The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-07
ANOTHER DAY OF WAITING
Still No News Has Arrived Of Com
modOre Dewey.

| Washington, May g. After another.oay
OF waiting in the navy and state depart
ments, the doors again were closed III lhe
evening without word from Commodore
Dewey or any other reliable source as 10
what happened at Manila after the cable
broke. During the course of the day there
were rumors that the cable communica-
tlon had been restored, but these were
soon found to be baseless and the excite
inent subsided. One comfort the officials
take in the situation, although it is of
negative character, is that the lack OF
communication is probable evidence that
the Spaniards at least. are not in control
at Manila. else they would speedily COM
municate that fact to the rest of the world
through the cable. Ii the delay means
anything It is believed not to be more
serious than that Commodore Dewey has
been delayed in carrying out fully his
plan Tor the occupation of Manila. 1t may
no5 nave been possible for the Commodore
within the short space of two days to
euecG the destruction of the Spanish feet.
the sllencing of the forts at Cayite, the
| seizure of Corregidor island, the capture
OF Manila and finally the restoration of
cable communication. If he has been de.
| layed beyond Tuesday or Wednesday in
carrying out this extensive programme it
is not at all surprising that he has not
been heard from through despatch boat
The State Department is in close touch
with Consul Wildman at Hong Kong,
who is expected to supply the earliest,
possible news from the Philippines. The
only message received from the consul to.
day was one informing tho department.
that four families of refugees from the
Philippines had petitioned for admission
to United States citizenship, something
rnanifestly impossible for the consul to
grant under the naturalization laws. 1t
is barely possible that the first news to
come may be through British sources, as
all British cable subventions contain
clause giving the British government the
precedence in the use of the cable in an
emergency.
| Respecting Admiral Simpsons move.
| ments the department is still mute, al
though it is apparent that interesting
news is expected on that subject within
the next three days. Therefore, it is
quite certain that the officials pay no at
|
| in London to the effect that Sampson has
undertaken q campaign in the Canaries.
| since lG would be manifestly impossible
| for the Admiral to arrive at the Canaries
| within SO short space of time as three
days Again the monitors in this feet
could not carry coal enough to make the
passage. Moreover, the naval strategy
board is not sending out notifications Of
contemplated strategic moves. A leading
| diplomatic official said there was no
reason why foreign nations should be
given advance information of an attack
on the Canaries. Since the United States
was conducting war, it had the right,
| he said, to choose it's own points of at
! tacks without keeping other governments
| advised of its purposes.
| The London report that the continental
powers were seeking to have England
| join them in intervention also was lack
| ing in yerihcation in official and diplo-
ment has received no suggestion Of such
| intervention and does not believe it is
contemplated.
| The foreign representatives here, includ-
ing those of Great Britain, France Ger
many and Russia, meet these reports with
specific depials and declare that interven-
tion is not being discussed in any way at
the present time. These officials have
been fully conversant with all previous
moves towards intervention and they
doubtless would be aware il such move
was on foot at present. The utterance of
| Emperor William before the Reichstap
today confirmed what the German officials
here have maintained from the start,
namely, that Germany would observe
| strict neutrality even though no decree
of neutrality was issued.
| Russian officials take the same view as
to the purpose of Russia to keep out of
any intervention which would be inimtcal
| 30 = r staI fo%o
| thorities here do not consider Intervention
a live question at present and, since
| France issued her decree OF neutrality.
! the French officials dismiss reports that
France will participate in Intervention.
| The British officials have received no
word concerning recent moves for inter
vention and they consider such moves as
quite inopportune under existing ciroum.
stances. A leading member of the dipIo-
matic corps said today:
what could we intervene about? 1t
could not be because the United States
had occupied the Philippines, because we
do rot yet know that the Philippines are
occupied. i6 could not be because Porto
| Rico may be occupied for we have no
official information yet that any move
| ment against that island is contaminated.
In fact, even IL continental Europe desires
to intervene, 1t has no facts before it thus
far on which to base intervention.
| IHe 0erinan ambassador has been rein
forced by the arrival of Capt. Lieut.. Won
Rebur, of the Imperial German navy, who
becomes naval attache of the embassy
here. He called at the navy department
TODAY wearing the full uniform and the
Iehapeau of the German navy. He pre-
sented credentials from tho German Ad-
Iniralty which will insure him every
proper facility for making observations.
iho German government thus will have
Count Won Goetszen to make military
observations and Capt. Won Rebur to
make naval obseYations.