The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-29
CAMPAIGN POINTERS.
The Strategy Board at Washington
Perfecting Its Plans.
POWERS NAY STOP PRIVATEERING.
Effective Influences May he Used Against
Spains Announced Policy Of Preying
ON COmmerce-.Cu bans VIII CO.
Decentralization OF War


Decentralization OF War.
| WASHINGTON, April -. With the
actual beginning OF war, military and
naval preparations were vastly stimu.
lated yesterday. The navy bought a
ship and numb Der of yachts 1t Sc.
cured some more material for guns
and renewed orders for haste in the
| construction of guns. Orders were
sent to the squadron to guard their
movements aud the preliminaries of a
blockade were executed. In the war
department all arrangements have
been made for call for 100, 900 volun-
teers to be chosen from the ma
tional guard. The strategy board
of the department looked over and
perfected the plans, and efforts
were begun to provide for sub
system of coast patrol by the
state authorities. Movements of troops
begun a day or two ago were changed
by direction of the department in some
respects to meet the conditions of the
moment at southern posts, but in gem
eral there are indications that the de-
partment is acting with the purpose of
concentrating no less than so. 900 men
at the gulf ports within the next ten
days ready for embarkation to Cuba.
The number OF men required from
each state it is said will be in the pro-
portion that its population bears to
the whole country. According to this
ratio Kansas would be called on to
furnish ., $50 men: Missouri. 1920: Ne
braska, 1927; Oklahoma, ia; Texas,
1883, and Iowa, 3,0is.
POWERS MAY STOP PRIvATEERING.
WAsHINGToN, April D. There are
strong indications that if the Spanish
government persists in the present an
nounced policy of commissioning
privateers TO prey on commerce. effec-
tive influences will be brought to bear
on her by several great commercial
powers, particularly Great Britain and
Germany, to stop this privateering, or
TO make 1T practically ineffective and
harmless. The action of the United
States in declaring that it would
not resort to privateering has
been received with great sat
isfaction in the foreign en-
bassies and legations here Negotia-
tions along this line had been pending
here for some time and are now shifted
to Madrid, where the British charge
daffaires is making strong representa-
tions to Premier Sagasta to prevent
privateering. Whether this will be
conceded by Spain is doubtful, as her
chief reliance for protracting the war
n 10, &
to harass American merchant ships,
or neutral ships carrying American
goods. But IL has developed that this
course by Spain. while nominally di-
rected against the United States. would
operate much more injuriously against
the shipping of Great Britain, Germany
and the other commercial powers, as
the bulk of commerce To and from this
country is carried in foreign ships.
CUBANs WILL COOPERATE.
WASHINGTON, April 22.-Brig. Gems
Nunez and Castillo of the Cuban in
surgent army, are now associated with
the active work OF the Cuban delega-
ton here, and their recent con ferences
with Maj. Gen. Miles, commander of
the army, is looked upon as suggesting
possible cooperation of the insurgent
forces in the event of an attack by
United States troops on the Spanish
forces in Cuba. At the Cuban delega-
ton no statement would lie made
as to this conference, but Senior
Albertini, first secretary, said the
Cubans would most gladly CO.
operate with the United States
forces If cooperation were de-
sired. At present, he said, there
were $4,000 Cubans in arms, and there
would be general uprising as soon as
the force of the United States began
TO be eXerted against Spain. Senior
Albertini says that IA Cuban army of
90, 600 men can be put in the field ut
any time, the only thing they need be-
ing arms, ammunition and camp sun
plies. These men know every foot OF
the ground, are accustomed to the
hardships OF fighting in swamps and
mountain passes, understand from ex-
perience the effective means of sapping
Spanish strength and are fully accli.
mated.
AS TO DURATION or WAR
WASHINGTON, April 29.--The proba-
BILE length Of the war with Spain was
one of the chief topics of discussion
last night. There is decided diversity
d opinion among members OF con
gress, some placing it at three weeks,
others at 80 days and still others who
say six months If the powers don't in
Lervene. Consul General Lee SAYS two
weeks.
Kansas Preacher inSerious Trouble.
MARION, Kan, April 29.-Dr. Joseph
fike, an ex-Dunkard preacher, physi-
'ian and veterinary surgeon, and n
nan of more than local reputation. liv-