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Arizona republican., 1898-06-28

Washington, June 27-(Special.)- There will be no hauling down of the flag under this administration Some days have now passed since General Grosvenor's bold utterance at the Ohio convention. and not one of those who have consulted President Mckinley on other matters and incidentally have alluded to this declaration has sue ceeded in eliciting from him and dis c1aimer as to the announced policy of the administration in this regard, or any admission that it was not made with his full knowledge of and assent beforehand obtained. Some of them little hornets nest, which centers around Senator Foraker of Ohio, which loses no opportunity of infict- ing a sting on the republican admins tration. MT. Foraker, though himself having good army record, has been among the foremost of those who have opposed the administration in all it's
 war plans. He and they have been
 routed, horse, foot and dragons, in Ohio and at the capital.
 Senator Teller of Colorado has been
 prominent in this group as the
 Spaniards would call it. He an- nounced with a chuckle some days ago,
 that quiet arrangement has been en-
 tered into to postpone a vote on Fa- vail in the senate till next January. When this was reported to President Mckinley he quietly said that this would not matter; that the declarafioTi
 Of the house of representatives in fa- vor of the annexation of the islands, combined with deferred ac,ion on the part of the senate, and an absolute certainty that when a vote was reache d it would be favorable, would amply justify him in acting, for all purposes of the war, as if the annexation were an accomplished fact, and he would ship coal to Pearl harbor, and gener- ally act as if Hawaii were part of the territory of the United States, with as- suranee that the Hawaiian government would acquiesce and that no fore.ga
 power would protess But General Grosvenor's announca- | ment is understood to mean much more than simply reference to the Hawaiian islands. It applies also to the Philippines. md to Porto Rico Nothing in the scare news sent from
 Madrid has Occasioned more ridiculs
 recently than the statement which tn; New York Herald seems to have origi
 nally fathered in its pro-Spanish Paris
 edition that German representative: ! had proposed to Sagasta to lease the Philippines for term of twenty years Ambassador Won Holleben, who by { long previous residence in America
 has acquired some knowledge of Amer
 ican slang, when he read the story re.
 marked, with a genuine German gulf flaw, T wonder why they always shouI- der all these ghost stories on Ger. many? Why not take some of my dis tinguished associates? There is the
 new Russian ambassador, for instance
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28
We Will Get What We Can, and Hold
 What We Get.
The New Aggrandizement Policy of the Administration, in Spite of Those Who Cling to the Traditions of
 a Hundred Years Ago.

While he was at Pekin there were all kinds of gossip circulated about him which would make just as good read ing, or better. Why not bring Russia to the front? Why alwa1s Germany?'' But to return to the question of hauling down the fa& The Warmest friends of the administration Have been astonished at the strength of the popular support they are receiving in their determination to keep what they gain In the war. They hrd that pol icy of vigorous Americanism, even if it should include what is called colo nization or imperialism, is what the people want. This feeling is strength ened hundred fold now that Grover Cleveland. who went into the late war by substitute, has put himself on the same platform with Williams Jennings Bryan in condemning ~tbe policy of territorial aggrandizement
 MT. Jesse Overstreef, the energetic secretary of the republican campaign committee, recently entered into pro- visional arrangements with number of the best known newspaper writers of the United States to furnish short telling paragraphs on the tariff for campaign use. From every district where he has sent out this literature, with scarcely an exception, he has re- ceived the reply from the republican congressman or his managers, Never mind tariff just nowi the people are all right on that. They are more. inter- ested in the war than anything else, and every success we achieve is worth
 3 thousand democratic votes" So tariff ! discussion has for the time been rassed to the rear, and the war remains the chief campaign issue. II cannot be He- nied that the intense strain of the sit uation has it's dangers One serious reverse would undo all the effects of
 previous successes.
 The extreme prudence and elahDra- tion of caution which have heretofore characterized all military movements
 will be continued. and there are few fears that any serious setback can oe- cur. Outside of Cuba, where we ara {, pledged to turn over to 8 stable gov-
 ernment of our own establishment the control ot the island, there is set pur-
 pose, as phrased by Grosvenor, to re tain every foot of soil over which our
 flag is placed by conquest from the enemy. The republican party is being forced by public sentiment to fight it out on this line
 i MT. Ham" Lewis ot Washington
 has disclaimed a remark attributed 60
 him that the democrats dragged the
 republic into the war and the repRbli-
 cans are reaping the benefits" but
 there is much truth iil1he statement,
 whether he made 1t or whether it was
 wrongfully attributed 60 him. The
 war by the foolish policy of the demo-
 cratic minority in congress is rapidly
 becoming party issue, and the repub-
 licans, as usual, are on the side nearest
 to the popular hear,.
 H. CONQUEST CLARKE.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28
TAKING WAR TO SPAIN.
Commodore Watson Directed to Take
 the First Step in a New Move.

