The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-04-27
WAR NOW EXISTS
BETWEEN TIE UNITED STATES kND
TIE KINGDOM CT SPAIN.

The At'a7t:c squadron o.Ge oi to Block
xGe Hzv>p&-Th- >psptfh Fleet at Cape
Verde HssS .t,es TO Xess tho Ame ,scan
Fee.
War betvesD The United S:stes and
Spain is Gc@ 3 fsct The stirring
eve1ts S: Washington We6res3ay
were succeeded FauSG&y by others
Of sousI imyoct&ncs, crlIiCsting IL
The afternoon in o:devs for the Gepar.
ure If Tie Ncrth Atianlic SQus&roE
for Hsva1& tbs practically IS an
act IF wsr, So tha! ire wsr tetween
gais couutry AID Spain msy fairly be
said to da:e from April 81, 1928
Two mjru:es &fter 1c9 opening OF
tbs State Department Thursday morn
ipg word cane from Mi1;s'er Wood
ford thattae Spanish govern Glent .ay-
irg anticipated add prevented his in
te1Iicn &c present. the Presidents ali
matum, Re had asked tcr his ports.
The administration, ia public state
nert, announced th2: i regarded the
scticn cftle Spanish government as
YenGe1inE unnecessary !urt.er clp.o
matte ac,i3a on he parS G. tie Un!ltd
S.stes, ard fus,he: S!at-c taat II re
gar6ed the cOucse adopted oy 6kaih SIS
o1e placing upon me cculry the re
spoDsiblity for q breech CT f.iendiy
relations.
Mr.. Wcodforo's telegram lfs'si:ed
in the calling OF g special Caoinet
meeting, to sr.sHGe ard outlinea plsn
OF campaign, or rather 10 determine
how 10 begin the execution CT the
plan OF ampaian slTeady prepared bv
the strategic beard OF tee army 81 d
navy Departments. The immediate
result was the order fcr the North
Atlantic squadron 10 begin Inc olocI
ace OF HSvana. How much fuItser
than this the Cabioet progressed ID It's
deliberations i IS Got possible 10 say,
for the obvious reason tea: the time
has now come when The interests OF
the government require thatthe move-
mems Ct ships and troops should be
guarded with tie creates! care from
undue publicity, in order to rrevent
the enemy from taxing SdTan.a3e OF
the heirformation.
Minister Woodio1d's action during
the day, as reported 20 the State De-
partmen. in a late teiegrsI, indicated
that he was folio "inga carefully pre-
pared program. Z significant feature
of his message was the statement that
the Spanish government notified him
that j. REGARDED the withdrawal OF
Minister Polo yesterday as terminal
ing The diplomatic negotiations, show
ing that il was not disposed to accep:
the expressed intention CT our govern
ment to continue Minister WooGford
as medium OF Communication until
Saturday roon. Mr. Woodford also
announced that lie had Instructed
Consul General Bowen at Barcelona
to cause sll American cousnls II
Spain to Immediately Withdraw from
the country. He further stated that
he had informed the Spanish govern
ment, after asking fer his passports,
t7at he had placed the American lega
ton in Madrid. ard American inter
es.s it Spain generally, IL tie hands
of the British embassy.
The Navy Department aside from
giving the orders 10 lhe Squadron,
continued the work OF adding to the
navy purchasing another ship st Nor
folk asan auxiliary craft and some
small yachts. The nea2s Of the sctusl
beginning cf war was received with
gravity atlha department, AID th:ro
were many specuia.loas as 10 the dss
tination of the Spanish squadron.
One suggestion was thai tley
would try to cut eff the fine Dsttlsship
Oregon now on lis way from t1e Pa.
cifc coast around tc join Capt. Samp-
sons command. Inere is also some
fear tha: tie Oregon may be taken st
an unfair advantage, without knowl.
edge Of the existence OF war, By the
Spanish torpedo destroyer mnerlr5,
which is row lying a. B;unos Ayres.
Possibly win view 10 avoiding g
conflict N the Straits of Magellan,
where she would be q: 6 disa5van!age,
the Oregon has been ordered 10 go
around Cape Horn.