The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-05-27

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Port au Prince, Uayti, May 23.-The
following dispatch has been received
here from Port De PAX, dated Satur-
day last, land telegraph cOmmunica-
tion having been interrupted up TO to-
eday:
"A furious c~aInonading was heard
-on the 18th Thursday last) in the d.
Tection Of the north of Cuba. Today,
Saturday, the cannOnading continues
in a very lively fashion"
GPort de PAX is in the northwestern
part Of Hayti, and the firing referred
to may have been from any part Of the
eastern extremely Of Cuba. AS the
SpaniaTds claim guantanamo was re-
Gently bombarded by American war
ships, the sound Of firing may have
come from that direction.l
London, May 23.-Lloyds' agent at
Para, Brazil, under today's date, cables
that three American men-Of-war ar
rived there at 8 o'clock this morning
from Rio JaneirO
1.-THE only American Warships known
to be on their way north from Rio
JaneirO are the Oregon, the Marietta
and the Nictheroy. The Oregon was
last reported officially by Llloyds' at
Bahia, Brazil, ON May 9th and she is
believed to have proceeded at midnight
the same day. The distance from
Bahia to Para is about 1000 miles,
roughly speaking, and if LlOyds' report
is correct the Oregon and her consOrts
ave been steaming very slowly. Other
reports have placed the Oregon at Bar
1ka6na= a nd nynO nnrp cti1J 70 tho
United States.]
BRITISH STEAMER SEIZED AND
RELEASED.
Key West, Fla, May 23.--The Brit
ish steamer Ardanmhor, Captain Dana,
came into port this morning in charge
of an ensign from the auxiliary gun
boat Osceola, by which vessel the
ArdanmhOr was seized yesterday off
Cary's Fort light, because she was act
ing in a suspicious manner and was
supposed to be trying to enter Havana
harbOr. The steamer was released this
afternoon by order of Commodore
Remey. There is a good deal of mys-
terry as to why she was seized, as
Cary's Fort light, where she was over
hauled by the Osceola, is off the Flor
ida coast and more than one hundred
miles north of here.
Upon the arrival Of the Ardanmhor
at Key West, Captain Dana made a
formal protest to the British consul
here, Mr.. Taylor who laid the case be-
fore Commodore Remey, with the re-
suit stated above 1t is thought the
affair is now closed. The Ardanmhor
left New York on May 18th for Tam
pico, Mexico, via Nassau, with a cargo
of general merchandise.
Maded, May %. 70 a. m.-AccOrding
to current report here, the Spanish re-
serve fleet will manOeuvre in Cadiz
waters until it's destination is decided
upon.
SPANISH FORTIFICATIONS ABOUT
GIBRALTAR.
1t is rumored that the Spanish au-
thOrities propose to fortify the Queen
of SPANS Chair" on the summit of a
mountain overlooking Gibraltar, and
that they also intend to erect fortifica-
tons upon Uropa point, at the eastern
entrance of Algeciras bay, and facing
Gibraltar.
A dispatch received here from Ha-
vana says the colonial government
''has decreed that the importation of
food into all the ports of Cuba are to
be duty free.
AMERICAN STYLE OF WARFARE
DENOUNCED.
8 p. MIN the senate today Count
Almenas vehemently protested against
the alleged action of some American
warships in displaying the Span
iSh flag in order to deceive
the garrison of guantanamo as
announced on Saturday last in a dis
patch from Captain General BlancO,
who AIDED that the American ships were
Immediately recognized and re-
pulsed" The count asked if the gov
eminent had notified the powers of his
incident.
The minister of the interior, Senior
Capdepon. replied that he had notified
the powers and described th'a reported
action as COWardly and iniQultOuS.
Count Almenas hen said that lin
view of Americas manner of making
war, Spain must Immediately decree
privateering, in order to utterly destroy
American Shipping.'
TIC this the minister of the interior
replied that the government had de-
liberated upon the matter IAN had
even taken certain decisions which
would shortly be known
Count G~uendalian said the Ameri-
cans 'act of piracy was admitted by
certain theorists as international law.
Senior Martinez PachecO remarked
that it was doubtful whether such an
act was legal. But" he added, lin
IACb Ol liz Ally "a
war with Spain we must not show cons
sideration for them" Continuing, the
speaker protested against SPANS ad-
herenCe to the Geneva convention,
whereupon the minister of the interior
replied that Spain had not yet entered
the convention.
Senator Condo, professor of interna-
tional law at the Madrid University,
warmly denounced what he was pleas
ed to term the base proceedings or
the United States declaring that
II Washington authorized such
acts, lit did not deserve the name of
a civilized government" The professor
then proceeded to unfold a lengthy in
dictment of the alleged war methods
of the Americans, insisting that they
have shown mo respect for the rights
of peoples in the capture of merchant
men and bombardments," reiterating
that the acts of the United States are