Washington, June 27-The navy de. partment at 11:15 posted the follow. ing bulletin: Commodore Watson sails today in the Newark to join Sampson when he takes under his command an armored squadron with cruisers and proceeds at once to the Spanish coast"
 The navy department posted the fol lowing bulletin showing Commodore Watson's squadron. It is designated as the eastern squadron, and is as fol lows: The flagship Newark and the battleships Iowa and Oregon. the cruisers Yosemite, Yankee and Dixie and the colliers Scandia, Abarenda ard Alexander. Advices will be given at once from Santiago.
 The bulletin also showed the follow ing changes in the designation of the division of our war vessels: North Att lantic fleet, Rear Admiral Sampson commanding first squadron; Commo- dore J. A. Newell commanding second squadron, Commodore w. S. Schley commanding third squadron; naval base, Key West, Fla, Commodore F. Remey commanding.
 
 United States will now send against Spain far outranks the Spanish squad ron, the Iowa and Oregon exceeding the Pelayo and Carlos V at every point, while the other United States vessels are far superior ship for ship, to those of the Spanish squadron, with the single exception of the two Span- ish torpedo boat destroyers.
 Commodore Watson should reach Admiral Sampson by Thursday morn ing or perhaps earlier, for the Newark having been extensively repaired is now swift warship. The opera tions before Santiago are of such a character that they will admit of the employment to the best advantage of the big monitors for bombardment purposes, and the small cruisers and gunboats as blockading vessels. The start will be made from of Santiago just as soon as the squadron can be gotten ready
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28
TROOPS FIGHT HUNGER.

Off Santiago de Cuba, via Kingston. Jamaica, June 27.- 4 problem now confronting the army is the transpar- tatlon of supplies, for uhe roads to the front are still impossible for wag- ons, but are being improved. Tn the meantime the pack train is used The first of these left Juragua late last night and others left today. Officers and men were completely out of ra- tions. The Seventh received half ra- tions and today they. received nothing. The boys are complaining bitterly. but are pacified with the assurance that a pack train will be here tonight.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28

officers say the road is impracticable for siege guns, and landing facilities for them are inadequate. About 5Dl mules are still corraled here.
 Military authorities are rapidly making up pack train to take forward rations. The men ashore have five days supplies, but supplies for ten days are needed as a precaution against a sudden move.
 The Third and Ninth cavalry only remain here guarding the material ashore. All other regiments are be- ing passed as rapidly as possible to- ward Santiago de Cuba Active op- erations before that place are officially expected to begin on Wednesday night
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28
HAWAII TO BE FORCED.

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Arizona republican., 1898-06-28
MAKING EARTHQUAKES
The Citizens of Santiago Rep. cn ths
 Jump.

Off Santiago de Cuba, June 27.- Commodore Schley thinks the Spanish naval officers will as a. last resort de- stroy their ships by blowing them up. A Cuban spy who was recently in Santiago says reign of terror exists among all classes there owing to the nightly attacks of the Vesuvius with the terrible explosion of her dynamite shells
 A week ago tonight one Of her shells striking Cayosmith demolished several warehouses and fort there, besides dismounting several guns. Windows, it also appears, were broken in the city, and the general effect was sim liar to that of an earthquake among soldiers and citizens.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28
AFRAID OF CAMARA.
The Cadiz Squadron Affecting the Next
 Expedition from San Francisco.

San Francisco, June 27-Now that the third expedition is under way at tention is being directed to the fourth and much interest is manifested as to whether it will consist of all the troops now here or a division. The general opinion among the officers is that an effort will be made to rush a part pf the troops as it is the desire to avoid any contact with Camara's fleet.
 A prominent officer said today that
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28
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Arizona republican., 1898-06-28
A DESPERATE PLAN.

London, June PA special dis patch from Madrid says Premier Sa- gasta is planning to provoke a crisis, and with a monarchical ministry pro claim the whole peninsula in a state of siege and appeal to a friendly na- tion, probably France or Russia, to secure terms of peace
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28
NO CHANGE AT MANILA.

Manila, June 23-(Via Hong Kong
 June 27)-Up to the time this dis patch is sent the transports from San Francisco having on board American troops intended to reinforce Rear Ad- miral Dewey have not arrived there
 and there is no change iE the situa- ton. sy ',
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28
BLANCO READY TO DIE.
Havana Said to Be on the Edge of a
 Rebellion.

