The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-30
WARSFIPS' GRIM RACE TO THE PHILIPPINES
SPANS SECOND DEEAT.OCEAN RAGE TO MANILA
SPAIN WILL TRY TO REGAIN THE
PHILIPPINES.
United States Will Send the Monte
rey and Other Available Vessels to
Dewey's Relief-Latest News.

The important news the Charleston
brings is that the present strategy ! e
war has developed into grim race
for Manila. The United States is
bending every effort to get war ships
and soldiers to Dewey.
Spain, from the best information at
tainable, intends to make her supreme
struggle an effort to recapture and 0
hold the Philippines. To that erd She
is sending her best ships, the Cadiz
fleet, and all her available men thith-
er.
1t is race between the Spanish
fleet from Cadiz. through the Mediter-
ranean and the Suez canal and on to
the Philippines. and the United States
war vessels and transports from San
Francisco across the Pacific.
The United States has a slight ad-
vantage in the distance. But it now
seems as thought the supreme strug-
gle would have for its theater the far
east.
WASHINGTON. May 20.-The race
for the Philippines is on. The United
States will dispatch its transports for
the relief of Dewey from San Fran
cisco across the Pacific, 1850 miles.
Spain will send its fleet. which has for
its object the reconQuering of the Is
lands. from Barcelona. through the
Mediterranean, the Suez canal and the
Red Sea, across the Peninsula and up
the China sea to Manila. total dis
tance of 5000 miles. The difference
is distances the rival fleets have to go
is but three or four days by sea ira
vel.
| WASHINGTON. May 21.-The order
sending the coast defense vessel Mon
terey to re-enforce Dewey indicates
| than Spain's announced intention of
sending trops to the Philippines is no
longer discredited by the War and the
Navy Department officials.
PARIS, May 21.-At the present mo-
ment Manila is in everyone's mouth
They say squadron must be sent
to Manila. Infantry and artillery
must be sent to Manila. The Spanish
navy must avenge the defeat in the
Philippines before Manila itself
MADRID, May 21.-Admiral CANA
ia, after having had several conferen-
ces with the Minister of Marine, has
returned to Cadiz. The feet comman-
ded by the Admiral will it is said. sail
under sealed orders.
Barcelona. May 2O.-Between 1000
and 5000 troops, drawn from Catalo-
mia, Alusia and around Aragon and
Valencia, are embarking here for the
Philippines.
WASHINGTON, May 19.-The Span
! ish squadron. known more generally
as the Cape Verde fleet. under com
mand of Admiral Ververa. has arriv-
ed at Santiago de Cuba, on the south
ern coast of the Island. This is the
news that came from Madrid at mid
night. The reason the report that Ce-
vera has reached Santiago is believed
! is two-fod 1t is one of the two ports
! to which he could go, and he has not
| touched at any port since he left Gu
racoa, and presumably has no means
of knowing that Schley's flying squad
ron have sailed for the south. 1t is
difficult to see why Cervera should
| have chosen Santiago, although it is
true there were only two possible pla-
ces in Cuba for him. and besides these
ports Porto Rico, if he sought to es-
cape to the east. was the alternative.
Santiago is surrounded on land by the
| insurgents under Garcia.
MADRID, May 20.-The Spanish
fleet, on arriving at Santiago de Cuba
| found there two American war ships,
which retired with all speed. The
Queen Regent has cabled congratula-
tions to Admiral Cervera.
| PARIS, May 21.-The general opin-
ion is that Cervera has scored the first
blood in very skillful strategical
movement He is safe in harbor alb
solutely impregnable, defended by
four forts and so narrow at the en-
trance that any attempt to force it
would be foolhardy in the extreme.
| He is thus master of the situation.
While he remains there the blockad-
ing fleet must keep in the neighbor-
hood. He thus renders them useless
should Spain decide to send a reserve
feet to harrass the American coast
| LONDON, England, May 21.-Accor-
| ding to the best expert opinion in
London if Admiral Cervera has gone
to Santiago de Cuba, he has made a
fatal mistake. Vice Admiral Philip
| Howard Columb, retired, the author
of naval works, including ''The Naval
War Game" writes that he is convinc-
ed the Spanish Admiral is now unlike
ly to strike at all. He adds that if he
enters a south Cuban port it will scar
cely effect the United States blockade.
for Rear Admiral Sampson will only
have to detach a somewhat superior
force of his heavier ships to cover
Cervera's fleet, while a group of the
lightest and swiftest vessels would
be watching to see that he did not
move without being reported. and all
the rest of Rear Admiral Simpsons
feet could devote themselves to the
blockade of the other Cuban ports.