The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-05
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Of pursuing Admiral Camara's fleet,
which has halted at the entrance of the
Suez canal.
Secretary Long made the official
settlement today that the fleet would
sail at the earliest possible moment.
and, although he did not go into de-
tails as to its purpose it is well under
stood that il will devote it's attention
to the Spanish coast and to Camara.
The destruction Of the Spanish fleet at
Santiago relieves Admiral Sampson
from surveillance of this squadron, and
he can readily spare the ships for the
attack on the Spanish coast.
1t has been Acting Admiral Samp-
son for some time, but that it will be
Admiral Sampson in fact as well as in
name is the prevailing feeling in naval
circles as result Of the victory re-
ported by the American admiral. Short
iy after the war broke out Capt. Samp-
son was made acting admiral In order
to give him rank fitting his high COM
mand, although his actual naval rank
was captain. By a singular coincident
his rank was advanced today to that
OF commodore, owing to the retirement
OF Admiral Kirkland. In the event of
his now being made an admiral it
would advance him over the ten COM
modores making up the list of that
grade. and would put him lust below
that very famous hero of the war. Adj
m1raI Dewey. 1t Is of course purely
conjectural thus far, but 1t is a con-
lecture which secures such Importance
in naval circles that it is most likely to
be relieved.
RELEASE OF HOBSON.
The release Of Hobson and other he
roes Of the Merrimac is likely to be
another result Of the events transpir-
ing today. 1t may come about either
by the surrender of the city, which
would include the surrender of Hobson
and other American prisoners in the
city, or else by the exchange of Hob
son for Admiral Cervera or some other
NIGH ranking naval official. Until to-
day the possibility Of exchanging Hob
son were slight, as this government
had no Spanish prisoners of high rank
to offer in his place. Now, however
they have one Of the foremost admirals
Of Spain. and among the 1900 other
naval prisoners there are many other
officers of distinguished rank. To ex-
change q Spanish admiral for an
American naval constructor might
seem strange under ordinary circum-
stances, but it would be done without
any begrudging by the authorities here
and would be particularly appropriate
in view of the action of Cervera at the
time Hobson surrendered to him.
ASK TOO MUCH.
The dispatch from the front stating
there was likely to be some criticism
because Of the treatment OF foreign
military attaches. excited much indip-
ration among the military authorities
here. 1t was stated by one of the high
est officers in the service that the for
eign gentlemen had received absolute
ly everything in the way of accomn,o-
dalton, supplies, rationS, ETC., given to
Our own officers and men. What was
the most surprising was that this pro-
test should come at a moment when
our men were fighting in swamps and
thickets under a blazing sun with
der the fire of an entrenched enemy.
There is every disposition here to ex-
tend the most complete courtesy to
these gentlemen that is consistent with
the circumstances. There is no pur-
pose, however, to recognize them as a
superior set or give them greater adj
vantages in tents and otherwise than
our mer