Key West, June 27.-Riots are daily expected at Havana, as the troops are suffering from hunger and the volun- teers seeing their wives and children dying of want Under such con- ditions the captain-general cannot much longer keep the military forces in check and a rebellion is likely to deyastate Havana before the city is captured by the Americans.
 Captain-General Blanco admits that the situation is desperate. He recog-
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28
HELP FOR PORTO RICO.

London, June 27.-According to special dispatch from Madrid pub lished here this afternoon, the Span ish government is actively preparing to dispatch endorsements to Porto Rico by the fastest available trans Atlantic liners.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28
CHANGING HIS BASE.

General Shafter Moving Nearer San
 tiago.
 On board the Associated Press dis patch boat Dauntless, off Baiquiri. June 26.-CVia Kingston, Jamaica, Monday, June 27, 5:3O a. m.)-General Shafter expects to move his headquar- ters from Baiquiri to Juragua this evening. The transports are rapidly landing the last supplies of forage and ammunition and the last of four light batteries of artillery started this after noon for Juragua by road. Ordnance
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28
SANTIAGO IN SIGHT.

On Rio Guama, Sunday, June 26, noon.-(Via Kingston, Jamaica, June 27.)EFour batteries of American ar tillery and a gatling gun have been placed, on hill overlooking the basin in which Santiago de Cuba lies. The American troops were within 200 yards of the Spanish entrenchments last night. In the daytime the city of Santiago is in plain sight.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28

n1zes, It is po1nted out, his inability to control his troops, goaded by hunger. much longer, and he is reported to have said that he will never leave Ha- vana alive and he is prepared to take his own life when the outbreak oc- curS
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28

the St. Louis boats and enc boat from the Brooklyn were damaged. When it is considered that 17,OG0 men and & large number of horses and mules in addition to supplies for the army have been landed, the record made is re- markable both for spsed and the ah- sence of disaster.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28
THE CORK roo sMALL
The Merrimac Does Not Block the En
 trance to Santiago Harbor.

New York, June 27-A special 10 the Herald from Port Antonio says: It has remained for the ssauDeh dynamite cruiser Vesuvius to demonstrate that the entrance to Santiago harbor was not completely blocked by the sinking of the Merrimac. While poking her nose about the entrance 10 the harbar a few nights ago the Vesuvius discuF- cred ample room in which to pass the wreck Of the Merrimac. She went in, made observations along the inner harbor and then came back to sea, gsf- tlng around the wrecked collier with out difficulty.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28
EARNED A FLAG.
For Landing the First American Con
 tingent ;n Cuba.

Of Santiago de Cuba, June 26.-(Via Kingston. Jamaica, June 27)--Naval Cadet John Halligan, Jr., of the flag ship Brooklyn returned on board that vessel last night with large silk Gu ban flag which had been presented to him for landing the first boat load of soldiers of the invading army. Cadet Halligan also reported that five Of
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28

the matter of conveys would be an important factor in dispatching future fleets, as 1t might not be entirely safe to send the troops without warships as an escort. No orders have been issued regarding the fourth e.pedi tlon and various organizations arc kept guessing as to just when thev will leave camp.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28
DESPERATE AT HAVANA.

Key West, June 27.-Reliable news has just been received from Havana that a reign of terror exists there The police threaten to revolt and are being watched by the troops. Famine is imminent and the city is panic stricken.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28
ROUGH RIDERS" WRECK.

Tupelo, Miss, June 27.-The condi- tion of the injured of Torrey's troops in the wreck of yesterday is favorable. Only one death occurred since last night, that of H. s. Napes.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28
NO COAL AT PORT SAID.

Port Said, June 27.-Upon the ap- plication of the United States consul here orders have been issued forbid ding coaling at this porf of Admiral Camara's feet until further orders.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28
SAILED FOR MANILA.

San Francisco, June 27.-The third feet of transports sailed for Manila today.
New-York tribune., 1898-11-27

French history. OF all tho Kings Of France
Henry II was the most cunning and secretlve
Yet one day, while hunting in the forest OF Vim
cennes. he suddenly turned to Prince William OF
Orange a mere acquaintance and guest. whom
he had every reason to dlstrust. and without
any proyocatlon or reason revealed to him his
monstrous secret agreement with King Philip
OF Spain. to end all heresy in France. as well as
in Spain by a wholesale massacre OF all Protes-
tanls That revelation turned the course OF
European history Yet neither Kirg Henry nor
the Prince Of Orange ever knew or was able 10
understand why that secret WAS revealed. IL
can only be ascribed TO the sudden and momen-
tary loss Of the head which in more recent
times has been the cause Of the loss OF The Mo-
hegan and Of the Victoria well as of the bat
lies already mentioned.
1t would be we'll If these were the only In
stances Of this petit NAL or Temporary paTaiy-
sis Of the brain Yet there Is every reason to be-
licve that not merely scores. bus hundreds. nay.
even thousands of fatalities are ascribable to the
same reason. 1t will be responsible for the en-
ginccrs occasional inability to distinguish the
proper signals for the switchman's neglect to
open or close the switch. for the contradictory
orders Of a general in the field or Of a naval
commander or, in fact, for any one Of those
thousands Of fatalities. small and great, con-
cerning the causes Of which are likely to
speculate in vain And it cannot be denied that
catastrophes due to causes such as these are
New-York tribune., 1898-11-27

