Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-20

NO MALICE TOWARD AMERICANS.

There was even n playful suggestive |
ness in hIs tones when h. replied 90 the |
Inquiry whether hc would 1y good
bye 20 Che American fleet aa hs passed
down The hly on The Nounan.o.
"Ncs." d. went ON. why should not |
J have friends 0n board your rhins9 |
We dld not nsht us pefr1ull n.a
captain Cook OF the Brooklyn You /
dont Know him;. an. a CIV. man. |
Hair an hour after tho haftic / hId gwen ]
him my photograph and h. bad at.n /
me his. on milne I wfutoi We have iust l
fought two hours aud a half Etah ]
ala his duty We were nIt uHrHuulI !
foes. Now that 70 " an ovcr We lr
comrades and frouds' That ls ~. way
] feel townrd 90. Americans. : h.UHv
they have different opinion uf fht
spaniari9 from what they had be'1rg
the war"
Captain. do YOU think HolaJn will
raise the CoIIug'
no. llo will not She ~ tipped ON her
side and her taIuUh guns have Smashed
her Any vessel saved there VIII cost
twice th.lr value"
"ThD Colon was n beautiful yHarl,"
Nou'urnd The reporter.
Beautiful and every inch n fighting
ship ! would have got away. nome Of
a. 300 could have stopped me. but"
The captain paused and said:
'9ui away ] said. you understand.
] m.lu To- schlUy knows lt' Himp boo
knows o. and Hn does cook. I tl1
ih.m i, was not the nrnuNyn. nor the
oregon that Kept mo from escaping.
Thy sly / won't only s.Hty-f0ur miles
/ lll you % was Hnveniy-tWu. Divide
that ny The time ana you VIII go my
average was ii2 knots an hour and it
times ~. The oregon could only go
10 and I whH steadily drurplug tho
lirokyn behind. on. no; mother NJ the
two k0pi me from cscaplng. bus cane
not tfl you now why | was uut able
90 save my splendid ship" and the
carr lin's voice trcmbled.
you won't have long o. walt.
Thoughts YOU won't have long TO wait.
he repeated
"wh.n { ten why. q, viii b, on the
floor uf ihe cortrs. aa member 81 the
! spnnl.h parliament I VIII represent
/ the MuuifIf district In GRANADA prov
lnvc, have been permitted by tho
President 90 go home now. that 1 may
De- present az The opening 0f the cor
! ica, which win take place In few
days Then I Will explain. aud many
| things dark now wiii sem clear. I
| know many Americans don't rem quite
clear from their own accounts aH to
/ why ] ala not escape whom I wa In
the lead and gaining They will
| know soon.
~ am not snylnF This 90 detuct at
all frum the achievements 10 the Amer
| lean 1cot The men dil 400 they could
/ but then r. an unwr.iiru chapter yet
20 De known before history IL writ
/ ton.
NO one win say m. colon was ma
/ teflully damaged by American frv." he
! went on, "She was hif only alN times.
| liy your own reports j made % holes In
| the brooklyn and there we're ~ traces
/ ~ hits on her side. plHH that speak
/ we'll for spanish Eumry' They say
| our runucrH could uHt shoot. We'll
the nrooklyna rilcH go "a different
| story"
why ara not you sIuk her, thcng"
"Our guns were too SMALL The thure
vessels with heavy uufHtha NlEcnya,
Maria TuuHa and the uqueudO-Wvrc
on IRE, WIS lon alone with only
/ rapid nrn guns uf ID .IWpartilvrlY
| small oallbrr n I Dad had i3-luch
/ guns or n or i2-Wull, tl.u might have
l hyun % different story. Those holes IN
| the brooklyn would have meant more.
Your naval mon have learned "a
| great deal from their nFht WIN their
I Colon. They will uut size up their
/ heavy guns Tor their Izht rapid nrr,
/ sampson told me aa much. told
/ thcm they could not tud they smiled
| when / asked them whore thgy would
! b. n had had heavy guns
~ was tho fortune uf war that put
/ the hcayy guns on board thr ships with
! woodwork that would catch nru. The
shell that struck any ni our ships
/ started a fire. There was no hrc on
/ my ship. because fhr had no wood.
work, She waa like lha brooklyn ana
would nos burn"