The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-04
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/ |TllL CRITICAL lIATTLE IMMINENT
Sos YORK Juno A TU1un, spg,Ai
ium Washington says.
! Iuu contingency clearly seen ana pro.
,IrI 'ur ln enc pdra scot tp General
/ NhaNrr hH sunday wh.h might rcn-
i,r aup,rnupua ,hr beginning yf extended
! army operations BOO thr vicinity ri san
| Ipr, h,a uow acquired lmppr!ln, proc
lun.uur boo Wow uf lhr extremely FORM.
/ IdtuI. naval concentration which DO rr-
Ported uu tH. southern rplHt 90 cuba,
Isr1 lh,ry HIa been ,'la,4 4I.ut .mplIt.
hrHi IH ihr uluap,ru u' nu immediate
Invasion 90 Porto Rico. with tho ukrll-
hood uf ..o occupation uf san Juan lHDlt
n,f.rr fhr middle 10 Juuo. Army ONO
| ru 800 Washington believe chat tbc re.
ported Arrival % sampson on Santiago
and ihr presence pt ghr peerless oregon
alEusiIsrd thr confidence 90 naval com.
maul,r- that Crncrah squadron may bee
destroyed without depending on assist
an,u uu shore. and that quickly following
I tho accommodating HNim.rh uf ihr Iowa.
Mnasathuarita. aud NcW urlutus u Tues
daya engagement o. NiI br undertaken.
| HhuuIU ihH conviction prove we'll found
rl lhr troops uuw uu the way Go Mnir
st. Nicholas NII uti 900 ruu,u through
hr WulNaI p1sslo. but continue
I thrlr ,asiriy yourar paa, cape ilayuon
aud promptly commence the vigorous
campaign which has been mapped ont
/ f1r tl. srrurc pf Porto Rico.
Sine, iNr departure uf General Miles
/ from Wellington ihe probability that
/ |aun .,-.psrauou would pr lrp,uuN, 800
Santiago haa materially diminished. par.
/ u,uWry since ,br rrrutlN,ucaa of Com
mudH,r S.hlryn ,ummuu. tI"na WIKI
lhr luaufErnta ashurp u,,omr fully
I known aul clearly appreciated hy The
umrps hero now charged solely M,h
supporting actual operations % hootb and
armlra
Ihr commodore certainty thAt hr bad
. c,N,fa securely ID The uarhnr and bis
rrqur,, Cor naval. rather than military
r,.uflt.,morts have given r.rr 70 un.
uurauun,i aaautlu., uu the par ~ the
Mgh,.t authorities ,ha, Doc can safely
hv trusted Go carry uut tlv rvapnpH.hlll.
uca which have been imposed upon him.
lils d,muuayrauon that the Santiago r1t.
i,ti,p Worr nsIgn,Ucent 90 degree that
removed ih,m from serious consideration
400 essential elements Zoo the lprvc ol that
harpur. although tby s,ta,'giain have La
bprluuHy figured out that naval guns
could uut br aum,.,nly elevated 60
frl,h them. and cast grave doubts ON
th, efficiency of the alleged mlno hrlds
With which the channel has been pre-
aum,J ,p bc protected. ana % is the Inn
prr.sluu ot uln,.Aia ho,u Who probably
r,UrUt lhc opuluna ot the naval COM
mtuI,Is uu the scene that au attack on
thr Spanish squadron inside the barber
would nr attended with scarcely greater
hazards .hau an engagement with 10 In
the open sra. and with infinitely more
,hlrlr 10 accomplishing itu cutirc Dc
f,ui iu View of the extreme latitude
allowed io Hcct commanders whose dis
rryuiu Us practically unlimited boy war
boarls or other officials distant from the
front. &, Us evident that no one In wash
lugtuu NJ whatever exalted position, can
predict the character NJ the next report
from ,hr com.,nrd sQuadrons tnqucs-
upuubly 90 them the crucial baltic ~ the
war is imminent. unless all signs fan
und % may bo matter OF hours rather
than days before the receipt nt news
NJ an occurrence which may terminate
the war, or In any event draw the line
sharply for the course ot an succeeding