nllhisser asta@1ed ~
ser name she vouid hardly dare - g.if
IN at sny port cu the island = ia=zaies,
t. au&rf Honduras she either sailei 20 her
own accord. or Vas chased by Spsnssh men
of.war The s'uhans IA New York have
beard rathfue Z he Bermuda sac sr
arrival was cahird 20 them fro.n P'l~r' ?
Cer-ez They wee greatly Tl~s- ss7i %
hssr that her sTsns bad been sesei hy ihe
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