Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-07-22
LATEST WAR NEWS.
Resume of Events on Land and
Sea During the Week.

The Spanish battleshp Pelayo is de-
tanned In the Suez canal with broken
machinery.
The President has directed that Ger
vera be released on parole as soon as
he reaches the United States.
In addition to the Spanish governor,
the Charleston took forty officers as
prisoners Of war to Cavite.
The President, cabinet and high
army officers agree that from 10000 to
10000 troops are needed to take Ha-
vana.
1t is authoritatively stated that Miles
will not go to Santiago. He will re-
main to organize the Porto Rico expe-
dition.
According to dispatches received
from Madrid, the Spanish government
has ordered Admiral Camara to return
to Spain.
Blanco has issued manifesto on the
destruction of Cervera's feet, in which
he says, "Not always does fortune fol-
law valor."
The Spanish warship Alfonso XIII
attempted to run the blockade out of
Havana, and was captured by an Amer
lean cruiser.
Dispatches received at Madrid from
that the people are enthusiastic there
to continue the war.
A dispatch from Santiago de Cuba
says 40 of the sailors who belonged
to Admiral Cervera's squadron have
reached Santiago de Cuba.
Dispatches from Port Said report
that Camara's squadron Is in a deplor-
able condition. 1t is said the Spanish
engineers have ruined the boilers.
At a Spanish cabinet council the
minister of war contended that hostil-
tiles should be continued, and his
policy was supported by the Queen
Regent.
The director in charge Of the hospi-
tai at Key West says that the wound
ed men who arrived yesterday from
Cuba are improving, and that all will
recover.
1t has been decided to send 10000
more troops to Manila, but great diff
Guilty will be experienced in getting
transports. Twelve or fourteen ships
are needed.
The Spanish cabinet, after a short
session, decided not to open negotia-
tions for peace, but to continue the
war with all risks while single SOL
dier remains in Cuba.
The report of Cervera's suicide grew
out of the death of Don Juan LaZaga,
captain of the Oquendo, who, rather
than fall into the hands OF the Ameri-
cans, took his own life.
United States troops have landed,
and have been comfortably housed at
Cavite. Insurgents are active. Agui-
naldo proclaimed himself President of
the revolutionary republic on July 1.
"A dispatch from Santiago says that
the captain of the Spanish cruiser
Oquendo, when he saw that his ship
was doomed, took his own life rather
than fall into the hands of the Ameri-
cans. -
The Spanish government has made
direct inquiries through proper chan
nels to Washington, asking upon what
terms the United States win conclude
peace, and suggesting an armistice
during negotiations.
We learn from sure source that the
Spanish government thinks it impos-
sible to make peace now, because to
make peace at present would throw
the balance of power in Spain into the
hands of the Carlists.
The bombardment Of Havana may
not occur for month or six weeks yet.
With Cervera's fleet destroyed, Wat
sons fleet can proceed to Spain. Dewey
is fully able to conquer Camara, should
he proceed to Manila.
A correspondent at Santiago tele-
graphs that an expedition is being
fitted out for an attack on Havana,
and that SIMPSONS fleet will proceed
there Immediately after operations at
Santiago are concluded.
A hunt throughout the West Indies
will soon be made by American war
ships. The object Is to destroy or
capture whatever Spanish warships
may be scattered through the little
coves on the Cuban coast.
It is rumored at Old Point Comfort
that one Of the batteries Of the United
States artillery, which recently left
Fort Monroe, was fired upon by
battleship through mistake, and all
save six were killed. The massacre is
said to have taken place near Santiago.
Refugees report that the French
consul at Santiago, with 700 men,
women and children under the protec-
ton of his flag, left the city to seek
refuge. The party was fired upon by
the Spanish outpost, and two women,
one of them the consuPs daughter,
wounded.
Reports made public from Santiago
say that during battle the Spaniards
constantly fired upon the American
wounded as they were being carried off
the battlefield. Men who were under
the protection of the Red Cross were
shot down without the slightest COM
Function by Spanish riflemen.
A minister. after the cabinet meet
ing at Madrid, declared that IL Ad-
miral Cervera had succeeded in escap-