The times., 1898-06-05
THE SPY'S LETTER
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he was in Santiago, saying that squadrons
We're at Key West.
He did not answer rne.
THAT afternoon there came another
telegram from Madrid. saying he had left
Santiago. I continued sending messages
to Gen. Blanco in respect TO all the
movements, and now. so far as I know.
Don Pasquale has arrived at Porto Rico.
where I shall try to communicate with
him. If ne should have set out for Mar
Unique or Havana. having twenty-four
hours advantage, ne would have arrived
before now. 1 am very much afraid lest
they attack Porto Rico by sea and land
and put off the attack on Havana They
are not going to do more than try TO take
the latter. and they think then, if they
destroy our feet, of taking the war into
Spain. with Havana already in their
power. They have no confidence in their
Army. but they have in their Navy. and
they are afraid of our army and OF yellow
fever
IF the Cadiz squadron is to come to
lombard Boston. Portland and Long ISL
and, they can do it now; but after a
few months it win be too late
Il think if we are to have any success
in this matter, 1t will be through treating
for peace by yielding Cuba and having
them recognize the debt. If we do not do
this soon 1t will be too late, and we shall
lose Cuba and Porto Rico and all that
this war has cost us, and, in addition. we
shall be charged with the Cuban debt,
for which our treasury is responsible.
There is no doubt here that we cannot
continue this war. in which we have
nothing to gain and may lose our three
colonies and be ruined for fifty years
ha of
patriotism here. I can imagine your
anxiety for Francisco and the rest; an
anxiety that we share. Their terrible
ships do not go as fast as ours by per-
hapS two and a half miles As for the
monitors they do not count for much !;
they can be used only to lombard on
smooth sea, and besides cannot go fast
and carry very little coal. They have
delayed Sampson the whole voyage
RAMON CARRANZA
"P. 81 should be glad to have YOU
write me your opinions. You know how
much I appreciate them. II the squadron
is in Cuba they are going to destroy it's
wretched Notifications and sink a couple
of steamers in the mouth. They have
already telegraphed to Key West for
them TO see if they have got them there,
and the inventor. Holland. offers his sub
marine boat to destroy the mines.''
The story of the capture of this letter
is most interesting one. It illustrates
very forcibly the vigilance and skill of the
American secret service people, who are
spoken of so highly by Carranza himself.
Carranza did not even suspect who took
the letter. He had arrested a man who
had nothing whatever to do with it. while
the real detective was hurrying it over
the border to Washington. Carranza was
watched while he wrote the letter by a
man in his ROOM Before its ink was dry
plan had been formed for it's capture
that was carried out within twelve hours.
Chief Wilkis said to a Times reporter
yesterday afternoon:
The Times had an editorial on the sub
ject of the letter on the day that Kel-
lert was arrested referring to the phila-
telic eagerness of Carransa. The Times
stated that while Carranza was hunting
for the valuable stamp to which the letter
was attached it was very probable that
the secret service had not only the stamp
but the letter in it's pos ession. This pre-
diction was the literal truth. 1t was a
very clever one. The Times has followed
the work of the service in catching Down