Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-11-09

many which gathered aG Manila 4 III
not think that the English tars loved
him one whit less than did his own
men, This same feeling might have in
spired the Germans had it not been that
they came there TO buIldoze their way
into some semblanee of control over
Manila. That they did not succeed the
world knows.
These Germans made several attempts
TO pass the blockade without the for
nality of their ships being boarded by
Dewey.s officers. All in vain They
were repeatedly ''heid up" and required
TO pass the same ordeal as the vessels
of other powers At last Admiral Die
drich sent his flag lieutenant to Dewey
with a demand that German ships be
allowed to pass without reporting to
the American feet This demand was
answered by a firm negative, and the
next question Of the German officer
brought forth shower Of pyroteehnics
from Dewey.
What will You DO if we should at
tempt TO pass without reporting:
qneriei the representative of the kaiser.
.'W hat would | do. sir2 Why. sir, /
would treat you as | would any Other
ship that was trying TO run my block
ade. Go back 10 your admiral and tell
him, with my compliments. that | am
master of this harbor, and that any ship
attempting such an act will be treated
as a blockade runner and fired upon. .
But, said the German, 'are you
aware what such an act would lead tor
This was too much tor Dewey, and
Trh n r.
ted he replied:
Yes, sir; l am aware that it would
lead 10 war, and war right here You
may add 10 my message to your admiral
that | am prepared for war, and that If
he wants war he can have it. Good
day, sir.
Only once did | hear from Admiral
Dewey any Of the details of the battle
of Manila. This was when ! carried to
him the report Of the discoveries made
by the divers who had investigated the
condition Of the sunken ships. He then
for short time lived over again those
hours of battle.
II eau readily understand the dread
ful destruC ton which the divers have
found in the various ships" said he,
"for the effect of our fire was evident
after every broadside. When the s inch
she'll which ended the career of the
keina Cristina struck that unfortunate
ship, we could see from the bridge that
she had been vitality damaged. First
she reeled and then came the explosion,
which seemed to rend her in every part,
followed by fire which made abandon-
ment necessary | saw Montijo as he
tv.ay a.
turned our attention to the Castillo.
She was stubborn, but we knew that
her time was short Running in to just
few hundred yards in the wake of our
present anchorage, we opened a steady
fire upon her. This she returned with
all of her guns which could be brought
into action. As each brcadside belched
forth from her sides | waited for the
result, certainly expecting that some of
her shells would find their mark. Had
it not been that | could hear the shells
slIrieking and crashing as they passed
overhead | should certainly have sup
posed that they were firing blank
charges. Soon she began to settle, and
then / ordered the feet back to the open
bay
1T seems to me that in this fight as
well as III the fight at Santiago there
was some special Providence watching
over our ships and men, otherwise the
Spaniards must have done them more
damage. AS far as this fleet is concern
ed feel that way, and have thought
of thanksgiving every time my mind
turns to what was accomplished here
without loss of life among the entire
squadron. :"