The record-union., 1898-06-05

the oregon. i believe that In war one
has to make fortune If it had not been
because Sampson was afraid Don PAS
quale might go to Havana and that
Schley would not be there, or that our
confidence is we'll grounded that ne
found himself very short of ammuni-
ton after the bombardment through
the stealing in the Ordnance Depart
ment, the fact remains that it was ios-
ical for him to remain near Santiago
and Cienfuegos, and if he could not
prevent the entrance of our squadron
to shut it up, and thus close its CAM
paign, as those people over there al
ready believe. it closed. But / cannot
believe such a stupid thing possible.
l suppose that he went to the :outh
of Porto Rico, and that he had ordered
a cruiser or two there to cover the
Terror, and that he will appear at San
Juan the 9th or 2Sth. He will coal
there, and will rest a day or two, and
will then return to delay and annoy the
invasion.
THE Vizcaya and Oquendo at least
need go into drydock. | telegraphed 10
Don Pasquale on the morning Of the
2Oth, when i knew he was in Santiago,
saying that the squadrons were at Key
H..
afternoon came a telegram from Madrid
saying he had left Santiago. | cons
tinued sending messages to General
Blanco III respect to all the movements
and now, so far as l know, Don Pas
quale has arrived at Porto Rico, where
shall try to communicate with him.
If he should have set out for Martin
iaue or Havana having twenty-four
o1y M would
rived before now. l am very much
afraid lest they attack Porto Rico by
land and sea, and put off the attack on
Havana They are not going to do
more than Try to take the latter, and
they think then, if they destroy our
fleet, of taking the war into Spain, With
Havana already in their power They
have no confidence in their army, but
they have in their navy. and they are
afraid of our army and of yellow fever,
because if the men begin to die in Cuba
there would be a tremendous row, as
they are not like our people.
Anyway, we shall see when there is
news of the fleet. l expect tomorrow
With them cleaning their hulls at the
Keys we should be able to clean some
thing in three days at Porto Rico. Each
day that passes is worse for US, on ac-
count of the almost total lack Of prep
aration The Cadiz squadron is to
lombard Boston, Portland and Long
Island They can do it now. but after
a few months it would be too late.
II think if we are to have any sue
cess in this matter it will be through
treating for peace, by including Cuba
and having them recognize the debt.
If we do not do this soon it will be too
late. and we shall lose Cuba and Porto
Rico, and all that this war has cost us,
and in addition we shall be charged
with the Cuban debt, for which our
treaty is responsible.
There is no doubt here that We
cannot continue this war, as we have
nothing to gain, and may lose our three
colonies and be ruined for fifty years.
In the matter of money there is not
patriotism Proof is given by the bank,
which ought to have bought gold al
though at a premium of lp per cent.
and issued notes against it in same or
slightly greater quantity. With lU,-
0D0.O00 it has made thirteen hundred
million. This is the moment of the
year at which, instead of returning 2o
or "a per cent, it returns only II or 10
per cent. AS regards it's buying gold,
exchange has gone down, and if, in
stead of buying 100000 coo, it sues for
500, 100000. paying six or seven hun
dred, inasmuch as the State subscribes
at the rate Of about 3 per cent, and its
dividend would have gone down very
little
The bank is the nation, and with
the nation it has grown rich by offering
paper money, which it did not have IN
it's treasury. and by getting interest on
that which it really never had given out.
But whatever the bank does, nobody
dares object.
II have written to the Minister, but
did not give him so much news Of the
fleets as to you, because / had other
things to speak of. If you should see
him you might give him some news. We
shall see him when they relieve me,
and send some one here to work and
not amuse himself. / can imagine
your anxiety for Francisco and the rest,
an anxiety that we share. Their terri
BILE ships do not go as fast as ours Ey
perhaps two and a half miles. AS for
the monitors they do not count for
much; they can be used only to bonn
bard in smooth sea, and, besides,
cannot go fast, and carry very little
coal. They have delayed Sampson tn
whole voyage.
MY regards to Rafel and daughters
and you know how much your kind ard
subordinate loves you.
RAMON CARRANZA.
II should be glad to have you write