he altered the course OF his ship and steered her
straight upon the rocks.
In the OF Sir George. as also OF Captain
Griiiths, the only explanation Of their Issue Of
insane ORDERS necessarily leading to terrible
catastrophes. is that there was q sudden and
mOmentary failure Of brain power similar TO
that species Of cramp or momentary paralysis
which will sometimes deprive man for few
minutes Of the use Of his limbs. Usually this
temporary suspension Of brain power is the re-
suit Of fatigue Of the mind. But Intense anX-
iety or excessive absorption In one subject VIII
sometimes produce the same effect, all great
chess players are aware
Curiously enough. these momentary "dwans.
as the Scotch style them-mcdical men de-
scribe them by the old French word OF
petit mal'-occur precisely to the most skill
full of chess players. just in the same way
as they happen most frequently to men Of
predominant cleverness and brain power in
other instances Among the most notable cases
of petit nal" which recall at the ptestnt
minute is that Of General Sir Pomeroy Colley
one of the most brilliant officers OF the English
Army. who commanded the British forces in
South Africa at The time Of the crushing defeat
of Majuba Hill Discussing this. at first sight,
inexplicabe disaster one day with Lord Wolse-
ley now Commander in Chief Of the English
Army he informed me that Sir P0meroy, VINO
had been one of his most intimate friends, was
in the habit of being seized at odd and most
New-York tribune., 1898-11-27

Increasing In frequency to alarming extent
precisely because the tax to which We are wont
to subject the brain nowadays is far more severe
and exhaustng than formerly. Sometimes the
disasters in question small and fail to at
tract more than passing attention. 1t is only
now and again that catastrophe of the maGni-
tude of the loss Of the Victoria Of the Mohe-
gan occurs to Invite more careful reflection as
to the possible remedy
Search as one may. there is only one remedy
which can be discovered. namely, 4 division Of
responsibility. 1t is nothing more nor less than
inviting disaster to stake the safety Of the lives
Of hundreds Of human beings upon the sound
workings Of one usually tired brain. likely to
give way suddenly and without warning at any
moment. Just ) each well-equipped vessel car
ries on board spare pieces Of machinery ready
TO replace at a moments notice those that give
way during the trip, each man occupying
post the responsibilities Of which comprise the
safety Of the lives of others should have ready
by his side q double empowered to take his
place if his mind Give way No signalnan
should ever be alone in his box. no captain
without his double by his side on the bridge
no general without 4 comrade by him ready to
assume the direction Of TIL military operations.
II need be, in his place. OF course there ar
many objections which viii doubtless be raised
TO this notion Of divided authority. But it is
the only means Of ayegting the danger result
ing from the sudden giving way Of that most
delicate Of all mechanisms. the mind.
EX-ATTACHE.
New-York tribune., 1898-11-27

inconvenient moments with an inylncible and
uncomfortable desire to sleep. Lord Wolseley
declared that these fits fortunately rare and
known TO but few OF his comrades. would come
upon Sir Pomeroy almost without warning. ana
the efforts which he would then make to com
hat this almost insane desire TO sleep would
reduce him to q sort Of mental stupor. from
which II was impossible to arouse him. no mat
TOR what means were adopted for the purpose
Lord Wolseley inferred that Sir Pomcroy had
been overtaken BY one of these fits on NaJuba
Hill the sudden loss Of his head ana 81 MS orui-
narly brilliant faculties which threw his COM
nand into disorder at the most critical moment
of the conflict, resulting in defeat.
Sir Pomeroy met his death during The battle
by means Of Boer bullet. and hence was
never able TO furnish any explanation OF
his momentary alteration. accountable only IN
the manner communiCat to me by Lord Wolse-
ley The latter. who IS one Of the most eru1ite
students Of military history. ancient well as
modern, added the not generally known fact
that the first Napoleon was afflicted "ith petit
NAL" In the same way as General Collcy, and
that his defeat at the battle of Lcipsic. and
likewise at Waterloo. was attributable to the
fact that his mind. practically speaking. had
stopped work. It was this. indeed. that led to
the wild legends about his being at times in
capacitated by drunkenness.
HENRY us LAPSE Or CAUTION.
Yet another instance OF these unaccountable
aberrations of mind is one which figures In