The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-06
Washington Bureau st. Pail Globe.
Corcordn Building.

Special to The St. Paul Globe.
WASHINGTON, June 5.-While there
has naturally been no official vertical
ton of the reported engagement be-
tween American troops and the insur-
gent forces ef Gen. CaliXto Garcia on
one side and the Spanish garrison at
Santiago City on the other, yet there
is a persistent insistence that such an
engagement occurred. The war depart
ment was open during a part of the
day, but 1t was given out that no
startling developments were expected
in the situation at Santiago. yet it was
admitted, in an unofficial way, that
when important news did come it was
expected to bear upon the arrival of
United States troops at that point.
There seems to be a desire on the part
of those who have official secrets in
their keeping to adhere to the claim
that troops have not yet been sent to
Santiago province. An official, when
pressed, admitted that perhaps small
detachment might have gone forward
this in answer to his attention being
called to news showing the movement
Of troops in the direction of Santiago.
Advices have been received at both the
navy and war departments that the
tcoopship Resolute, conveyed by the
torpedo boat destroyer Mayflower is
somewhere in the neighborhood of San
tiago, and this information is sufficient
to show that troops are on the way,
even if none have been landed
POINT CABRERA LANDING.
Government officials question the ac-
clracy of the cable report that United
States troops were landed at Point
Cabrera, which is a distance of not
more than a dozen milss from Santiago
City. They say that if such a landing
was made 1t was probably an expedi-
tion carrying arms and ammunition to
the insurgents, and not a regular body
OF American troops. The statement is
taken for what it Is worth. 1t is
known that the government is deter
mined upon keeping it's own counsel
as to the movement Of troops, and In
inner circles 1T is still stoutly MAIN
tanned that a large body of American
soldiers must by this time be within
, striking distance of Santiago City.
When Admiral Sampson was at Key
sun1ed that his mission was TO arrange
for the conveying of transports to Gu
ban soil. The recent movements Of the
American admiral strengthen the be-
lief that the troops he was to see safely
landed in Cuba were intended for San
tiago province, and not for Havana
With Admiral Cervera securely impris-
oned in Santiago bay, a movement by
most natural. The garrison is said to
be weak, and 1t is argued that the
Spanish fleet could render but little as
sistance to the soldiery were the Amer
leans and insurgents to make an as
sault by land.
CALM BEFORE STORM.
There is ominous quiet in the capital
that portends much to the close OBJ
server. It is said that this remark
able calm must be the herald of a
veritable storm of sensational war
news. All eyes are now turned toward
Santiago. The reduction of Havana is
occasionally referred to in discussion
of the probable programme of the war
: and navy departments. but the con-
sensus of opinion is that attention is
U.
That the capture of that Spanish
stronghold would greatly simplify mat
ters in campaign against the Cuban
capital is readily seen. The first step
is to relieve the suffering Cubans.
There are thousands of reconcentrados
who could be reached were Santiago
city in the hands of American troops.
The talk now is Santiago first, then
Havana. The former must be taken at
once, the latter can walt
LITTLE FROM CAMPS.
There was little news from the
Southern camps today. 1t might be
truthfully said that absolutely moth
ing bearing the stamp of official in
dorsement was given out during the
day with reference to the embarking
of troops or the disposition Of those